[jdk17u] RFR: 8269478: Shenandoah: gc/shenandoah/mxbeans tests should be more resilient

[Aleksey Shipilev]

Clean backport to improve test stability.

Additional testing:
 - [x] Affected tests still pass

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Commit messages:
 - Backport 23d2996fee54afcc386a505a65d3236aab874e9e

Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17u/pull/27/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk17u&pr=27&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8269478
  Stats: 97 lines in 2 files changed: 68 ins; 18 del; 11 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17u/pull/27.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17u pull/27/head:pull/27

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17u/pull/27