src/hotspot/share/classfile/symbolTable.cpp

rev 54022 : 8220366: Optimize Symbol handling in ClassVerifier and SignatureStream
Reviewed-by: TBD

@@ -485,12 +485,12 @@
   int len = (int)strlen(name);
   Symbol* sym = SymbolTable::lookup_only(name, len, hash);
   if (sym == NULL) {
     sym = SymbolTable::the_table()->do_add_if_needed(name, len, hash, false, CHECK_NULL);
   }
-  if (sym->refcount() != PERM_REFCOUNT) {
-    sym->increment_refcount();
+  if (!sym->is_permanent()) {
+    sym->make_permanent();
     log_trace_symboltable_helper(sym, "Asked for a permanent symbol, but got a regular one");
   }
   return sym;
 }