--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	Wed Apr 06 07:55:32 2016 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	Wed Apr 06 21:53:44 2016 -0700
@@ -238,6 +238,29 @@
   }
 }
 
+u4 SymbolTable::encode_shared(Symbol* sym) {
+  assert(DumpSharedSpaces, "called only during dump time");
+  uintx base_address = uintx(MetaspaceShared::shared_rs()->base());
+  uintx offset = uintx(sym) - base_address;
+  assert(offset < 0x7fffffff, "sanity");
+  return u4(offset);
+}
+
+Symbol* SymbolTable::decode_shared(u4 offset) {
+  assert(!DumpSharedSpaces, "called only during runtime");
+  uintx base_address = _shared_table.base_address();
+  Symbol* sym = (Symbol*)(base_address + offset);
+
+#ifndef PRODUCT
+  const char* s = (const char*)sym->bytes();
+  int len = sym->utf8_length();
+  unsigned int hash = hash_symbol(s, len);
+  assert(sym == lookup_shared(s, len, hash), "must be shared symbol");
+#endif
+
+  return sym;
+}
+
 // Pick hashing algorithm.
 unsigned int SymbolTable::hash_symbol(const char* s, int len) {
   return use_alternate_hashcode() ?