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diff --git a/chrome/browser/io_thread.cc b/chrome/browser/io_thread.cc
index 4dc520a..8772ffd 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/io_thread.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/io_thread.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include "base/string_number_conversions.h"
#include "base/string_split.h"
#include "base/string_util.h"
+#include "base/thread_restrictions.h"
#include "chrome/browser/browser_process.h"
#include "chrome/browser/browser_thread.h"
#include "chrome/browser/gpu_process_host.h"
@@ -257,6 +258,13 @@ net::ProxyScriptFetcher* IOThread::CreateAndRegisterProxyScriptFetcher(
}
void IOThread::Init() {
+#if defined(OS_LINUX)
+ // TODO(evan): test and enable this on all platforms.
+ // Though this thread is called the "IO" thread, it actually just routes
+ // messages around; it shouldn't be allowed to perform any blocking disk I/O.
+ base::ThreadRestrictions::SetIOAllowed(false);
+#endif
+
BrowserProcessSubThread::Init();
DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::TYPE_IO, message_loop()->type());