--- old/src/hotspot/share/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	2018-09-20 11:16:36.545023851 -0700
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/classfile/symbolTable.cpp	2018-09-20 11:16:36.285013918 -0700
@@ -627,43 +627,31 @@
 }
 
 #if INCLUDE_CDS
-class CompactSymbolTableWriter: public CompactHashtableWriter {
-public:
-  CompactSymbolTableWriter(int num_buckets, CompactHashtableStats* stats) :
-    CompactHashtableWriter(num_buckets, stats) {}
-  void add(unsigned int hash, Symbol *symbol) {
-    uintx deltax = MetaspaceShared::object_delta(symbol);
-    // When the symbols are stored into the archive, we already check that
-    // they won't be more than MAX_SHARED_DELTA from the base address, or
-    // else the dumping would have been aborted.
-    assert(deltax <= MAX_SHARED_DELTA, "must not be");
-    u4 delta = u4(deltax);
-
-    CompactHashtableWriter::add(hash, delta);
-  }
-};
-
 struct CopyToArchive : StackObj {
-  CompactSymbolTableWriter* _writer;
-  CopyToArchive(CompactSymbolTableWriter* writer) : _writer(writer) {}
+  CompactHashtableWriter* _writer;
+  CopyToArchive(CompactHashtableWriter* writer) : _writer(writer) {}
   bool operator()(Symbol** value) {
     assert(value != NULL, "expected valid value");
     assert(*value != NULL, "value should point to a symbol");
     Symbol* sym = *value;
-    unsigned int fixed_hash = hash_shared_symbol((const char*)sym->bytes(), sym->utf8_length());
-    if (fixed_hash == 0) {
-      return true;
-    }
+    unsigned int fixed_hash = hash_shared_symbol((const char*)sym->bytes(), sym->utf8_length());  
     assert(fixed_hash == hash_symbol((const char*)sym->bytes(), sym->utf8_length(), false),
            "must not rehash during dumping");
 
+    uintx deltax = MetaspaceShared::object_delta(sym);
+    // When the symbols are stored into the archive, we already check that
+    // they won't be more than MAX_SHARED_DELTA from the base address, or
+    // else the dumping would have been aborted.
+    assert(deltax <= MAX_SHARED_DELTA, "must not be");
+    u4 delta = u4(deltax);
+
     // add to the compact table
-    _writer->add(fixed_hash, sym);
+    _writer->add(fixed_hash, delta);
     return true;
   }
 };
 
-void SymbolTable::copy_shared_symbol_table(CompactSymbolTableWriter* writer) {
+void SymbolTable::copy_shared_symbol_table(CompactHashtableWriter* writer) {
   CopyToArchive copy(writer);
   SymbolTable::the_table()->_local_table->do_scan(Thread::current(), copy);
 }
@@ -671,10 +659,10 @@
 void SymbolTable::write_to_archive() {
   _shared_table.reset();
 
-  int num_buckets = (int)(SymbolTable::the_table()->_items_count / SharedSymbolTableBucketSize);
-  // calculation of num_buckets can result in zero buckets, we need at least one
-  CompactSymbolTableWriter writer(num_buckets > 1 ? num_buckets : 1,
-                                  &MetaspaceShared::stats()->symbol);
+  int num_buckets = CompactHashtableWriter::default_num_buckets(
+      SymbolTable::the_table()->_items_count);
+  CompactHashtableWriter writer(num_buckets,
+                                &MetaspaceShared::stats()->symbol);
   copy_shared_symbol_table(&writer);
   writer.dump(&_shared_table, "symbol");