Enable the allocator shim on Linux Desktop / CrOS

build/config/allocator.gni

 # Copyright 2014 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.
 
 import("//build/config/sanitizers/sanitizers.gni")
 
 if (is_android || current_cpu == "mipsel" || is_mac || is_ios || is_asan ||
     is_lsan || is_tsan || is_msan || is_win || is_syzyasan) {
   _default_allocator = "none"
 } else {
   _default_allocator = "tcmalloc"
 }
 
+if (is_linux && !is_asan && !is_lsan && !is_tsan && !is_msan) {
+  _default_use_experimental_allocator_shim = true
+} else {
+  _default_use_experimental_allocator_shim = false
+}
+
 declare_args() {
   # Memory allocator to use. Set to "none" to use default allocator.
   use_allocator = _default_allocator
 
   # TODO(primiano): this should just become the default without having a flag,
   # but we need to get there first. http://crbug.com/550886 .
   # Causes all the allocations to be routed via allocator_shim.cc.
-  use_experimental_allocator_shim = false
+  use_experimental_allocator_shim = _default_use_experimental_allocator_shim
 }
 
 assert(use_allocator == "none" || use_allocator == "tcmalloc")
 
 assert(!is_win || use_allocator == "none", "Tcmalloc doesn't work on Windows.")
 assert(!use_experimental_allocator_shim || is_linux,
        "use_experimental_allocator_shim supported only on Linux")