[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8168926: C2: Bytecode escape analyzer crashes due to stack overflow

[Joshua Cao]

This is a clean backport of [8168926](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8168926) from openjdk/jdk repository. Passing `make test`.

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Commit messages:
 - Backport 421bf2f22d4ebbdd92ba0476a7dc33b20528827a

Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u-dev/pull/53/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk8u-dev&pr=53&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8168926
  Stats: 35 lines in 2 files changed: 29 ins; 1 del; 5 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u-dev/pull/53.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u-dev pull/53/head:pull/53

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u-dev/pull/53