[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8317772: NMT: Make peak values available in release builds

[Thomas Stuefe]

Clean backport of a very useful feature with minimal risks.

-------------

Commit messages:
 - Backport 32ccf018eb32726e60126dcfd69d1be9ac80ec42

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/1872/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=1872&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8317772
  Stats: 13 lines in 3 files changed: 0 ins; 7 del; 6 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/1872.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/1872/head:pull/1872

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/1872