Revert of Reland #1: "base: Implement GetCurrentThreadPriority."

components/startup_metric_utils/browser/startup_metric_utils.cc

Index: components/startup_metric_utils/browser/startup_metric_utils.cc
diff --git a/components/startup_metric_utils/browser/startup_metric_utils.cc b/components/startup_metric_utils/browser/startup_metric_utils.cc
index f0d415444a9b3b558ebf3605860896e5c2ed9920..b2852722466a28b7b95408af5bf24439a9205242 100644
--- a/components/startup_metric_utils/browser/startup_metric_utils.cc
+++ b/components/startup_metric_utils/browser/startup_metric_utils.cc
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@
   // bumping the priority reduces the likelihood of a context switch interfering
   // with this computation.
 
+// Enabling this logic on OS X causes a significant performance regression.
+// https://crbug.com/601270
+#if !defined(OS_MACOSX)
   static bool statics_initialized = false;
 
   base::ThreadPriority previous_priority = base::ThreadPriority::NORMAL;
@@ -324,14 +327,17 @@
     base::PlatformThread::SetCurrentThreadPriority(
         base::ThreadPriority::DISPLAY);
   }
+#endif
 
   static const base::Time time_base = base::Time::Now();
   static const base::TimeTicks trace_ticks_base = base::TimeTicks::Now();
 
+#if !defined(OS_MACOSX)
   if (!statics_initialized) {
     base::PlatformThread::SetCurrentThreadPriority(previous_priority);
   }
   statics_initialized = true;
+#endif
 
   // Then use the TimeDelta common ground between the two units to make the
   // conversion.