RFR: 8037914: Add JFR event for string deduplication [v6]

[Francesco Andreuzzi]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 01:59:41 GMT, Francesco Andreuzzi <fandreuzzi at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> In this PR I introduce a new JFR event: `jdk.StringDeduplication`
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>> The new event is emitted every time a deduplication cycle happens.
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>> Passes tier1 and tier2 (fastdebug).
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> Francesco Andreuzzi has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   rename. start/end time

Makes sense, thanks. I applied all your feedback in fc47a64e39712024c55542439bd775497a6d70ed.

> An argument can be made that the phases should be separate events, similar to CompilerPhase and GCPausePhase, where you have a name for each phase (String Processing, Table Resize and Table Cleanup), but it may be over-engineering if we don't believe these phases will change in the future?

Yeah I think there's little chance for changes there, I'd keep it as it is.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28015#issuecomment-3541742817