RFR: 8321620: Optimize JImage decompressors

[Glavo]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 11:55:22 GMT, Glavo <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR significantly speeds up decompressing resources in Jimage while significantly reducing temporary memory allocations in the process.
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> This will improve startup speed for runtime images generated using `jlink --compress 1` and `jlink --compress 2` .
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> I generated a runtime image containing javac using `jlink --compress 1 --add-modules jdk.compiler` and tested the time it took to compile a simple HelloWorld program 20 times using `perf stat -r20 javac /dev/shm/HelloWorld.java`, this PR reduces the total time taken from 17830ms to 13598ms (31.12% faster).

I created a new PR: #17405

I want to leave my changes to the string sharing plugin here so I can pick them up in the future.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16556#issuecomment-1889790269