This CL demonstrates some weird browser_test behavior on linux_chromeos.

content/browser/dom_storage/dom_storage_context_impl.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 "content/browser/dom_storage/dom_storage_context_impl.h"
 
 #include "base/bind.h"
 #include "base/bind_helpers.h"
 #include "base/file_path.h"
 #include "base/message_loop_proxy.h"
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       new std::vector<DomStorageContext::UsageInfo>;
   context->GetUsageInfo(infos, true);
   reply_loop->PostTask(
       FROM_HERE,
       base::Bind(&InvokeUsageInfoCallbackHelper,
                  callback, base::Owned(infos)));
 }
 
 }  // namespace
 
+namespace content {
+CONTENT_EXPORT void SetWeirdInt(int val) {
+  LOG(ERROR) << "content setting it, addr "
+             << &DomStorageArea::set_me << ", set to " << val;
+  DomStorageArea::set_me = val;
+}
+}
+
 DOMStorageContextImpl::DOMStorageContextImpl(
     const FilePath& data_path,
     quota::SpecialStoragePolicy* special_storage_policy) {
   base::SequencedWorkerPool* worker_pool = BrowserThread::GetBlockingPool();
   context_ = new dom_storage::DomStorageContext(
       data_path.empty() ?
           data_path : data_path.AppendASCII(kLocalStorageDirectory),
       data_path.empty() ?
           data_path : data_path.AppendASCII(kSessionStorageDirectory),
       special_storage_policy,
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       base::Bind(&DomStorageContext::SetForceKeepSessionState, context_));
 }
 
 void DOMStorageContextImpl::Shutdown() {
   DCHECK(context_);
   context_->task_runner()->PostShutdownBlockingTask(
       FROM_HERE,
       DomStorageTaskRunner::PRIMARY_SEQUENCE,
       base::Bind(&DomStorageContext::Shutdown, context_));
 }