`lsof` is very slow on RHEL 7 when a multi threaded process has many open files

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Issue

  • When invoking lsof all open files of a thread are listed and this causes long delays. How to disable to iteration through all threads?
  • lsof shows all open files of a multi-threaded application, could this be limited to the main-thread?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

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