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+"""
+Python's default logger may be causing lock contention issues.
+
+We've seen tremendous slowdown in so-vits-svc, and the logging crate
+seems to be one of the big contributors.
+
+Other projects are seeing this as well:
+https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python/issues/1867
+"""
+
+import os
+
+# From the original crate
+CRITICAL = 50
+FATAL = CRITICAL
+ERROR = 40
+WARNING = 30
+WARN = WARNING
+INFO = 20
+DEBUG = 10
+NOTSET = 0
+
+# From the original crate
+_levelToName = {
+    CRITICAL: 'CRITICAL',
+    ERROR: 'ERROR',
+    WARNING: 'WARNING',
+    INFO: 'INFO',
+    DEBUG: 'DEBUG',
+    NOTSET: 'NOTSET',
+}
+_nameToLevel = {
+    'CRITICAL': CRITICAL,
+    'FATAL': FATAL,
+    'ERROR': ERROR,
+    'WARN': WARNING,
+    'WARNING': WARNING,
+    'INFO': INFO,
+    'DEBUG': DEBUG,
+    'NOTSET': NOTSET,
+}
+
+
+def _get_log_level():
+    level = os.getenv("PYTHON_LOG_LEVEL")
+    if not level or type(level) is not str:
+        return WARN
+    level = level.strip().upper()
+    if level in _nameToLevel:
+        return _nameToLevel[level]
+    return WARN
+
+
+class Logger:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.level = _get_log_level()
+        self.handlers = []  # We don't care about this complexity
+        self.flush = True
+        pass
+
+    # noinspection PyPep8Naming
+    def setLevel(self, level):
+        self.level = level
+
+    # noinspection PyPep8Naming
+    def addHandler(self, *args):
+        pass
+
+    def warning(self, *args):
+        print(args, flush=self.flush)
+
+    def warn(self, *args):
+        print(args, flush=self.flush)
+
+    def info(self, *args):
+        print(args, flush=self.flush)
+
+    def debug(self, *args):
+        print(args, flush=self.flush)
+
+
+LOGGER = Logger()
+
+
+# noinspection PyPep8Naming
+def getLogger(*args):
+    return LOGGER