--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java	Wed Jan 15 17:56:27 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java	Thu Jan 16 15:13:15 2014 +0100
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
         Logger result = getLogger(name);
         if (result == null) {
             // only allocate the new logger once
-            Logger newLogger = new Logger(name, resourceBundleName, caller);
+            Logger newLogger = new Logger(name, resourceBundleName, caller, false);
             do {
                 if (addLogger(newLogger)) {
                     // We successfully added the new Logger that we
@@ -471,12 +471,12 @@
         } while (logger == null);
 
         // LogManager will set the sysLogger's handlers via LogManager.addLogger method.
-        if (logger != sysLogger && sysLogger.getHandlers().length == 0) {
+        if (logger != sysLogger && sysLogger.accessCheckedHandlers().length == 0) {
             // if logger already exists but handlers not set
             final Logger l = logger;
             AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
                 public Void run() {
-                    for (Handler hdl : l.getHandlers()) {
+                    for (Handler hdl : l.accessCheckedHandlers()) {
                         sysLogger.addHandler(hdl);
                     }
                     return null;
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
             Logger result = findLogger(name);
             if (result == null) {
                 // only allocate the new system logger once
-                Logger newLogger = new Logger(name, resourceBundleName);
+                Logger newLogger = new Logger(name, resourceBundleName, null, true);
                 do {
                     if (addLocalLogger(newLogger)) {
                         // We successfully added the new Logger that we
@@ -1425,31 +1425,35 @@
     // We use a subclass of Logger for the root logger, so
     // that we only instantiate the global handlers when they
     // are first needed.
-    private class RootLogger extends Logger {
+    private final class RootLogger extends Logger {
         private RootLogger() {
-            super("", null);
+            super("", null, null, true);
             setLevel(defaultLevel);
         }
 
+        @Override
         public void log(LogRecord record) {
             // Make sure that the global handlers have been instantiated.
             initializeGlobalHandlers();
             super.log(record);
         }
 
+        @Override
         public void addHandler(Handler h) {
             initializeGlobalHandlers();
             super.addHandler(h);
         }
 
+        @Override
         public void removeHandler(Handler h) {
             initializeGlobalHandlers();
             super.removeHandler(h);
         }
 
-        public Handler[] getHandlers() {
+        @Override
+        Handler[] accessCheckedHandlers() {
             initializeGlobalHandlers();
-            return super.getHandlers();
+            return super.accessCheckedHandlers();
         }
     }
 

--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java	Wed Jan 15 17:56:27 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java	Thu Jan 16 15:13:15 2014 +0100
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
     private String name;
     private final CopyOnWriteArrayList<Handler> handlers =
         new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
-    private String resourceBundleName;
+    private volatile String resourceBundleName;
     private volatile boolean useParentHandlers = true;
     private volatile Filter filter;
     private boolean anonymous;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 
     // The fields relating to parent-child relationships and levels
     // are managed under a separate lock, the treeLock.
-    private static Object treeLock = new Object();
+    private static final Object treeLock = new Object();
     // We keep weak references from parents to children, but strong
     // references from children to parents.
     private volatile Logger parent;    // our nearest parent.
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
     private volatile Level levelObject;
     private volatile int levelValue;  // current effective level value
     private WeakReference<ClassLoader> callersClassLoaderRef;
+    private final boolean isSystemLogger;
 
     /**
      * GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME is a name for the global logger.
@@ -257,11 +258,12 @@
      *             no corresponding resource can be found.
      */
     protected Logger(String name, String resourceBundleName) {
-        this(name, resourceBundleName, null);
+        this(name, resourceBundleName, null, false);
     }
 
-    Logger(String name, String resourceBundleName, Class<?> caller) {
+    Logger(String name, String resourceBundleName, Class<?> caller, boolean isSystemLogger) {
         this.manager = LogManager.getLogManager();
+        this.isSystemLogger = isSystemLogger;
         setupResourceInfo(resourceBundleName, caller);
         this.name = name;
         levelValue = Level.INFO.intValue();
@@ -288,6 +290,7 @@
     private Logger(String name) {
         // The manager field is not initialized here.
         this.name = name;
+        this.isSystemLogger = true;
         levelValue = Level.INFO.intValue();
     }
 
@@ -528,7 +531,7 @@
         // cleanup some Loggers that have been GC'ed
         manager.drainLoggerRefQueueBounded();
         Logger result = new Logger(null, resourceBundleName,
-                                   Reflection.getCallerClass());
+                                   Reflection.getCallerClass(), false);
         result.anonymous = true;
         Logger root = manager.getLogger("");
         result.doSetParent(root);
@@ -606,15 +609,22 @@
 
         Logger logger = this;
         while (logger != null) {
-            for (Handler handler : logger.getHandlers()) {
+            final Handler[] loggerHandlers = isSystemLogger
+                ? logger.accessCheckedHandlers()
+                : logger.getHandlers();
+            for (Handler handler : loggerHandlers) {
                 handler.publish(record);
             }
 
-            if (!logger.getUseParentHandlers()) {
+            final boolean useParentHdls = isSystemLogger
+                ? logger.useParentHandlers
+                : logger.getUseParentHandlers();
+
+            if (!useParentHdls) {
                 break;
             }
 
-            logger = logger.getParent();
+            logger = isSystemLogger ? logger.parent : logger.getParent();
         }
     }
 
@@ -1337,6 +1347,12 @@
      * @return  an array of all registered Handlers
      */
     public Handler[] getHandlers() {
+        return accessCheckedHandlers();
+    }
+
+    // This method should ideally be marked final - but unfortunately
+    // it needs to be overridden by LogManager.RootLogger
+    Handler[] accessCheckedHandlers() {
         return handlers.toArray(emptyHandlers);
     }
 
@@ -1669,11 +1685,13 @@
     private String getEffectiveResourceBundleName() {
         Logger target = this;
         while (target != null) {
-            String rbn = target.getResourceBundleName();
+            final String rbn = isSystemLogger
+                ? target.resourceBundleName
+                : target.getResourceBundleName();
             if (rbn != null) {
                 return rbn;
             }
-            target = target.getParent();
+            target = isSystemLogger ? target.parent : target.getParent();
         }
         return null;
     }