The stack trace is the following: Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: ------ Green Thread ------ Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/bin/neutron-linuxbridge-agent:8 in Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `sys.exit(main())` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/neutron/cmd/eventlet/plugins/linuxbridge_neutron_agent.py:21 in main Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `agent_main.main()` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_neutron_agent.py:1055 in main Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `manager = LinuxBridgeManager(bridge_mappings, interface_mappings)` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_neutron_agent.py:93 in __init__ Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `self.check_vxlan_support()` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_neutron_agent.py:745 in check_vxlan_sup Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `if self.vxlan_ucast_supported():` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_neutron_agent.py:706 in vxlan_ucast_sup Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `ip_lib.vxlan_in_use(seg_id)):` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py:741 in vxlan_in_use Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `interfaces = get_devices_info(namespace)` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/neutron/agent/linux/ip_lib.py:1379 in get_devices_info Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `devices = privileged.get_link_devices(namespace, **kwargs)` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_privsep/priv_context.py:247 in _wrap Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `return self.channel.remote_call(name, args, kwargs)` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_privsep/daemon.py:214 in remote_call Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `result = self.send_recv((Message.CALL.value, name, args, kwargs))` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_privsep/comm.py:172 in send_recv Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `reply = future.result()` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_privsep/comm.py:109 in result Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `self.condvar.wait()` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /usr/lib/python3.6/threading.py:295 in wait Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `waiter.acquire()` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eventlet/semaphore.py:115 in acquire Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `hubs.get_hub().switch()` Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: /openstack/venvs/neutron-21.2.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/eventlet/hubs/hub.py:298 in switch Dec 01 07:19:38 tctrko1 neutron-linuxbridge-agent[18892]: `return self.greenlet.switch()` In this case it looks like `privileged.get_link_devices` is what needs to be optimized which was not covered by the fix.