--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/fprofiler.cpp	Mon Aug 11 07:30:46 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/fprofiler.cpp	Mon Aug 11 10:18:09 2014 -0700
@@ -629,10 +629,16 @@
   }
 
   vmNode(const char* name, const TickPosition where) : ProfilerNode() {
-    _name = name;
+    _name = os::strdup(name);
     update(where);
   }
 
+  ~vmNode() {
+    if (_name != NULL) {
+      os::free((void*)_name);
+    }
+  }
+
   const char *name()    const { return _name; }
   bool is_compiled()    const { return true; }
 
@@ -784,7 +790,7 @@
   assert(index >= 0, "Must be positive");
   // Note that we call strdup below since the symbol may be resource allocated
   if (!table[index]) {
-    table[index] = new (this) vmNode(os::strdup(name), where);
+    table[index] = new (this) vmNode(name, where);
   } else {
     ProfilerNode* prev = table[index];
     for(ProfilerNode* node = prev; node; node = node->next()) {
@@ -794,7 +800,7 @@
       }
       prev = node;
     }
-    prev->set_next(new (this) vmNode(os::strdup(name), where));
+    prev->set_next(new (this) vmNode(name, where));
   }
 }