Unsafe throws IAE for misusing static vs instance fields, and it's revealed that AtomicXxxFieldUpdaters are using this mechanism to reject static fields. This is not a good practice, but we can at least document this so we don't accidentally introduce problems.
------------- Commit messages: - Simplify - Add static check - Document IAE for Unsafe offset methods Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25945/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25945&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8361300 Stats: 25 lines in 5 files changed: 16 ins; 0 del; 9 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25945.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/25945/head:pull/25945 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25945
