Disable Shell from connecting to prefs service

ash/shell.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 "ash/shell.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
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 void Shell::Init(const ShellInitParams& init_params) {
   const bool is_mash = wm_shell_->IsRunningInMash();
   const Config config = wm_shell_->GetConfig();
 
   blocking_pool_ = init_params.blocking_pool;
 
   wallpaper_delegate_ = shell_delegate_->CreateWallpaperDelegate();
 
   // Can be null in tests.
+  // TODO(jonross): reenable once the cause of crbug.com/707321 is determined.
+  /*
   if (wm_shell_->IsRunningInMash() && shell_delegate_->GetShellConnector()) {
     prefs::ConnectToPrefService(
         shell_delegate_->GetShellConnector(),
         make_scoped_refptr(new PrefRegistrySimple()),
         base::Bind(&Shell::OnPrefServiceInitialized, base::Unretained(this)),
         prefs::mojom::kForwarderServiceName);
-  }
+  }*/
 
   // Some delegates access WmShell during their construction. Create them here
   // instead of the WmShell constructor.
   accessibility_delegate_.reset(shell_delegate_->CreateAccessibilityDelegate());
   palette_delegate_ = shell_delegate_->CreatePaletteDelegate();
   toast_manager_ = base::MakeUnique<ToastManager>();
 
   // Install the custom factory early on so that views::FocusManagers for Tray,
   // Shelf, and WallPaper could be created by the factory.
   views::FocusManagerFactory::Install(new AshFocusManagerFactory);
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 void Shell::OnPrefServiceInitialized(
     std::unique_ptr<::PrefService> pref_service) {
   if (!instance_)
     return;
   DCHECK(pref_service);
   pref_service_ = std::move(pref_service);
 }
 
 }  // namespace ash