JBoss EAP 7 is slow to open logging configuration in the management console

Issue

JBoss EAP 7 is slow to open logging configuration in the management console. We note this particularly when there are many files (1000+) in the log directory. Thread dumps show a thread persisting in the following:

"External Management Request Threads -- 7" - Thread t@339
   java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
    at sun.nio.fs.UnixNativeDispatcher.access0(Native Method)
    at sun.nio.fs.UnixNativeDispatcher.access(UnixNativeDispatcher.java:449)
    at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.checkAccess(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:306)
    at java.nio.file.Files.isAccessible(Files.java:2455)
    at java.nio.file.Files.isReadable(Files.java:2490)
    at org.jboss.as.logging.LoggingResource$1.visitFile(LoggingResource.java:269)
    at org.jboss.as.logging.LoggingResource$1.visitFile(LoggingResource.java:252)
    at java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2670)
    at org.jboss.as.logging.LoggingResource.findFiles(LoggingResource.java:252)
    at org.jboss.as.logging.LoggingResource.getChildrenNames(LoggingResource.java:158)
    at org.jboss.as.logging.LoggingResource.hasReadableFile(LoggingResource.java:230)
    at org.jboss.as.logging.LoggingResource.getChild(LoggingResource.java:108)