Reference chains for surviving live-heap samples (PROF-15341)#644

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Implement reference chains for surviving live-heap samples (PROF-15341)

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Add JFR round-trip test for ReferenceChain array-of-cpool field; capture Open Question brainstorm
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Gate reference-chain search restarts on leak indication + pain budget

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Suppress LSAN false-positive for JfrMetadata::initialize() in reference-chain JFR roundtrip test

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Cap ReferenceChainTrackingTest population-growth rounds at 16 to fit shared test-JVM heap

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Fix TSAN data race on FrontierTable::_table_size; cap test garbage growth
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ci: install libgtest-dev/libgmock-dev on glibc-aarch64
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Add debug-only test seams to decouple leak-candidate slope detection from reference-chain BFS reconstruction

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Fix concurrency, overflow, and validation issues in reference-chain tracking

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Fix reference-chain test-seam races and cross-test candidate pollution
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Commits on Jul 15, 2026