Read the ChromeOS channel info earlier during startup.

chrome/browser/chromeos/chrome_browser_main_chromeos.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 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/chromeos/chrome_browser_main_chromeos.h"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "ash/shell.h"
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     if (!parsed_command_line().HasSwitch(::switches::kLoginProfile)) {
       // This must be kept in sync with TestingProfile::kTestUserProfileDir.
       singleton_command_line->AppendSwitchASCII(
           ::switches::kLoginProfile, "test-user");
     }
     LOG(INFO) << "Running as stub user with profile dir: "
               << singleton_command_line->GetSwitchValuePath(
                   ::switches::kLoginProfile).value();
   }
 
+  // Initialize the statistics provider, which will ensure that the Chrome
+  // channel info is read and made available early.
+  system::StatisticsProvider::GetInstance()->Init();
+
   ChromeBrowserMainPartsLinux::PreEarlyInitialization();
 }
 
 void ChromeBrowserMainPartsChromeos::PreMainMessageLoopStart() {
   // Replace the default NetworkChangeNotifierFactory with ChromeOS specific
   // implementation. This must be done before BrowserMainLoop calls
   // net::NetworkChangeNotifier::Create() in MainMessageLoopStart().
   net::NetworkChangeNotifier::SetFactory(
       new CrosNetworkChangeNotifierFactory());
 
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   // Start the out-of-memory priority manager here so that we give the most
   // amount of time for the other services to start up before we start
   // adjusting the oom priority.
   g_browser_process->oom_priority_manager()->Start();
 
   ChromeBrowserMainPartsLinux::PreBrowserStart();
 }
 
 void ChromeBrowserMainPartsChromeos::PostBrowserStart() {
-  // FILE thread is created in ChromeBrowserMainParts::PreMainMessageLoopRun().
-
-  // Get the statistics provider instance here to start loading statistcs
-  // on the background FILE thread.
-  system::StatisticsProvider::GetInstance();
-
   // These are dependent on the ash::Shell singleton already having been
   // initialized.
   power_button_observer_.reset(new PowerButtonObserver);
   user_activity_notifier_.reset(new UserActivityNotifier);
   video_activity_notifier_.reset(new VideoActivityNotifier);
   screen_dimming_observer_.reset(new ScreenDimmingObserver);
 
   ChromeBrowserMainPartsLinux::PostBrowserStart();
 }
 
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     } else if (trial->group() == margin_200mb) {
       LOG(WARNING) << "low_mem: Part of '200MB' experiment";
       LowMemoryObserver::SetLowMemoryMargin(200);
     } else {
       LOG(WARNING) << "low_mem: Part of 'default' experiment";
     }
   }
 }
 
 }  //  namespace chromeos