Do not use the utility process on linux....

chrome/browser/extensions/extension_updater.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2009 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 "chrome/browser/extensions/extension_updater.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <set>
 
 #include "base/logging.h"
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         NewRunnableMethod(this, &SafeManifestParser::ParseInSandbox,
             g_browser_process->resource_dispatcher_host()));
   }
 
   // Creates the sandboxed utility process and tells it to start parsing.
   void ParseInSandbox(ResourceDispatcherHost* rdh) {
     DCHECK(MessageLoop::current() == io_loop_);
 
     // TODO(asargent) we shouldn't need to do this branch here - instead
     // UtilityProcessHost should handle it for us. (http://crbug.com/19192)
-    if (rdh && !CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(
-          switches::kSingleProcess)) {
+    bool use_utility_process = rdh &&
+        !CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(switches::kSingleProcess);
+
+#if defined(OS_POSIX)
+    // TODO(port): Don't use a utility process on linux (crbug.com/22703) or
+    // MacOS (crbug.com/8102) until problems related to autoupdate are fixed.
+    use_utility_process = false;
+#endif
+
+    if (use_utility_process) {
       UtilityProcessHost* host = new UtilityProcessHost(
           rdh, this, updater_loop_);
       host->StartUpdateManifestParse(xml_);
     } else {
       UpdateManifest manifest;
       if (manifest.Parse(xml_)) {
         updater_loop_->PostTask(FROM_HERE, NewRunnableMethod(this,
             &SafeManifestParser::OnParseUpdateManifestSucceeded,
             manifest.results()));
       } else {
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     extension_fetcher_.reset(
         URLFetcher::Create(kExtensionFetcherId, url, URLFetcher::GET, this));
     extension_fetcher_->set_request_context(
         Profile::GetDefaultRequestContext());
     extension_fetcher_->set_load_flags(net::LOAD_DO_NOT_SEND_COOKIES |
                                        net::LOAD_DO_NOT_SAVE_COOKIES);
     extension_fetcher_->Start();
     current_extension_fetch_ = ExtensionFetch(id, url, hash, version);
   }
 }