Support "shared" histograms between processes.

chrome/browser/chrome_browser_field_trials.cc

Index: chrome/browser/chrome_browser_field_trials.cc
diff --git a/chrome/browser/chrome_browser_field_trials.cc b/chrome/browser/chrome_browser_field_trials.cc
index b38abad373b6044c22287436cbbee1a4db543a4c..bacc47cb9fefd7d8932a1624f593d23cf43193c8 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/chrome_browser_field_trials.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/chrome_browser_field_trials.cc
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "base/command_line.h"
+#include "base/feature_list.h"
 #include "base/metrics/field_trial.h"
+#include "base/metrics/histogram_base.h"
+#include "base/metrics/histogram_persistence.h"
 #include "base/strings/string_util.h"
 #include "base/time/time.h"
 #include "build/build_config.h"
@@ -41,6 +44,18 @@ void ChromeBrowserFieldTrials::SetupFieldTrials() {
 }
 
 void ChromeBrowserFieldTrials::InstantiateDynamicTrials() {
+  // Persistent histograms must be enabled as soon as possible.
+  if (base::FeatureList::IsEnabled(base::kPersistentHistogramsFeature)) {
+    const std::string allocator_name("BrowserMetricsAllocator");
+    // Create persistent/shared memory and allow histograms to be stored in it.
+    // TODO(bcwhite): Update this with correct allocator and memory size.
+    base::SetPersistentHistogramMemoryAllocator(
+        new base::LocalPersistentMemoryAllocator(1 << 20,     // 1 MiB
+                                                 0x4D5B9953,  // SHA1(B..M..A..)
+                                                 allocator_name));
+    base::GetPersistentHistogramMemoryAllocator()->CreateHistograms(
+        allocator_name);
+  }
   // The following trials are used from renderer process.
   // Mark here so they will be sync-ed.
   base::FieldTrialList::FindValue("DisplayList2dCanvas");