Don't use NSBundle when unsure of thread safety

base/base_paths_mac.mm

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 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/base_paths_mac.h"
 
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
 
 #include "base/file_path.h"
 #include "base/file_util.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/mac_util.h"
 #include "base/path_service.h"
 #include "base/string_util.h"
 
 namespace base {
 
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 }  // namespace
 
 bool PathProviderMac(int key, FilePath* result) {
   std::string cur;
   switch (key) {
     case base::FILE_EXE:
     case base::FILE_MODULE: {
       // Executable path can have relative references ("..") depending on
       // how the app was launched.
-      NSString* path =
-          [[[NSBundle mainBundle] executablePath] stringByStandardizingPath];
-      cur = [path fileSystemRepresentation];
+      uint32_t executable_length = 0;
+      _NSGetExecutablePath(NULL, &executable_length);
+      DCHECK_GT(executable_length, 1u);
+      char* executable = WriteInto(&cur, executable_length);
+      int rv = _NSGetExecutablePath(executable, &executable_length);
+      DCHECK_EQ(rv, 0);
+      DCHECK(!cur.empty());
       break;
     }
     case base::DIR_CACHE:
       return GetUserDirectory(NSCachesDirectory, result);
     case base::DIR_APP_DATA:
       return GetUserDirectory(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, result);
     case base::DIR_SOURCE_ROOT: {
-      FilePath path;
-      PathService::Get(base::DIR_EXE, &path);
+      PathService::Get(base::DIR_EXE, result);
       if (mac_util::AmIBundled()) {
         // The bundled app executables (Chromium, TestShell, etc) live five
         // levels down, eg:
         // src/xcodebuild/{Debug|Release}/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium.
-        path = path.DirName();
-        path = path.DirName();
-        path = path.DirName();
-        path = path.DirName();
-        *result = path.DirName();
+        *result = result->DirName().DirName().DirName().DirName().DirName();
       } else {
         // Unit tests execute two levels deep from the source root, eg:
         // src/xcodebuild/{Debug|Release}/base_unittests
-        path = path.DirName();
-        *result = path.DirName();
+        *result = result->DirName().DirName();
       }
       return true;
     }
     default:
       return false;
   }
 
   *result = FilePath(cur);
   return true;
 }
 
 }  // namespace base