Decouple loading of channel info and the rest of machine statistics.

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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   // 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() {
+  // Start loading the machine statistics. Note: if we start loading machine
+  // statistics early in PreEarlyInitialization() then the crossystem tool
+  // sometimes hangs for unknown reasons, see http://crbug.com/167671.
+  system::StatisticsProvider::GetInstance()->StartLoadingMachineStatistics();
+
   // 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