47348 - Some javascript code causes mozilla to hang

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 13350

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

Description

[Tomer Brisker]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16 i686; en-US; m18) Gecko/20000801
BuildID:    2000080108

The attached file contains JS code that causes mozilla to crash. It also crashes
IE, but not NN.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open attached file.

Actual Results:  Mozilla hangs.

Expected Results:  Mozilla shows a page that has a flashing black and white
background.

Comment 1

[Tomer Brisker]

Attachment: Simplified testcase.

Comment 2

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

The testcase will not work in mozilla (since it is an infinite loop in JS and
that locks up the main thread in mozilla untill the loop ends) but even if it
won't work it should not cause mozilla to lock up. The lockup is coverd by bug
13350 so I'm marking this as a dup of that bug...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 13350 ***

Comment 3

[Prashant Desale]

Verified Duplicate.