4243978: (ref) Race condition in Reference.enqueue() 4268317: (ref) Reference.isEnqueued() can return true when instance not enqueued Summary: The reference handler now declares, and assumes, that the discovered field, rather than the next field, is (to be) used to link the entries in the pending list, thus allowing a reference object to be safely enqueued even while it is in the pending state. Also added slightly modified regression tests from the two bug reports. Reviewed-by: mchung, alanb, jcoomes

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