diff -r 582dd25571b2 -r 96d498ec7ae1 hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/xmlstream.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/xmlstream.cpp	Thu Jan 27 13:42:28 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/xmlstream.cpp	Thu Jan 27 16:11:27 2011 -0800
@@ -422,17 +422,17 @@
   klass->name()->print_symbol_on(out());
 }
 
-void xmlStream::name(symbolHandle name) {
+void xmlStream::name(const Symbol* name) {
   assert_if_no_error(inside_attrs(), "printing attributes");
-  if (name.is_null())  return;
+  if (name == NULL)  return;
   print_raw(" name='");
   name_text(name);
   print_raw("'");
 }
 
-void xmlStream::name_text(symbolHandle name) {
+void xmlStream::name_text(const Symbol* name) {
   assert_if_no_error(inside_attrs(), "printing attributes");
-  if (name.is_null())  return;
+  if (name == NULL)  return;
   //name->print_short_name(text());
   name->print_symbol_on(text());
 }
@@ -455,8 +455,6 @@
     method_text(methodOop(x()));
   else if (x->is_klass())
     klass_text(klassOop(x()));
-  else if (x->is_symbol())
-    name_text(symbolOop(x()));
   else
     x->print_value_on(text());
 }