[8u] RFA for JDK-8170395: Metaspace initialization queries the wrong chunk freelist

[Muthusamy Chinnathambi]

Hi,

May I get the approval of backport of JDK-8170395: 'Metaspace initialization queries the wrong chunk freelist' to jdk8u.


JDK9 bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8170395 
Jdk9 review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2016-November/025345.html 
Jdk8 review threads: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2017-November/028937.html 
                                      http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2017-December/029518.html 
Webrev link: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchinnathamb/8170395/webrev.02/ 

Regards,
Muthusamy C