diff -r 1527aaaeb42d -r 45644c5f6b8e hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	Thu May 11 14:13:59 2017 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	Mon May 15 12:20:15 2017 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 int SymbolTable::_symbols_counted = 0;
 volatile int SymbolTable::_parallel_claimed_idx = 0;
 
-void SymbolTable::buckets_unlink(int start_idx, int end_idx, int* processed, int* removed) {
+void SymbolTable::buckets_unlink(int start_idx, int end_idx, BucketUnlinkContext* context) {
   for (int i = start_idx; i < end_idx; ++i) {
     HashtableEntry<Symbol*, mtSymbol>** p = the_table()->bucket_addr(i);
     HashtableEntry<Symbol*, mtSymbol>* entry = the_table()->bucket(i);
@@ -111,15 +111,14 @@
         break;
       }
       Symbol* s = entry->literal();
-      (*processed)++;
+      context->_num_processed++;
       assert(s != NULL, "just checking");
       // If reference count is zero, remove.
       if (s->refcount() == 0) {
         assert(!entry->is_shared(), "shared entries should be kept live");
         delete s;
-        (*removed)++;
         *p = entry->next();
-        the_table()->free_entry(entry);
+        context->free_entry(entry);
       } else {
         p = entry->next_addr();
       }
@@ -132,17 +131,20 @@
 // Remove unreferenced symbols from the symbol table
 // This is done late during GC.
 void SymbolTable::unlink(int* processed, int* removed) {
-  size_t memory_total = 0;
-  buckets_unlink(0, the_table()->table_size(), processed, removed);
-  _symbols_removed += *removed;
-  _symbols_counted += *processed;
+  BucketUnlinkContext context;
+  buckets_unlink(0, the_table()->table_size(), &context);
+  _the_table->bulk_free_entries(&context);
+  *processed = context._num_processed;
+  *removed = context._num_removed;
+
+  _symbols_removed = context._num_removed;
+  _symbols_counted = context._num_processed;
 }
 
 void SymbolTable::possibly_parallel_unlink(int* processed, int* removed) {
   const int limit = the_table()->table_size();
 
-  size_t memory_total = 0;
-
+  BucketUnlinkContext context;
   for (;;) {
     // Grab next set of buckets to scan
     int start_idx = Atomic::add(ClaimChunkSize, &_parallel_claimed_idx) - ClaimChunkSize;
@@ -152,10 +154,15 @@
     }
 
     int end_idx = MIN2(limit, start_idx + ClaimChunkSize);
-    buckets_unlink(start_idx, end_idx, processed, removed);
+    buckets_unlink(start_idx, end_idx, &context);
   }
-  Atomic::add(*processed, &_symbols_counted);
-  Atomic::add(*removed, &_symbols_removed);
+
+  _the_table->bulk_free_entries(&context);
+  *processed = context._num_processed;
+  *removed = context._num_removed;
+
+  Atomic::add(context._num_processed, &_symbols_counted);
+  Atomic::add(context._num_removed, &_symbols_removed);
 }
 
 // Create a new table and using alternate hash code, populate the new table