This CL demonstrates some weird browser_test behavior on linux_chromeos.

content/browser/dom_storage/dom_storage_context_impl.cc

Index: content/browser/dom_storage/dom_storage_context_impl.cc
diff --git a/content/browser/dom_storage/dom_storage_context_impl.cc b/content/browser/dom_storage/dom_storage_context_impl.cc
index 0a6a56153a31fb03b4002dbd363e7c475edcce96..7e192cb1d923fa858a81c99464b4425da40ce706 100644
--- a/content/browser/dom_storage/dom_storage_context_impl.cc
+++ b/content/browser/dom_storage/dom_storage_context_impl.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ void GetUsageInfoHelper(
 
 }  // 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) {