[8u-dev] Request for approval to backport: Integer overflow in StringBufferInputStream.read() and CharArrayReader.read/skip()

[Ivan Gerasimov]

Hello!

I'd like to backport this fix to jdk8u-dev.

The unshuffled patch applies cleanly.

Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8163518
Jdk9 change: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/jdk/rev/4b3a8f572544
Jdk9 review: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2016-August/042887.html 


Would you please approve?

With kind regards,
Ivan