8337966: (fs) Files.readAttributes fails with Operation not permitted on older docker releases

[alexeybakhtin]

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Almost clean backport from JDK21

The only difference is an additional EPERM check in the stat1 method. This method was removed in JDK21 as part of JDK-8283335

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• JDK-8337966: (fs) Files.readAttributes fails with Operation not permitted on older docker releases (Bug - P4)

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