RFR: 8317755: G1: Periodic GC interval should test for the last whole heap GC [v2]

[Aleksey Shipilev]

> 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 five additional commits since the last revision:

 - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8317755-g1-periodic-whole
 - Optional flag
 - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8317755-g1-periodic-whole
 - Keep the cast
 - Fix

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16107/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16107/files/d6791146..4025fd02

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=16107&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=16107&range=00-01

  Stats: 32385 lines in 1033 files changed: 18888 ins; 6573 del; 6924 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16107.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/16107/head:pull/16107

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16107