[GTK] Document that local paths in html loaded with loadHTML might cause the web process to terminate

• Component: WebKit2
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Carlos Garcia Campos]

This happens when baseURL is provided and local paths point to a different directory than base URL. See bug #78227 for more details

[Carlos Garcia Campos]

Created attachment 127188 [details]
Patch

I hope it's clear enough

[WebKit Review Bot]

Attachment 127188 [details] did not pass style-queue:

Failed to run "['Tools/Scripts/update-webkit']" exit_code: 9

Updating OpenSource
First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
Applying: [Qt] Move Qt platform specific GL Context/Surface creation out of WebCore into WebKit
Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
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Auto-merging Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/GraphicsContext3D.h
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Auto-merging Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/qt/GraphicsContext3DQt.cpp
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Failed to merge in the changes.
Patch failed at 0001 [Qt] Move Qt platform specific GL Context/Surface creation out of WebCore into WebKit

When you have resolved this problem run "git rebase --continue".
If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run "git rebase --skip".
To restore the original branch and stop rebasing run "git rebase --abort".

rebase refs/remotes/origin/master: command returned error: 1

Died at Tools/Scripts/update-webkit line 164.


If any of these errors are false positives, please file a bug against check-webkit-style.

[Martin Robinson]

Comment on attachment 127188 [details]
Patch

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=127188&action=review

> Source/WebKit2/UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitWebView.cpp:890
> + * must be in the same directory than @base_uri. Asbolute local paths pointing to a
> + * different directory than @base_uri will cause the web process to terminate.
> + * If you need to include URLs in @content that are local paths in a different
> + * directory than @base_uri you can build a data uri for them. When @base_uri is %NULL,

Would a phrase like "Absolute local paths must be children of the @base_uri" be clearer? You might mention that this is for security reasons specifically. Asbolute -> Absolute :)

[Carlos Garcia Campos]

Committed r107904: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/107904>