[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8332936: Test vmTestbase/metaspace/gc/watermark_70_80/TestDescription.java fails with no GC's recorded

[Andrew Lu]

I backport this for parity with 17.0.13-oracle.

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Commit messages:
 - Backport 5ed0d52c8424dd2e7f1ac2404e9fabb40c8402b8

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2603/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=2603&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8332936
  Stats: 4 lines in 4 files changed: 4 ins; 0 del; 0 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2603.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/2603/head:pull/2603

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2603