// will be a definite performance hit to those users.
          thrownAtomicReferenceFieldUpdaterFailure = atomicReferenceFieldUpdaterFailure;
          helper = new SynchronizedHelper();
        }
      }
    } else {
      /*
       * We avoid Unsafe, since newer JVMs produce warnings or even errors for attempts to use it.
       *

          // will be a definite performance hit to those users.
          thrownAtomicReferenceFieldUpdaterFailure = atomicReferenceFieldUpdaterFailure;
          helper = new SynchronizedHelper();
        }
      }
    }
    ATOMIC_HELPER = helper;

    // Prevent rare disastrous classloading in first call to LockSupport.park.
    // See: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8074773