testutils,kvserver: add StartExecTrace and adopt in TestPromoteNonVoterInAddVoter #139036
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Every now and then we end up with tests that fail every once in a blue moon, and we can't reproduce at will.
#138864 was one of them, and execution traces helped a great deal.
This PR introduces a helper for unit tests that execution traces the test and keeps the trace on failure, and adopts it for one of these pesky unit tests.
The trace contains the goroutine ID in the filename. Additionally, the test's main goroutine is marked via a trace region. Sample below:
Closes #134383.
Epic: None
Release note: None