TEST_RUNNER_TEST_PLUGIN_PATH seems to be just a leftover from NPAPI plugins. It's only read by the GTK WebKitTestRunner, which will fail if not provided that environment variable. void TestController::initializeTestPluginDirectory() { GUniquePtr<char> testPluginPath(getEnvironmentVariableAsUTF8String("TEST_RUNNER_TEST_PLUGIN_PATH")); m_testPluginDirectory.adopt(WKStringCreateWithUTF8CString(testPluginPath.get())); } Where is m_testPluginDirectory used? Tools/WebKitTestRunner/TestController.h 108: WKStringRef testPluginDirectory() const { return m_testPluginDirectory.get(); } 617: WKRetainPtr<WKStringRef> m_testPluginDirectory; Tools/WebKitTestRunner/gtk/TestControllerGtk.cpp 108: m_testPluginDirectory.adopt(WKStringCreateWithUTF8CString(testPluginPath.get())); Tools/WebKitTestRunner/win/TestControllerWin.cpp 194: m_testPluginDirectory.adopt(WKStringCreateWithUTF8CString(bundleDirUTF8)); Tools/WebKitTestRunner/ios/TestControllerIOS.mm 180: m_testPluginDirectory.adopt(WKStringCreateWithCFString((CFStringRef)[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath])); Tools/WebKitTestRunner/mac/TestControllerMac.mm 169: m_testPluginDirectory.adopt(WKStringCreateWithCFString((__bridge CFStringRef)[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath])); Okay, there is a testPluginDirectory() getter. Who uses it? This is the only use: Tools/WebKitTestRunner/TestController.cpp WKRetainPtr<WKPageConfigurationRef> TestController::generatePageConfiguration(const TestOptions& options) 772: if (testPluginDirectory()) 773: WKContextSetAdditionalPluginsDirectory(m_context.get(), testPluginDirectory()); Finally, what does WKContextSetAdditionalPluginsDirectory() do? Source/WebKit/UIProcess/API/C/WKContext.cpp void WKContextSetAdditionalPluginsDirectory(WKContextRef contextRef, WKStringRef pluginsDirectory) { UNUSED_PARAM(contextRef); UNUSED_PARAM(pluginsDirectory); } Nothing. Seems to be left just to not cause API breakage.
Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/13144
Committed 263369@main (984732ae28a9): <https://commits.webkit.org/263369@main> Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #13144 and removing active labels.