Add support for temporarily disabling sync.

chrome/browser/sync/profile_sync_service.h

Index: chrome/browser/sync/profile_sync_service.h
diff --git a/chrome/browser/sync/profile_sync_service.h b/chrome/browser/sync/profile_sync_service.h
index 4b48d05230bc0ced2537a1235d930aea6621eed8..cca9a81bbe85525252132c7150006345edb78b35 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/sync/profile_sync_service.h
+++ b/chrome/browser/sync/profile_sync_service.h
@@ -480,6 +480,12 @@ class ProfileSyncService : public browser_sync::SyncFrontend,
   SigninManager* signin() { return signin_.get(); }
   const std::string& cros_user() const { return cros_user_; }
 
+  // Stops the sync backend and sets the flag for suppressing sync startup.
+  virtual void StopSyncAndSuppressStartUp();

[akalin, 2011/10/26 18:53:09]

Does this need to be virtual?

What do you think about the name "StopAndSuppress()"?

+
+  // Resets the flag for suppressing sync startup and starts the sync backend.
+  virtual void DisableSyncSuppressionAndStartUpSync();

[akalin, 2011/10/26 18:53:09]

Does this need to be virtual?

What do you think about the name "UnsuppressAndStart()"?

+
   // Marks all currently registered types as "acknowledged" so we won't prompt
   // the user about them any more.
   void AcknowledgeSyncedTypes();
@@ -541,6 +547,10 @@ class ProfileSyncService : public browser_sync::SyncFrontend,
   friend class ProfileSyncServiceForWizardTest;
   FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(ProfileSyncServiceTest, InitialState);
 
+  // Starts up sync. Called from Initialize() and
+  // DisableSyncSuppressionAndStartUpSync().
+  void StartUpIfNotSuppressed();

[akalin, 2011/10/26 18:53:09]

what about just "StartIfNotSuppressed()" or maybe "TryStart()" (with the comment
expanded to say that sync is started unless it's suppressed)

+
   // Called when we've determined that we don't need a passphrase (either
   // because OnPassphraseAccepted() was called, or because we've gotten a
   // OnPassphraseRequired() but no data types are enabled).