Bug 1416307 - Set triggeringPrincipal to current document's principal, if aPrincipal is not given. r=bz, a=ritu

MozReview-Commit-ID: 8lxKFeUlyzq

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extra : rebase_source : 5f364f5cf84c12717bee021d752aa0f9ba4619dd
extra : intermediate-source : 9df27a7142ffb065fb56c3fc873298988deacb98
extra : source : 9fcf48189000ab8ee16f236be57c9659c7243b42

docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp

@@ -6806,9 +6806,17 @@ nsDocShell::ForceRefreshURI(nsIURI* aURI, int32_t aDelay, bool aMetaRefresh, nsI
    */
   loadInfo->SetReferrer(mCurrentURI);
 
-  /* Don't ever "guess" on which principal to use to avoid picking
-   * the current principal.
-   */
+  // Set the triggering pricipal to aPrincipal if available, or current
+  // document's principal otherwise.
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> principal = aPrincipal;
+  if (!principal) {
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIDocument> doc = GetDocument();
+    if (!doc) {
+      return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+    }
+    principal = doc->NodePrincipal();
+  }
+  loadInfo->SetTriggeringPrincipal(principal);
   loadInfo->SetPrincipalIsExplicit(true);
 
   /* Check if this META refresh causes a redirection
@@ -6836,13 +6844,6 @@ nsDocShell::ForceRefreshURI(nsIURI* aURI, int32_t aDelay, bool aMetaRefresh, nsI
     loadInfo->SetLoadType(nsIDocShellLoadInfo::loadRefresh);
   }
 
-  // If the principal is null, the refresh will have a triggeringPrincipal
-  // derived from the referrer URI, or will be set to the system principal
-  // if there is no refererrer. See LoadURI()
-  if (aPrincipal) {
-    loadInfo->SetTriggeringPrincipal(aPrincipal);
-  }
-
   /*
    * LoadURI(...) will cancel all refresh timers... This causes the
    * Timer and its refreshData instance to be released...