CFV: New JDK Reviewer: Quan Anh Mai

[Stefan Karlsson]

Vote: yes

StefanK

On 2026-01-21 09:29, 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