• record performance and reload
• (expensive) layout trashing happens WorkbenchLayout#layout

I fiddled with this and it seems to be caused by these lines https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/2f28e6ba8ae02a51d20e2c85fd8cd702fc8de37e/src/vs/workbench/browser/layout.ts#L547-L554

Question are

• this looks like a workaround for something. is that still needed?
• is there a better way to achieve the workaround, e.g. not having it during the main layout call?