Thread w = thread;
      if (w != null) {
        thread = null;
        LockSupport.unpark(w);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Marks the given node as 'deleted' (null waiter) and then scans the list to unlink all deleted
   * nodes. This is an O(n) operation in the common case (and O(n^2) in the worst), but we are saved
   * by two things.
   *
   * <ul>