Wire reference chains into profiler lifecycle and JNI API

[jbachorik]

What does this PR do?:
Wires the reference-chain engine into the profiler lifecycle:

• Profiler starts/stops ReferenceChainTracker and LivenessTracker with the recording, drains resolved chain events into JFR on dump(), and emits abandoned-search events.
• ObjectSampler always informs LivenessTracker of the recording's flags so they cannot go stale across recordings.
• javaApi.cpp adds the reference-chain natives and test seams; JavaProfiler.java declares them.
• vmEntry GC-event hooks feed the tracker.

Motivation:
Part 4 of the stacked series for PROF-15341; makes the tracker from the previous PR reachable from a live recording.

Additional Notes:
Stacked on #797.

How to test the change?:
buildDebug compiles and links; end-to-end behavior is covered by the Java integration tests later in the stack.

For Datadog employees:

• This PR doesn't touch any of that.
• JIRA: PROF-15341

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Scan-Build Report

User:	runner@runnervmlun5p
Working Directory:	/home/runner/work/java-profiler/java-profiler/ddprof-lib/src/test/make
Command Line:	make -j4 all
Clang Version:	Ubuntu clang version 18.1.3 (1ubuntu1)
Date:	Thu Sep 17 20:07:57 2026

Bug Summary

Bug Type	Quantity	Display?
All Bugs	4
C++ move semantics
Use-after-move	1
Logic error
Dereference of null pointer	1
Result of operation is garbage or undefined	1
Unused code
Dead increment	1

Reports

Bug Group	Bug Type ▾	File	Function/Method	Line	Path Length
Unused code	Dead increment	referenceChains.cpp	collectStaticFieldAnchorsForRotation	3677	1
Logic error	Dereference of null pointer	faultInjection.cpp	crashNow	24	2
Logic error	Result of operation is garbage or undefined	livenessTracker.cpp	secondsToOOM	1383	24
C++ move semantics	Use-after-move	referenceChains.cpp	buildCanaryChainEvent	6083	68

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Updated: 2026-09-17 22:35:58 UTC

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Stopping a recording can omit all reference-chain events since the last dump. The lifecycle also keeps strong thread references and stale chain data across recording sessions.

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