Do you need some kind of synchronization on the get_dir_rec() method? --Max
> On Dec 1, 2014, at 16:06, deven you <youd...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > File.getCanonicalPath() is a very time-consuming method, we observed > significant performance degradation from some application's startup stage > with java.io.FilePermission. However, lazying load the calls to > getCanonicalPath() from java.ioFilePermission is straightforward and solve > this problem effectively. Openjdk bug[1] tracks this bug and here is the > patch [2]. Could anyone take a look? > > [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8066211 > [2] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~youdwei/ojdk-912/webrev.00/