I was bitten by the issue described in https://stackoverflow.com/a/31052486/6253347 \[cpovirk adds (for searchability): might https://stackoverflow.com/q/55333290/28465 also be similar?\] when trying to use Arrow Flight with Java's SecurityManager, since `AbstractFuture` tries to check a property as part of initialization and hence can't be created from an `InnocuousThread` that doesn't have any privileges. The exception looks like this:

```
Caused by: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.util.PropertyPermission" "guava.concurrent.generate_cancellation_cause" "read")
	at java.base/java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:472)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:1044)
	at java.base/java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:408)
	at java.base/java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(SecurityManager.java:1152)
	at java.base/java.lang.System.getProperty(System.java:880)
	at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.<clinit>(AbstractFuture.java:64)
```

I can try to put together a small repro if it's useful, but the TL;DR is that I'd like to wrap the call at https://github.com/google/guava/blob/master/guava/src/com/google/common/util/concurrent/AbstractFuture.java#L74 in a try/catch, since it will throw if access to system properties is not permitted by the SecurityManager.
return super.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
    }
  }
  
  private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AbstractFuture.class.getName());
  
  
  private static final long SPIN_THRESHOLD_NANOS = 1000L;
  private static final AtomicHelper ATOMIC_HELPER;
  static {
    AtomicHelper helper;
    Throwable thrownUnsafeFailure = null;
    Throwable thrownAtomicReferenceFieldUpdaterFailure = null;
    try {
      helper = new UnsafeAtomicHelper();
    } catch (Throwable unsafeFailure) {
      thrownUnsafeFailure = unsafeFailure;
      
      
      
      try {
        helper =
            new SafeAtomicHelper(
                newUpdater(Waiter.class, Thread.class, "thread"),
                newUpdater(Waiter.class, Waiter.class, "next"),
                newUpdater(AbstractFuture.class, Waiter.class, "waiters"),
                newUpdater(AbstractFuture.class, Listener.class, "listeners"),
                newUpdater(AbstractFuture.class, Object.class, "value"));
      } catch (Throwable atomicReferenceFieldUpdaterFailure) {