Store ref in field trial in child processes

base/metrics/field_trial.h

 // 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.
 
 // FieldTrial is a class for handling details of statistical experiments
 // performed by actual users in the field (i.e., in a shipped or beta product).
 // All code is called exclusively on the UI thread currently.
 //
 // The simplest example is an experiment to see whether one of two options
 // produces "better" results across our user population.  In that scenario, UMA
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   std::map<std::string, std::string> seen_states_;
 
   // Entropy provider to be used for one-time randomized field trials. If NULL,
   // one-time randomization is not supported.
   std::unique_ptr<const FieldTrial::EntropyProvider> entropy_provider_;
 
   // List of observers to be notified when a group is selected for a FieldTrial.
   scoped_refptr<ObserverListThreadSafe<Observer> > observer_list_;
 
-  // Allocator used to instantiate field trial in child processes. In the
-  // future, we may want to move this to a more generic place if we want to
-  // start passing more data other than field trials.
+  // Allocator in shared memory containing field trial data. Used in both
+  // browser and child processes, but readonly in the child.
+  // In the future, we may want to move this to a more generic place if we want
+  // to start passing more data other than field trials.
   std::unique_ptr<SharedPersistentMemoryAllocator> field_trial_allocator_ =
       nullptr;
 
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
   // Readonly copy of the handle to the allocator. Needs to be a member variable
   // because it's needed from both CopyFieldTrialStateToFlags() and
   // AppendFieldTrialHandleIfNeeded().
   HANDLE readonly_allocator_handle_ = nullptr;
 #endif
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FieldTrialList);
 };
 
 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_METRICS_FIELD_TRIAL_H_