RFR: 8339148: Make os::Linux::active_processor_count() public

[David Holmes]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 10:16:06 GMT, Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this Linux-only change which makes `os::Linux::active_processor_count()` public (from currently protected). This allows us to clean up some `friend class` usages and will also make some container related patches less clunky.
> 
> Testing:
> - [ ] GHA
> - [x] Container tests on linux x86_64
> 
> Thoughts?

This is fine.

Thanks

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Marked as reviewed by dholmes (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20833#pullrequestreview-2277213735