Read multi-install chrome's channel from the binaries.

chrome/installer/util/google_update_settings.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 "chrome/installer/util/google_update_settings.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "base/command_line.h"
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              KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE | KEY_WOW64_32KEY);
   if (!key.HasValue(name))
     return true;
   return (key.DeleteValue(name) == ERROR_SUCCESS);
 }
 
 bool GetChromeChannelInternal(bool system_install,
                               bool add_multi_modifier,
                               base::string16* channel) {
   BrowserDistribution* dist = BrowserDistribution::GetDistribution();
-  if (dist->GetChromeChannel(channel)) {
+
+  // Shortcut in case this distribution knows what channel it is (canary).
+  if (dist->GetChromeChannel(channel))
     return true;
+
+  // Determine whether or not chrome is multi-install. If so, updates are
+  // delivered under the binaries' app guid, so that's where the relevant
+  // channel is found.
+  installer::ProductState state;
+  installer::ChannelInfo channel_info;
+  ignore_result(state.Initialize(system_install, dist));
+  if (!state.is_multi_install()) {
+    // Use the channel info that was just read for this single-install chrome.
+    channel_info = state.channel();
+  } else {
+    // Read the channel info from the binaries' state key.
+    HKEY root_key = system_install ? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE : HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
+    dist = BrowserDistribution::GetSpecificDistribution(
+        BrowserDistribution::CHROME_BINARIES);
+    RegKey key(root_key, dist->GetStateKey().c_str(),
+               KEY_READ | KEY_WOW64_32KEY);
+
+    if (!channel_info.Initialize(key)) {
+      channel->assign(installer::kChromeChannelUnknown);
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 
-  HKEY root_key = system_install ? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE : HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
-  base::string16 reg_path = dist->GetStateKey();
-  RegKey key(root_key, reg_path.c_str(), KEY_READ | KEY_WOW64_32KEY);
-
-  installer::ChannelInfo channel_info;
-  if (!channel_info.Initialize(key)) {
+  if (!channel_info.GetChannelName(channel))
     channel->assign(installer::kChromeChannelUnknown);
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  if (!channel_info.GetChannelName(channel)) {
-    channel->assign(installer::kChromeChannelUnknown);
-  }
 
   // Tag the channel name if this is a multi-install.
-  if (add_multi_modifier && channel_info.IsMultiInstall()) {
-    if (!channel->empty()) {
+  if (add_multi_modifier && state.is_multi_install()) {
+    if (!channel->empty())
       channel->push_back(L'-');
-    }
     channel->push_back(L'm');
   }
 
   return true;
 }
 
 // Populates |update_policy| with the UpdatePolicy enum value corresponding to a
 // DWORD read from the registry and returns true if |value| is within range.
 // If |value| is out of range, returns false without modifying |update_policy|.
 bool GetUpdatePolicyFromDword(
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   }
 
   // If the key or value was not present, return the empty string.
   if (result == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND || result == ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND) {
     experiment_labels->clear();
     return true;
   }
 
   return result == ERROR_SUCCESS;
 }