RFR: 8317755: G1: Periodic GC interval should test for the last whole heap GC [v3]

[Thomas Schatzl]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:51:31 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> See the description in the bug. Fortunately, we already track the last whole-heap GC. The new regression test verifies the behavior.
>> 
>> Additional testing:
>>  - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug `tier1 tier2 tier3`
>
> Aleksey Shipilev has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains six additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8317755-g1-periodic-whole
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8317755-g1-periodic-whole
>  - Optional flag
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8317755-g1-periodic-whole
>  - Keep the cast
>  - Fix

See comment stream.

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Changes requested by tschatzl (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16107#pullrequestreview-1759375184