* under the assumption that for long-running instances, observed
   * contention levels will recur, so the cells will eventually be
   * needed again; and for short-lived ones, it does not matter.
   */

  /**
   * Padded variant of AtomicLong supporting only raw accesses plus CAS. The value field is placed
   * between pads, hoping that the JVM doesn't reorder them.
   *

   * under the assumption that for long-running instances, observed
   * contention levels will recur, so the cells will eventually be
   * needed again; and for short-lived ones, it does not matter.
   */

  /**
   * Padded variant of AtomicLong supporting only raw accesses plus CAS. The value field is placed
   * between pads, hoping that the JVM doesn't reorder them.
   *

   * under the assumption that for long-running instances, observed
   * contention levels will recur, so the cells will eventually be
   * needed again; and for short-lived ones, it does not matter.
   */

  /**
   * Padded variant of AtomicLong supporting only raw accesses plus CAS. The value field is placed
   * between pads, hoping that the JVM doesn't reorder them.
   *