RFR: Cleanups, TODOs, asserts (part 1) [v6]

[Aleksey Shipilev]

> I have been reading the `openjdk/shenandoah` vs `openjdk/jdk` diff and these are the simple code massages we can do to improve and bullet-proof the code, hopefully without changing the semantics. This would continue with more parts later.
> 
> Additional testing:
>  - [x] macos-aarch64-server-fastdebug (some pre-existing failures)

Aleksey Shipilev has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Ramki review

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/shenandoah/pull/245/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/shenandoah/pull/245/files/c0af0d7e..db76579e

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=shenandoah&pr=245&range=05
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=shenandoah&pr=245&range=04-05

  Stats: 15 lines in 7 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 15 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/shenandoah/pull/245.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/shenandoah.git pull/245/head:pull/245

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/shenandoah/pull/245