RFR: 8358339: Handle MethodCounters::_method backlinks after JDK-8355003

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 18:41:42 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Found this when reading mainline-vs-premain webrev. [JDK-8355003](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8355003) introduced a backlink to `Method*` in `MethodCounters`. I believe we need to handle that backlink at least in `CodeBuffer::finalize_oop_references()`. premain does this, while mainline does not. Also, amusingly, we have `MethodCounters::is_methodCounters`, but not the super-class `Metadata::is_methodCounters`. 
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> I pulled in the hunks that use `is_methodCounters()` and `MethodCounters::method()` from premain into this PR.
> 
> Additional testing:
>  - [x] Linux x86_64 server fastdebug, `runtime/cds`
>  - [x] Linux x86_64 server fastdebug, `tier1`
>  - [x] Linux x86_64 server fastdebug, `all`

OK, phew. I thought I am not seeing some huge gap here. Thanks!
I think we are ready to integrate this. Just checking if @veresov is also okay with it.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25599#issuecomment-2940192413