Chrome Version: 62.0.3202.94 (Official Build) (64-bit) (cohort: Stable)
OS: Win10

What steps will reproduce the problem?
(1) execute:

"c:\Program Files (x86)\google\chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-logging=stderr --v=5 > c:\src\log.txt 2>&1

Sometimes no tab appears, and a crash instead inside first child (GPU) process. The stack is:

5:045> kn
 # Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
00 000000aa`6e7fc160 00007ff9`533bbed6 chrome_child!`anonymous namespace'::InvalidParameter+0x18 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\win\process_startup_helper.cc @ 21]
01 000000aa`6e7fc190 00007ff9`533bbf4d chrome_child!_invalid_parameter+0x52 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\misc\invalid_parameter.cpp @ 113]
02 000000aa`6e7fc1d0 00007ff9`533dcf5c chrome_child!_invalid_parameter_noinfo+0x19 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\misc\invalid_parameter.cpp @ 118]
03 000000aa`6e7fc210 00007ff9`533e342d chrome_child!_isatty+0x58 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\lowio\isatty.cpp @ 17]
04 000000aa`6e7fc240 00007ff9`533c0d14 chrome_child!__acrt_stdio_begin_temporary_buffering_nolock+0x19 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\stdio\_sftbuf.cpp @ 43]
05 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome_child!__acrt_stdio_temporary_buffering_guard::{ctor}+0x8 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\inc\corecrt_internal_stdio.h @ 399]
06 000000aa`6e7fc270 00007ff9`533c0cda chrome_child!<lambda_96f4279ff90247a4c5c5d9824f56f8c1>::operator()+0x20 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\stdio\fwrite.cpp @ 39]
07 000000aa`6e7fc2a0 00007ff9`533c0f6f chrome_child!__crt_seh_guarded_call<unsigned __int64>::operator()<<lambda_bdbcead8b570fa3d5ec6d9679862a6e5>,<lambda_96f4279ff90247a4c5c5d9824f56f8c1> & __ptr64,<lambda_4606be27f17b5e5579e09050fab91818> >+0x26 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\devdiv\vcruntime\inc\internal_shared.h @ 204]
08 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome_child!__acrt_lock_stream_and_call+0x39 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\inc\corecrt_internal_stdio.h @ 252]
09 000000aa`6e7fc2d0 00007ff9`52dd533e chrome_child!fwrite+0x7f [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\stdio\fwrite.cpp @ 35]
0a 000000aa`6e7fc340 00007ff9`54c72115 chrome_child!logging::LogMessage::~LogMessage+0xd6 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\logging.cc @ 720]
0b 000000aa`6e7fc8b0 00007ff9`54d5e69f chrome_child!gpu::gles2::GLES2DecoderImpl::Initialize+0xae1 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\gpu\command_buffer\service\gles2_cmd_decoder.cc @ 3424]
0c 000000aa`6e7fd050 00007ff9`54d5d725 chrome_child!gpu::GpuCommandBufferStub::Initialize+0xa1b [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\gpu\ipc\service\gpu_command_buffer_stub.cc @ 807]
0d 000000aa`6e7fdc90 00007ff9`54d57d96 chrome_child!gpu::GpuCommandBufferStub::Create+0xa1 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\gpu\ipc\service\gpu_command_buffer_stub.cc @ 236]
0e 000000aa`6e7fdcf0 00007ff9`54d589a6 chrome_child!gpu::GpuChannel::CreateCommandBuffer+0x162 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\gpu\ipc\service\gpu_channel.cc @ 1152]
0f 000000aa`6e7fdd90 00007ff9`54d56e65 chrome_child!gpu::GpuChannel::OnCreateCommandBuffer+0xda [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\gpu\ipc\service\gpu_channel.cc @ 1078]
10 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome_child!base::DispatchToMethodImpl+0x65 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\tuple.h @ 96]
11 000000aa`6e7fe1a0 00007ff9`54d56b6c chrome_child!base::DispatchToMethod<gpu::GpuChannel * __ptr64,void (__cdecl gpu::GpuChannel::*)(GPUCreateCommandBufferConfig const & __ptr64,int,base::SharedMemoryHandle,bool * __ptr64,gpu::Capabilities * __ptr64) __ptr64,std::tuple<GPUCreateCommandBufferConfig,int,base::SharedMemoryHandle>,std::tuple<bool,gpu::Capabilities> >+0x69 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\tuple.h @ 108]
12 000000aa`6e7fe210 00007ff9`54d58895 chrome_child!IPC::MessageT<GpuChannelMsg_CreateCommandBuffer_Meta,std::tuple<GPUCreateCommandBufferConfig,int,base::SharedMemoryHandle>,std::tuple<bool,gpu::Capabilities> >::Dispatch<gpu::GpuChannel,gpu::GpuChannel,void,void (__cdecl gpu::GpuChannel::*)(GPUCreateCommandBufferConfig const & __ptr64,int,base::SharedMemoryHandle,bool * __ptr64,gpu::Capabilities * __ptr64) __ptr64>+0x178 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\ipc\ipc_message_templates.h @ 205]
13 000000aa`6e7fe5a0 00007ff9`54d583da chrome_child!gpu::GpuChannel::OnControlMessageReceived+0x1b5 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\gpu\ipc\service\gpu_channel.cc @ 965]
14 000000aa`6e7fe6c0 00007ff9`54d5ac0e chrome_child!gpu::GpuChannel::HandleMessageHelper+0x22 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\gpu\ipc\service\gpu_channel.cc @ 1036]
15 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome_child!base::internal::FunctorTraits<void (__cdecl gpu::GpuChannel::*)(IPC::Message const &),void>::Invoke+0x23 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\bind_internal.h @ 194]
16 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome_child!base::internal::InvokeHelper<1,void>::MakeItSo+0x32 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\bind_internal.h @ 297]
17 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome_child!base::internal::Invoker<base::internal::BindState<void (__cdecl gpu::GpuChannel::*)(IPC::Message const &),base::WeakPtr<gpu::GpuChannel>,IPC::Message>,void __cdecl(void)>::RunImpl+0x36 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\bind_internal.h @ 349]
18 000000aa`6e7fe6f0 00007ff9`52d7b0bb chrome_child!base::internal::Invoker<base::internal::BindState<void (__cdecl gpu::GpuChannel::*)(IPC::Message const & __ptr64) __ptr64,base::WeakPtr<gpu::GpuChannel>,IPC::Message>,void __cdecl(void)>::RunOnce+0x42 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\bind_internal.h @ 334]
19 000000aa`6e7fe730 00007ff9`52d7b034 chrome_child!base::OnceCallback<void __cdecl(void)>::Run+0x13 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\callback.h @ 64]
1a 000000aa`6e7fe760 00007ff9`52d79364 chrome_child!base::debug::TaskAnnotator::RunTask+0x124 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\debug\task_annotator.cc @ 67]
1b 000000aa`6e7fe910 00007ff9`52d7b873 chrome_child!base::MessageLoop::RunTask+0xc0 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\message_loop\message_loop.cc @ 407]
1c (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome_child!base::MessageLoop::DeferOrRunPendingTask+0x6f [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\message_loop\message_loop.cc @ 417]
1d 000000aa`6e7fea40 00007ff9`52d77d0b chrome_child!base::MessageLoop::DoWork+0x2af [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\message_loop\message_loop.cc @ 524]
1e 000000aa`6e7febf0 00007ff9`52e86aac chrome_child!base::MessagePumpDefault::Run+0x2b [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\message_loop\message_pump_default.cc @ 34]
1f 000000aa`6e7fecb0 00007ff9`52f259be chrome_child!base::RunLoop::Run+0x64 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\run_loop.cc @ 124]
20 000000aa`6e7fed60 00007ff9`5304f43e chrome_child!content::GpuMain+0x2e2 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\content\gpu\gpu_main.cc @ 302]
21 000000aa`6e7ff380 00007ff9`5304f341 chrome_child!content::RunNamedProcessTypeMain+0xb6 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\content\app\content_main_runner.cc @ 444]
22 000000aa`6e7ff4d0 00007ff9`5304d6e4 chrome_child!content::ContentMainRunnerImpl::Run+0xb9 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\content\app\content_main_runner.cc @ 709]
23 000000aa`6e7ff560 00007ff9`52ca599b chrome_child!service_manager::Main+0x1e8 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\services\service_manager\embedder\main.cc @ 458]
24 000000aa`6e7ff6f0 00007ff9`52ca5944 chrome_child!content::ContentMain+0x27 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\content\app\content_main.cc @ 19]
25 000000aa`6e7ff760 00007ff7`3da0761f chrome_child!ChromeMain+0x198 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\chrome\app\chrome_main.cc @ 124]
26 000000aa`6e7ff830 00007ff7`3da02621 chrome!MainDllLoader::Launch+0x397 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\chrome\app\main_dll_loader_win.cc @ 201]
27 000000aa`6e7ff960 00007ff7`3dacf553 chrome!wWinMain+0x2f5 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\chrome\app\chrome_exe_main_win.cc @ 276]
28 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome!invoke_main+0x21 [f:\dd\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl @ 113]
29 000000aa`6e7ffb90 00007ff9`ad4c8364 chrome!__scrt_common_main_seh+0x117 [f:\dd\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl @ 253]
2a 000000aa`6e7ffbd0 00007ff9`aefa7091 KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
2b 000000aa`6e7ffc00 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x21

If you run with --disable-gpu then you get stack

4:047> kn
 # Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
00 00000020`22bfe3a0 00007ff9`4f3ebed6 chrome_child!`anonymous namespace'::InvalidParameter+0x18 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\win\process_startup_helper.cc @ 21]
01 00000020`22bfe3d0 00007ff9`4f3ebf4d chrome_child!_invalid_parameter+0x52 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\misc\invalid_parameter.cpp @ 113]
02 00000020`22bfe410 00007ff9`4f40cf5c chrome_child!_invalid_parameter_noinfo+0x19 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\misc\invalid_parameter.cpp @ 118]
03 00000020`22bfe450 00007ff9`4f41342d chrome_child!_isatty+0x58 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\lowio\isatty.cpp @ 17]
04 00000020`22bfe480 00007ff9`4f3f0d14 chrome_child!__acrt_stdio_begin_temporary_buffering_nolock+0x19 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\stdio\_sftbuf.cpp @ 43]
05 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome_child!__acrt_stdio_temporary_buffering_guard::{ctor}+0x8 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\inc\corecrt_internal_stdio.h @ 399]
06 00000020`22bfe4b0 00007ff9`4f3f0cda chrome_child!<lambda_96f4279ff90247a4c5c5d9824f56f8c1>::operator()+0x20 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\stdio\fwrite.cpp @ 39]
07 00000020`22bfe4e0 00007ff9`4f3f0f6f chrome_child!__crt_seh_guarded_call<unsigned __int64>::operator()<<lambda_bdbcead8b570fa3d5ec6d9679862a6e5>,<lambda_96f4279ff90247a4c5c5d9824f56f8c1> & __ptr64,<lambda_4606be27f17b5e5579e09050fab91818> >+0x26 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\devdiv\vcruntime\inc\internal_shared.h @ 204]
08 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome_child!__acrt_lock_stream_and_call+0x39 [minkernel\crts\ucrt\inc\corecrt_internal_stdio.h @ 252]
09 00000020`22bfe510 00007ff9`4ee0533e chrome_child!fwrite+0x7f [minkernel\crts\ucrt\src\appcrt\stdio\fwrite.cpp @ 35]
0a 00000020`22bfe580 00007ff9`4f5fed93 chrome_child!logging::LogMessage::~LogMessage+0xd6 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\base\logging.cc @ 720]
0b 00000020`22bfeaf0 00007ff9`4f1ef611 chrome_child!rtc::DiagnosticLogMessage::~DiagnosticLogMessage+0x40f777 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\third_party\webrtc_overrides\webrtc\rtc_base\logging.cc @ 206]
0c 00000020`22bfec60 00007ff9`4f1ef5a3 chrome_child!internal::DetectNumberOfCores+0x61 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\third_party\webrtc\system_wrappers\source\cpu_info.cc @ 52]
0d 00000020`22bfede0 00007ff9`4f1ef56d chrome_child!webrtc::CpuInfo::DetectNumberOfCores+0x13 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\third_party\webrtc\system_wrappers\source\cpu_info.cc @ 65]
0e 00000020`22bfee10 00007ff9`4effc801 chrome_child!InitializeWebRtcModule+0x9 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\third_party\webrtc_overrides\init_webrtc.cc @ 87]
0f 00000020`22bfee40 00007ff9`4f07f43e chrome_child!content::RendererMain+0x155 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\content\renderer\renderer_main.cc @ 199]
10 00000020`22bfefd0 00007ff9`4f07f341 chrome_child!content::RunNamedProcessTypeMain+0xb6 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\content\app\content_main_runner.cc @ 444]
11 00000020`22bff120 00007ff9`4f07d6e4 chrome_child!content::ContentMainRunnerImpl::Run+0xb9 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\content\app\content_main_runner.cc @ 709]
12 00000020`22bff1b0 00007ff9`4ecd599b chrome_child!service_manager::Main+0x1e8 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\services\service_manager\embedder\main.cc @ 458]
13 00000020`22bff340 00007ff9`4ecd5944 chrome_child!content::ContentMain+0x27 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\content\app\content_main.cc @ 19]
14 00000020`22bff3b0 00007ff7`3da0761f chrome_child!ChromeMain+0x198 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\chrome\app\chrome_main.cc @ 124]
15 00000020`22bff480 00007ff7`3da02621 chrome!MainDllLoader::Launch+0x397 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\chrome\app\main_dll_loader_win.cc @ 201]
16 00000020`22bff5b0 00007ff7`3dacf553 chrome!wWinMain+0x2f5 [c:\b\c\b\win64_pgo\src\chrome\app\chrome_exe_main_win.cc @ 276]
17 (Inline Function) --------`-------- chrome!invoke_main+0x21 [f:\dd\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl @ 113]
18 00000020`22bff7e0 00007ff9`ad4c8364 chrome!__scrt_common_main_seh+0x117 [f:\dd\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl @ 253]
19 00000020`22bff820 00007ff9`aefa7091 KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
1a 00000020`22bff850 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x21

So something to do with logging initialization early on?

For graphics-related bugs, please copy/paste the contents of the about:gpu
page at the end of this report.