We have:

ClassLoader::load_class(Symbol* name, bool search_append_only, TRAPS) {

then:

const char* const class_name = name->as_C_string();

then

 stream = search_module_entries(THREAD, XXXX, class_name, file_name);

where:

ClassFileStream* ClassLoader::search_module_entries(JavaThread* current,
                                                    const GrowableArray<ModuleClassPathList*>* const module_list,
                                                    const char* const class_name,
                                                    const char* const file_name) {
  ClassFileStream* stream = nullptr;

  // Find the class' defining module in the boot loader's module entry table
  TempNewSymbol class_name_symbol = SymbolTable::new_symbol(class_name);

So we started with a Symbol, converted it to char* and passed it to a function that turned it back into a Symbol! We could just pass the original Symbol directly.