8281309: x86: Select better stack banging instruction

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• JDK-8281309: x86: Select better stack banging instruction

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[merykitty]

Given the data is actually not needed anywhere, we could use non-temporal store movnti which will not mess up our cache.
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[merykitty]

At the first glance it seems to be a total win over the current method since it is the same, but without the drawback of cache pressure, so I think it would be beneficial to just replace the current one.

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