[8u-dev] Request for approval to backport: 6854417: TESTBUG: java/util/regex/RegExTest.java fails intermittently

[Ivan Gerasimov]

Hi!

I'd like to backport this test bug fix.
The fix applies cleanly modulo copyright header change.

BugId: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6854417
Jdk9 change: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/jdk/rev/8afadc476af7
Jdk9 review: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2015-July/034544.html

Sincerely yours,
Ivan