CFV: New JDK Reviewer: Quan Anh Mai

[David Holmes]

Vote: yes

David

On 21/01/2026 6:29 pm, Tobias Hartmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I hereby nominate Quan Anh Mai to JDK Reviewer.
> 
> Quan Anh is a member of the HotSpot Compiler Team at Oracle and has 
> contributed 58 changes to the JDK project [1]. He has been an active 
> contributor to OpenJDK since 2021, delivering numerous high-impact 
> optimizations in the C2 compiler.
> 
> His contributions include improvements to unsigned comparisons, LEA- 
> based arithmetic, boolean conversions, floating-point comparisons, and 
> multiple Vector API optimizations. Most recently, he enhanced the C2 
> type system with unsigned bounds and known-bits information, work that 
> required deep compiler expertise and that lays important groundwork for 
> future optimizations. In addition, Quan Anh is an active contributor to 
> Project Valhalla, with 28 changes to date.
> 
> Quan Anh already acts as a reviewer in practice, having completed more 
> than 80 reviews in 2025 alone.
> 
> Votes are due by Friday, 4 February 2026 at 09:00 UTC.
> 
> Only current JDK Reviewers [2] are eligible to vote on this nomination. 
> Votes must be cast in the open by replying to this mailing list.
> 
> For Three-Vote Consensus voting instructions, see [3].
> 
> Best regards,
> Tobias
> 
> [1] https://github.com/search?q=author- 
> name%3A%22Quan+Anh+Mai%22+repo%3Aopenjdk%2Fjdk&type=commits&s=committer- 
> date&o=desc
> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/census
> [3] https://openjdk.org/projects/#reviewer-vote