--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/symbol.hpp	Wed Aug 12 14:18:12 2015 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/symbol.hpp	Fri Aug 14 10:10:35 2015 -0700
@@ -106,23 +106,18 @@
 #define PERM_REFCOUNT -1
 #endif
 
-// We separate the fields in SymbolBase from Symbol::_body so that
-// Symbol::size(int) can correctly calculate the space needed.
-class SymbolBase : public MetaspaceObj {
- public:
+class Symbol : public MetaspaceObj {
+  friend class VMStructs;
+  friend class SymbolTable;
+  friend class MoveSymbols;
+
+ private:
   ATOMIC_SHORT_PAIR(
     volatile short _refcount,  // needs atomic operation
     unsigned short _length     // number of UTF8 characters in the symbol (does not need atomic op)
   );
-  int            _identity_hash;
-};
-
-class Symbol : private SymbolBase {
-  friend class VMStructs;
-  friend class SymbolTable;
-  friend class MoveSymbols;
- private:
-  jbyte _body[1];
+  short _identity_hash;
+  jbyte _body[2];
 
   enum {
     // max_symbol_length is constrained by type of _length
@@ -130,7 +125,7 @@
   };
 
   static int size(int length) {
-    size_t sz = heap_word_size(sizeof(SymbolBase) + (length > 0 ? length : 0));
+    size_t sz = heap_word_size(sizeof(Symbol) + (length > 2 ? length - 2 : 0));
     return align_object_size(sz);
   }
 
@@ -154,8 +149,11 @@
 
   // Returns the largest size symbol we can safely hold.
   static int max_length()   { return max_symbol_length; }
-
-  int identity_hash()       { return _identity_hash; }
+  unsigned identity_hash() {
+    unsigned addr_bits = (unsigned)((uintptr_t)this >> (LogMinObjAlignmentInBytes + 3));
+    return ((unsigned)_identity_hash & 0xffff) |
+           ((addr_bits ^ (_length << 8) ^ (( _body[0] << 8) | _body[1])) << 16);
+  }
 
   // For symbol table alternate hashing
   unsigned int new_hash(juint seed);