Possibility of backporting fix for JDK-6986863

[Harald Kuhr]

Hi all,

As the author of TwelveMonkeys ImageIO (
https://github.com/haraldk/TwelveMonkeys), I am very happy to see
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6986863 (ProfileDeferralMgr
throwing ConcurrentModificationException) finally being fixed in Java 17!

However, I wonder what it would take to backport Sergey’s fix (
https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/64a150c5) to OpenJDK 11 (or even 8)?

Many users are running into this bug, and it is hard to create a reliable
workaround in libraries. It will take time before JDK 17 is adopted by most
users (many are still using Java 8), and a backport is therefore needed.


PS: I initially posted a similar request to client-libs-dev, but was told
to ask in the "updates" lists. Hoping this is the correct mailing list. If
not, please give me a gentle push in the right direction.


Best regards,

—
Harald K