Please, review the fix for:
  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160950

Webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sspitsyn/webrevs/2016/jdk/8160950-JLI-WLS.jdk2/


Summary:
When running a java application with the options `-javaagent:myagent.jar -Djava.system.classloader=MyClassLoader` then the myagent.jar is added to the application class loader rather than the custom system class loader.
  The problem was that the libinstrument Agent_OnLoad did not invoke the
  custom system class loader method appendToClassPathForInstrumentation.
Instead, it added the agent's jar path into the system property "java.class.path".

The solution is to save the jar file path in the global structure and later use it to invoke the custom system class loader's method appendToClassPathForInstrumentation.

This breaks a compatibility in the rare case if a custom system class loader
  does not define the method appendToClassPathForInstrumentation.
The compatibility risk is low because using a custom system class loader is very rare (little known feature). In addition, any custom class loader used in environments with
  tools that load agents into running VMs already define this method.
In the unlikely event that there is a custom system class loader that does not define this method, and it is used with a java agent specified on command line, then the error will be clear as the VM will refuse to start. It is trivially fixed by defining the method.

The previous version of the fix was preliminary reviewed by Alan and Mandy.

Testing:
  Ran the jtreg java.lang.instrument test and new unit test

Thanks,

Serguei

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