gvfs is very slow on listing

[roostertn]

As stated , gvfs is extremely slow when browsing smb shares.

Mount cifs runs in a third of the time gvfs takes.

Often gvfs hangs up while listing.

I've searched and see tons of noise about it but no real signal.

Does anyone here have any info on gvfs as to why it's so slow browsing?


"Name : gvfs
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.6.2"

[jpollard]

It could easily have something to do with traversing two non-native layers of filesystem code. gvfs itself uses dbus and depends on external daemons. If they are a bit slow then hang it up.

The result can easily exceed the timeouts allowed, and cause failures