* to support DFS referral _to_ Win95/98/ME.
         */

        // Optimization: Prefer SMB2 approach for better performance
        if (th.isSMB2()) {
            // SMB2: Use optimized open with minimal access for better performance
            return (SmbBasicFileInfo) withOpen(th, Smb2CreateRequest.FILE_OPEN, SmbConstants.FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES,

* Bump GCI to gci-stable-56-9000-84-2: Fixed google-accounts-daemon breaks on GCI when network is unavailable. Fixed iptables-restore performance regression. ([#41831](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41831), [@freehan](https://github.com/freehan))

- Disabled the `SchedulerAsyncAPICalls` feature gate to mitigate a bug where its interaction with asynchronous preemption could degrade `kube-scheduler` performance, especially under high `kube-apiserver` load. ([#134400](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134400), [@macsko](https://github.com/macsko))

      SortedMap<K, V> unfiltered, Predicate<? super K> keyPredicate) {
    // TODO(lowasser): Return a subclass of FilteredKeyMap for slightly better performance.
    return filterEntries(unfiltered, keyPredicateOnEntries(keyPredicate));
  }

  /**
   * Returns a navigable map containing the mappings in {@code unfiltered} whose keys satisfy a

      SortedMap<K, V> unfiltered, Predicate<? super K> keyPredicate) {
    // TODO(lowasser): Return a subclass of FilteredKeyMap for slightly better performance.
    return filterEntries(unfiltered, keyPredicateOnEntries(keyPredicate));
  }

  /**
   * Returns a navigable map containing the mappings in {@code unfiltered} whose keys satisfy a

        return listFiles("*", ATTR_DIRECTORY | ATTR_HIDDEN | ATTR_SYSTEM, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * The CIFS protocol provides for DOS "wildcards" to be used as
     * a performance enhancement. The client does not have to filter
     * the names and the server does not have to return all directory
     * entries.
     * <p>
     * The wildcard expression may consist of two special meta

  }

  /**
   * Each OkHttpClient used to get its own instance of NullProxySelector, and because these weren't
   * equal their connections weren't pooled. That's a nasty performance bug!
   *
   * https://github.com/square/okhttp/issues/5519
   */
  @Test
  fun connectionPoolingWithFreshClientSamePool() {
    server.enqueue(MockResponse(body = "abc"))

* Upgrading Container-VM base image for k8s on GCE. Brief changelog as follows: ([#32738](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/32738), [@Amey-D](https://github.com/Amey-D))
    * Fixed performance regression in veth device driver
    * Docker and related binaries are statically linked
    * Fixed the issue of systemd being oom-killable

          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <type>String</type>
          <description>
            Whether to load Maven extensions (such as packaging and type handlers) from
            this plugin. For performance reasons, this should only be enabled when necessary. Note: While the type
            of this field is {@code String} for technical reasons, the semantic type is actually
            {@code Boolean}. Default value is {@code false}.