RFR: 8329134: Reconsider TLAB zapping [v2]

[Stefan Karlsson]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:55:35 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> We zap the entire TLAB on initial allocation (`MemAllocator::mem_allocate_inside_tlab_slow`), and then also rezap the object contents when object is allocated from the TLAB (`ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::allocate`). The second part seems excessive, given the TLAB is already fully zapped.
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>> There is also no way to disable this zapping, like you would in other places with the relevant Zap* flags.
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>> Fixing both these issues allows to improve fastdebug tests performance, e.g. in jcstress. 
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>> It also allows to remove the related Zero kludge.
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>> Additional testing:
>>  - [x] Linux AArch64 server fastdebug, `all` tests 
>>  - [x] MacOS AArch64 Zero fastdebug, `bootcycle-images` pass
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> Aleksey Shipilev has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Review comments

Thanks! Looks good.

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Marked as reviewed by stefank (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18500#pullrequestreview-1963856718