[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 31007] New: Browser should tolerate plug-in (plugin) malfunctions, like with a separate (own) process

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31007

           Summary: Browser should tolerate plug-in (plugin) malfunctions,
                    like with a separate (own) process
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: PC
               URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156493
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Plug-ins
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: pacho at condmat1.ciencias.uniovi.es


Hello

This is a bug opened for tracking the same issue seen in firefox (and gecko
based browsers):
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156493

In summary, the problem is that, currently, webkit browsers also crash when
flash plugin (or a different plugin) crashes. The wanted behavior would be that
a plugin crashing wouldn't crash all the browser. This is what is done
supposedly by Chrome browser. I wrongly thought that this was solved with
webkit but, after sending https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600333
(with this backtrace
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=trace.html&trace_id=218723 ) they told
me that flash plugin was still causing whole browser to crash.

I have also searched here before and have found a lot of reports related with
crashes caused by flash plugin, then, as it's closed-source, maybe would be
better to try to make webkit not to crash when plugin crashes.

Thanks a lot

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