[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8353235: Test jdk/jfr/api/metadata/annotations/TestPeriod.java fails with IllegalArgumentException

[Goetz Lindenmaier]

I backport this for parity with 17.0.17-oracle.

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Commit messages:
 - Backport b7ca76ef4bfc640668492e655acc6d755411a92f

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/3718/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=3718&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8353235
  Stats: 2 lines in 1 file changed: 2 ins; 0 del; 0 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/3718.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/3718/head:pull/3718

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/3718