This CL demonstrates some weird browser_test behavior on linux_chromeos.

chrome/browser/sessions/better_session_restore_browsertest.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "base/command_line.h"
 #include "base/file_path.h"
 #include "base/file_util.h"
 #include "base/utf_string_conversions.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/prefs/session_startup_pref.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/browser.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/ui/browser_tabstrip.h"
 #include "chrome/common/chrome_switches.h"
 #include "chrome/test/base/in_process_browser_test.h"
 #include "chrome/test/base/ui_test_utils.h"
+#include "content/public/browser/dom_storage_context.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/web_contents.h"
 #include "content/public/test/browser_test_utils.h"
 #include "net/base/net_util.h"
+#include "webkit/dom_storage/dom_storage_area.h"
 
 namespace {
 
 // The tests server is started separately for each test function (including PRE_
 // functions). We need a test server which always uses the same port, so that
 // the pages can be accessed with the same URLs after restoring the browser
 // session.
 class FixedPortTestServer : public net::LocalTestServer {
  public:
   explicit FixedPortTestServer(uint16 port)
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   SessionStartupPref::SetStartupPref(
       browser()->profile(), SessionStartupPref(SessionStartupPref::LAST));
   StoreDataWithPage("session_cookies.html");
 }
 
 IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(BetterSessionRestoreTest, SessionCookies) {
   // The browsing session will be continued; just wait for the page to reload
   // and check the stored data.
   CheckReloadedPage();
 }
+
+class WeirdTest : public InProcessBrowserTest {
+};
+
+IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(WeirdTest, Weird) {
+  LOG(ERROR) << "Test starts, pid " << getpid();
+  dom_storage::DomStorageArea::set_me = 3;
+  LOG(ERROR) << "set_me was set to " << dom_storage::DomStorageArea::set_me;
+  LOG(ERROR) << "address of set_me: " << &dom_storage::DomStorageArea::set_me;
+
+  LOG(ERROR) << "setting via libcontent";
+  content::SetWeirdInt(6);
+
+  LOG(ERROR) << "Test ends, set_me " << dom_storage::DomStorageArea::set_me;
+}