Upgrade to Netty 4.2.2.Final

Closes gh-46050

Author: snicoll

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/MongoReactiveAutoConfiguration.java

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 import com.mongodb.connection.TransportSettings;
 import com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClient;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
-import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
+import io.netty.channel.MultiThreadIoEventLoopGroup;
+import io.netty.channel.nio.NioIoHandler;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ StandardMongoClientSettingsBuilderCustomizer standardMongoSettingsCustomizer(Mon
 	}
 
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-	@ConditionalOnClass({ SocketChannel.class, NioEventLoopGroup.class })
+	@ConditionalOnClass({ SocketChannel.class, NioIoHandler.class })
 	static class NettyDriverConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean
@@ -115,9 +116,8 @@ static final class NettyDriverMongoClientSettingsBuilderCustomizer
 		@Override
 		public void customize(Builder builder) {
 			if (!isCustomTransportConfiguration(this.settings.getIfAvailable())) {
-				NioEventLoopGroup eventLoopGroup = new NioEventLoopGroup();
-				this.eventLoopGroup = eventLoopGroup;
-				builder.transportSettings(TransportSettings.nettyBuilder().eventLoopGroup(eventLoopGroup).build());
+				this.eventLoopGroup = new MultiThreadIoEventLoopGroup(NioIoHandler.newFactory());
+				builder.transportSettings(TransportSettings.nettyBuilder().eventLoopGroup(this.eventLoopGroup).build());
 			}
 		}
 

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle

@@ -1634,17 +1634,13 @@ bom {
 			releaseNotes("https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-java-driver/releases/tag/{version}")
 		}
 	}
-	library("Netty", "4.1.122.Final") {
+	library("Netty", "4.2.2.Final") {
 		prohibit {
 			contains ".Alpha"
 			contains ".Beta"
 			contains ".RC"
 			because "we don't want alphas, betas, or release candidates"
 		}
-		prohibit {
-			versionRange "[4.2.0,)"
-			because "Reactor Netty will not support it in time for 3.5.x"
-		}
 		group("io.netty") {
 			bom("netty-bom")
 		}