我正在阅读AbstractQueuedSynchronizer的源代码。我发现cancelAcquire（）方法有点难以理解，最后一行混淆了我：

private void cancelAcquire(Node node) {
        // Ignore if node doesn't exist
        if (node == null)
            return;

        node.thread = null;

        // Skip cancelled predecessors
        Node pred = node.prev;
        while (pred.waitStatus > 0)
            node.prev = pred = pred.prev;

        // predNext is the apparent node to unsplice. CASes below will
        // fail if not, in which case, we lost race vs another cancel
        // or signal, so no further action is necessary, although with
        // a possibility that a cancelled node may transiently remain
        // reachable.
        Node predNext = pred.next;

        // Can use unconditional write instead of CAS here.
        // After this atomic step, other Nodes can skip past us.
        // Before, we are free of interference from other threads.
        node.waitStatus = Node.CANCELLED;

        // If we are the tail, remove ourselves.
        if (node == tail && compareAndSetTail(node, pred)) {
            pred.compareAndSetNext(predNext, null);
        } else {
            // If successor needs signal, try to set pred's next-link
            // so it will get one. Otherwise wake it up to propagate.
            int ws;
            if (pred != head &&
                ((ws = pred.waitStatus) == Node.SIGNAL ||
                 (ws <= 0 && pred.compareAndSetWaitStatus(ws, Node.SIGNAL))) &&
                pred.thread != null) {
                Node next = node.next;
                if (next != null && next.waitStatus <= 0)
                    pred.compareAndSetNext(predNext, next);
            } else {
                unparkSuccessor(node);
            }

            node.next = node; // help GC  !!!!CONFUSE ME!!!!
        }
    }

正如你所看到的，最后一行让我困惑：

node.next = node; // help GC

为什么不直接设置为null：node.next =null，它也帮助gc。有人能帮忙吗？谢谢！