RFR: 8298175: JFR: Common timestamp for periodic events [v3]

[Erik Gahlin]

> Could I have review of infrastructure that makes it easier to write periodic events with the same timestamp.
> 
> Testing: jdk/jdk/jfr + tier1 + tier2
> 
> Thanks
> Erik

Erik Gahlin has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Add support for periodic types

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11541/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11541/files/605f1290..638803b2

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=11541&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=11541&range=01-02

  Stats: 28 lines in 5 files changed: 13 ins; 0 del; 15 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11541.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk pull/11541/head:pull/11541

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11541