I keep getting a stackOverflow error in my quickSort and I can not figure out why. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

private static void quickSortRecPriv(int[] arr, int first, int last, int ps) {
		int pivot = arr[first];
		int left = first;
		int right = last;
		
		if (arr == null || first < 0 || last >= arr.length - 1) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
		}
		if (arr.length < 1)
		{
			return;
		}
		if(arr.length < ps)
		{
			InsertionSorter.insertionSort(arr);
			return;
		}
		while ( true )
		  {
		    while ( arr[left] < pivot )
		       left++;
		    while ( arr[right] > pivot )
		       right--;
		    if ( left < right )
		    {  int t = arr[left];
		       arr[left++] = arr[right];
		       arr[right--] = t;
		    } 
		    else
		       break;
		  }
		pivot = partition(arr, first, last, ps);
	      quickSortRecPriv(arr, first, right, ps);
	      quickSortRecPriv(arr, right + 1, last, ps);
	}

	private static int partition(int[] arr, int first, int last, int ps) {

		if (first == last) return first;
        int i = first - 1;
        int j = last;
        while (true) {
            while (arr[++i] < arr[last])       
                ;                           
            while (arr[last] < arr[--j])
                if (j == first) break;
            if (i >= j) break;
            swap(arr, i, j);
        }
        swap(arr, i, last);
        return i;
    }

Your recursion must be looping indefinitely, so add some print statements to show the values of the key variables on each iteration.

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