This CL demonstrates some weird browser_test behavior on linux_chromeos.

webkit/dom_storage/dom_storage_area.cc

Index: webkit/dom_storage/dom_storage_area.cc
diff --git a/webkit/dom_storage/dom_storage_area.cc b/webkit/dom_storage/dom_storage_area.cc
index 734edffa0ef2bec4e82551477e90908bffd1ade6..494c29ab565eab43583866e9d467b77e127dbfc9 100644
--- a/webkit/dom_storage/dom_storage_area.cc
+++ b/webkit/dom_storage/dom_storage_area.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ namespace dom_storage {
 
 static const int kCommitTimerSeconds = 1;
 
+int DomStorageArea::set_me = 2;
+
 DomStorageArea::CommitBatch::CommitBatch()
   : clear_all_first(false) {
 }
@@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ DomStorageArea::DomStorageArea(const GURL& origin, const FilePath& directory,
       is_initial_import_done_(true),
       is_shutdown_(false),
       commit_batches_in_flight_(0) {
+  LOG(ERROR) << "DomStorageArea ctor, set_me " << set_me << ", pid: "
+             << getpid();
   if (!directory.empty()) {
     FilePath path = directory.Append(DatabaseFileNameFromOrigin(origin_));
     backing_.reset(new LocalStorageDatabaseAdapter(path));
@@ -85,6 +89,8 @@ DomStorageArea::DomStorageArea(
       is_initial_import_done_(true),
       is_shutdown_(false),
       commit_batches_in_flight_(0) {
+  LOG(ERROR) << "DomStorageArea ctor, set_me " << set_me << ", pid: "
+             << getpid();
   DCHECK(namespace_id != kLocalStorageNamespaceId);
   if (session_storage_backing) {
     backing_.reset(new SessionStorageDatabaseAdapter(
@@ -127,6 +133,9 @@ NullableString16 DomStorageArea::GetItem(const string16& key) {
 bool DomStorageArea::SetItem(const string16& key,
                              const string16& value,
                              NullableString16* old_value) {
+  LOG(ERROR) << "DomStorageArea::SetItem, set_me " << set_me << ", pid: "
+             << getpid();
+  LOG(ERROR) << "address of set_me: " << &dom_storage::DomStorageArea::set_me;
   if (is_shutdown_)
     return false;
   InitialImportIfNeeded();