Index: cfe/trunk/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
===================================================================
--- cfe/trunk/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
+++ cfe/trunk/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "clang/Lex/Preprocessor.h"
 #include "clang/Sema/DeclSpec.h"
 #include "clang/Sema/DelayedDiagnostic.h"
+#include "clang/Sema/Initialization.h"
 #include "clang/Sema/Lookup.h"
 #include "clang/Sema/Scope.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringExtras.h"
@@ -4039,48 +4040,60 @@
   return false;
 }
 
-// Checks whether an argument of launch_bounds attribute is acceptable
-// May output an error.
-static bool checkLaunchBoundsArgument(Sema &S, Expr *E,
-                                      const CUDALaunchBoundsAttr &Attr,
-                                      const unsigned Idx) {
+// Checks whether an argument of launch_bounds attribute is
+// acceptable, performs implicit conversion to Rvalue, and returns
+// non-nullptr Expr result on success. Otherwise, it returns nullptr
+// and may output an error.
+static Expr *makeLaunchBoundsArgExpr(Sema &S, Expr *E,
+                                     const CUDALaunchBoundsAttr &Attr,
+                                     const unsigned Idx) {
   if (S.DiagnoseUnexpandedParameterPack(E))
-    return false;
+    return nullptr;
 
   // Accept template arguments for now as they depend on something else.
   // We'll get to check them when they eventually get instantiated.
   if (E->isValueDependent())
-    return true;
+    return E;
 
   llvm::APSInt I(64);
   if (!E->isIntegerConstantExpr(I, S.Context)) {
     S.Diag(E->getExprLoc(), diag::err_attribute_argument_n_type)
         << &Attr << Idx << AANT_ArgumentIntegerConstant << E->getSourceRange();
-    return false;
+    return nullptr;
   }
   // Make sure we can fit it in 32 bits.
   if (!I.isIntN(32)) {
     S.Diag(E->getExprLoc(), diag::err_ice_too_large) << I.toString(10, false)
                                                      << 32 << /* Unsigned */ 1;
-    return false;
+    return nullptr;
   }
   if (I < 0)
     S.Diag(E->getExprLoc(), diag::warn_attribute_argument_n_negative)
         << &Attr << Idx << E->getSourceRange();
 
-  return true;
+  // We may need to perform implicit conversion of the argument.
+  InitializedEntity Entity = InitializedEntity::InitializeParameter(
+      S.Context, S.Context.getConstType(S.Context.IntTy), /*consume*/ false);
+  ExprResult ValArg = S.PerformCopyInitialization(Entity, SourceLocation(), E);
+  assert(!ValArg.isInvalid() &&
+         "Unexpected PerformCopyInitialization() failure.");
+
+  return ValArg.getAs<Expr>();
 }
 
 void Sema::AddLaunchBoundsAttr(SourceRange AttrRange, Decl *D, Expr *MaxThreads,
                                Expr *MinBlocks, unsigned SpellingListIndex) {
   CUDALaunchBoundsAttr TmpAttr(AttrRange, Context, MaxThreads, MinBlocks,
                                SpellingListIndex);
-
-  if (!checkLaunchBoundsArgument(*this, MaxThreads, TmpAttr, 0))
+  MaxThreads = makeLaunchBoundsArgExpr(*this, MaxThreads, TmpAttr, 0);
+  if (MaxThreads == nullptr)
     return;
 
-  if (MinBlocks && !checkLaunchBoundsArgument(*this, MinBlocks, TmpAttr, 1))
-    return;
+  if (MinBlocks) {
+    MinBlocks = makeLaunchBoundsArgExpr(*this, MinBlocks, TmpAttr, 1);
+    if (MinBlocks == nullptr)
+      return;
+  }
 
   D->addAttr(::new (Context) CUDALaunchBoundsAttr(
       AttrRange, Context, MaxThreads, MinBlocks, SpellingListIndex));
Index: cfe/trunk/test/CodeGenCUDA/launch-bounds.cu
===================================================================
--- cfe/trunk/test/CodeGenCUDA/launch-bounds.cu
+++ cfe/trunk/test/CodeGenCUDA/launch-bounds.cu
@@ -79,3 +79,8 @@
 }
 // CHECK:     !{{[0-9]+}} = !{void ()* @{{.*}}Kernel7{{.*}}, !"maxntidx",
 // CHECK-NOT: !{{[0-9]+}} = !{void ()* @{{.*}}Kernel7{{.*}}, !"minctasm",
+
+const char constchar = 12;
+__global__ void __launch_bounds__(constint, constchar) Kernel8() {}
+// CHECK:     !{{[0-9]+}} = !{void ()* @{{.*}}Kernel8{{.*}}, !"maxntidx", i32 100
+// CHECK:     !{{[0-9]+}} = !{void ()* @{{.*}}Kernel8{{.*}}, !"minctasm", i32 12
Index: cfe/trunk/test/SemaCUDA/pr27778.cu
===================================================================
--- cfe/trunk/test/SemaCUDA/pr27778.cu
+++ cfe/trunk/test/SemaCUDA/pr27778.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only %s
+
+#include "Inputs/cuda.h"
+
+const int constint = 512;
+__launch_bounds__(constint) void TestConstInt(void) {}