@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class AddWritableBuffer {
       tmpBufChainOut = tmpBufChainOut2;
 
     } catch (Exception ex) {
-      ex.printStackTrace();
+      new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize AddWritableBuffer, falling back to slow path", ex).printStackTrace();
     }
 
     bufConstruct = tmpConstruct;
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class GetReadableBuffer {
       tmpField = f;
       tmpClazz = clazz;
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
+      new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize GetReadableBuffer, falling back to slow path", e).printStackTrace();
     }
     READABLE_BUFFER = tmpField;
     BUFFER_INPUT_STREAM = tmpClazz;
 
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ public Object run() {
       }
       DIRECT_BUFFER_CONSTRUCTOR = directBufferConstructor;
     } catch (Throwable e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize MemoryUtil.", e);
+      // This exception will get swallowed, but it's necessary for the static analysis that ensures
+      // the static fields above get initialized
+      final RuntimeException failure = new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize MemoryUtil", e);
+      failure.printStackTrace();
+      throw failure;
     }
   }
 
 
@@ -31,16 +31,7 @@
  * Netty classes and underlying Netty memory management.
  */
 public class UnsafeDirectLittleEndian extends WrappedByteBuf {
-
-  public static final boolean ASSERT_ENABLED;
   private static final AtomicLong ID_GENERATOR = new AtomicLong(0);
-
-  static {
-    boolean isAssertEnabled = false;
-    assert isAssertEnabled = true;
-    ASSERT_ENABLED = isAssertEnabled;
-  }
-
   public final long id = ID_GENERATOR.incrementAndGet();
   private final AbstractByteBuf wrapped;
   private final long memoryAddress;
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`@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class AddWritableBuffer {`
`72`	`72`	`tmpBufChainOut = tmpBufChainOut2;`
`73`	`73`
`74`	`74`	`} catch (Exception ex) {`
`75`		`- ex.printStackTrace();`
	`75`	`+ new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize AddWritableBuffer, falling back to slow path", ex).printStackTrace();`
`76`	`76`	`}`
`77`	`77`
`78`	`78`	`bufConstruct = tmpConstruct;`
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`@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class GetReadableBuffer {`
`51`	`51`	`tmpField = f;`
`52`	`52`	`tmpClazz = clazz;`
`53`	`53`	`} catch (Exception e) {`
`54`		`- e.printStackTrace();`
	`54`	`+ new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize GetReadableBuffer, falling back to slow path", e).printStackTrace();`
`55`	`55`	`}`
`56`	`56`	`READABLE_BUFFER = tmpField;`
`57`	`57`	`BUFFER_INPUT_STREAM = tmpClazz;`
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`@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ public Object run() {`
`133`	`133`	`}`
`134`	`134`	`DIRECT_BUFFER_CONSTRUCTOR = directBufferConstructor;`
`135`	`135`	`} catch (Throwable e) {`
`136`		`- throw new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize MemoryUtil.", e);`
	`136`	`+ // This exception will get swallowed, but it's necessary for the static analysis that ensures`
	`137`	`+ // the static fields above get initialized`
	`138`	`+ final RuntimeException failure = new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize MemoryUtil", e);`
	`139`	`+ failure.printStackTrace();`
	`140`	`+ throw failure;`
`137`	`141`	`}`
`138`	`142`	`}`
`139`	`143`