[perl #121395] [PATCH] test.pl's watchdog() always times out and blocks harness while it is timing out on Win32

Patch attached. Since this should go in for 5.20, I picked the easiest path, which is use process group kill to kill the cmd.exe and the perl.exe underneath that, since that is now committed under #121230 (121230 still has a unresolved smoker problem, but watchdog doesnt block now with this patch, I hope it wont block with the smoker). The patch saves about 900 seconds/15 minutes.

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Files=2406, Tests=691402, 3263 wallclock secs (125.98 usr +  4.88 sys = 130.86 C
PU)
Result: FAIL
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All tests successful.
Files=2407, Tests=691474, 2357 wallclock secs (123.92 usr +  4.53 sys = 128.45 C
PU)
Result: PASS
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Ignore the fail, it was to prevent a hang so I get a accurate before time count.

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