[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 197568] New: Stop resolving symlinks just because a SandboxExtension is being created

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197568

            Bug ID: 197568
           Summary: Stop resolving symlinks just because a
                    SandboxExtension is being created
           Product: WebKit
           Version: WebKit Nightly Build
          Hardware: Unspecified
                OS: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit2
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: bfulgham at webkit.org

When we originally wrote the SandboxExtension logic for handling files, we believed that they had to be defined in terms of the canonical paths on the file system. We added logic to resolve symlinks prior to issuing the extensions.

We now know that this is unnecessary work, and could be avoided entirely. This is likely to improve performance of certain file operations, and should be investigated as a way to further improve performance.

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