Read the ChromeOS channel info earlier during startup.

chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc

Index: chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc
===================================================================
--- chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc	(revision 172608)
+++ chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc	(working copy)
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 #include "chrome/browser/chromeos/cros/cros_library.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/chromeos/settings/cros_settings.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/chromeos/settings/cros_settings_names.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/chromeos/system/statistics_provider.h"
 #endif
 
 // TODO(port): several win-only methods have been pulled out of this, but
@@ -725,6 +726,10 @@
             switches::kProfilingOutputFile));
   }
 
+#if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
+  chromeos::system::StatisticsProvider::GetInstance()->Init();

[kochi, 2012/12/13 14:17:30]

Could you add a comment why the initialization of
StatisticsProvider has to be here?

[Alexei Svitkine (slow), 2012/12/13 15:45:49]

Done.

+#endif
+
   local_state_ = InitializeLocalState(local_state_task_runner,
                                       parsed_command_line(),
                                       is_first_run_);