8339289: Parameter size mismatch between client and VM sides of the Attach API - Windows

[alexmenkov]

The fix improves Attch API protocol and implements updated protocol on windows; shared code is ready to implement updated protocol support on other platforms. More detailed explanations on the 1st comment.

Testing: tier1,tier2,tier3,tier4,hs-tier5-svc manually tested backward compatibility (old tools can attach to current VMs, current tools can attach to older VMs) on Windows with jdk21u and jdk8u.

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• JDK-8339289: Parameter size mismatch between client and VM sides of the Attach API - Windows (Sub-task - P3)

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• Serguei Spitsyn (@sspitsyn - Reviewer)

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