Index: include/llvm/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.h
+++ include/llvm/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 namespace llvm {
 class MCContext;
 class MCSection;
-class StringRef;
 
 class MCObjectFileInfo {
 protected:
@@ -185,8 +184,12 @@
   MCSection *SXDataSection;
 
 public:
-  void InitMCObjectFileInfo(StringRef TT, Reloc::Model RM, CodeModel::Model CM,
-                            MCContext &ctx);
+  void InitMCObjectFileInfo(const Triple &TT, Reloc::Model RM,
+                            CodeModel::Model CM, MCContext &ctx);
+  LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED(
+      void InitMCObjectFileInfo(StringRef TT, Reloc::Model RM,
+                                CodeModel::Model CM, MCContext &ctx),
+      "StringRef GNU Triple argument replaced by a llvm::Triple object");
 
   bool getSupportsWeakOmittedEHFrame() const {
     return SupportsWeakOmittedEHFrame;
Index: lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp
+++ lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp
@@ -729,7 +729,8 @@
       SectionKind::getDataRel());
 }
 
-void MCObjectFileInfo::InitMCObjectFileInfo(StringRef T, Reloc::Model relocm,
+void MCObjectFileInfo::InitMCObjectFileInfo(const Triple &TheTriple,
+                                            Reloc::Model relocm,
                                             CodeModel::Model cm,
                                             MCContext &ctx) {
   RelocM = relocm;
@@ -753,7 +754,7 @@
   DwarfAccelNamespaceSection = nullptr; // Used only by selected targets.
   DwarfAccelTypesSection = nullptr;     // Used only by selected targets.
 
-  TT = Triple(T);
+  TT = TheTriple;
 
   Triple::ArchType Arch = TT.getArch();
   // FIXME: Checking for Arch here to filter out bogus triples such as
@@ -777,6 +778,12 @@
   }
 }
 
+void MCObjectFileInfo::InitMCObjectFileInfo(StringRef TT, Reloc::Model RM,
+                                            CodeModel::Model CM,
+                                            MCContext &ctx) {
+  InitMCObjectFileInfo(Triple(TT), RM, CM, ctx);
+}
+
 MCSection *MCObjectFileInfo::getDwarfTypesSection(uint64_t Hash) const {
   return Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_types", ELF::SHT_PROGBITS, ELF::SHF_GROUP,
                             0, utostr(Hash));
Index: lib/Object/IRObjectFile.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Object/IRObjectFile.cpp
+++ lib/Object/IRObjectFile.cpp
@@ -45,22 +45,22 @@
   if (InlineAsm.empty())
     return;
 
-  StringRef Triple = M->getTargetTriple();
+  Triple TT(M->getTargetTriple());
   std::string Err;
-  const Target *T = TargetRegistry::lookupTarget(Triple, Err);
+  const Target *T = TargetRegistry::lookupTarget(TT.str(), Err);
   if (!T)
     return;
 
-  std::unique_ptr<MCRegisterInfo> MRI(T->createMCRegInfo(Triple));
+  std::unique_ptr<MCRegisterInfo> MRI(T->createMCRegInfo(TT.str()));
   if (!MRI)
     return;
 
-  std::unique_ptr<MCAsmInfo> MAI(T->createMCAsmInfo(*MRI, Triple));
+  std::unique_ptr<MCAsmInfo> MAI(T->createMCAsmInfo(*MRI, TT.str()));
   if (!MAI)
     return;
 
   std::unique_ptr<MCSubtargetInfo> STI(
-      T->createMCSubtargetInfo(Triple, "", ""));
+      T->createMCSubtargetInfo(TT.str(), "", ""));
   if (!STI)
     return;
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
   MCObjectFileInfo MOFI;
   MCContext MCCtx(MAI.get(), MRI.get(), &MOFI);
-  MOFI.InitMCObjectFileInfo(Triple, Reloc::Default, CodeModel::Default, MCCtx);
+  MOFI.InitMCObjectFileInfo(TT, Reloc::Default, CodeModel::Default, MCCtx);
   std::unique_ptr<RecordStreamer> Streamer(new RecordStreamer(MCCtx));
   T->createNullTargetStreamer(*Streamer);
 
Index: lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
+++ lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
                                           const TargetMachine &TM) {
   Ctx = &ctx;
   DL = TM.getDataLayout();
-  InitMCObjectFileInfo(TM.getTargetTriple(),
-                       TM.getRelocationModel(), TM.getCodeModel(), *Ctx);
+  InitMCObjectFileInfo(Triple(TM.getTargetTriple()), TM.getRelocationModel(),
+                       TM.getCodeModel(), *Ctx);
 }
 
 TargetLoweringObjectFile::~TargetLoweringObjectFile() {
Index: tools/dsymutil/DwarfLinker.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/dsymutil/DwarfLinker.cpp
+++ tools/dsymutil/DwarfLinker.cpp
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@
 
   MOFI.reset(new MCObjectFileInfo);
   MC.reset(new MCContext(MAI.get(), MRI.get(), MOFI.get()));
-  MOFI->InitMCObjectFileInfo(TripleName, Reloc::Default, CodeModel::Default,
-                             *MC);
+  MOFI->InitMCObjectFileInfo(Triple(TripleName), Reloc::Default,
+                             CodeModel::Default, *MC);
 
   MAB = TheTarget->createMCAsmBackend(*MRI, TripleName, "");
   if (!MAB)
Index: tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
+++ tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
   // MCObjectFileInfo needs a MCContext reference in order to initialize itself.
   MCObjectFileInfo MOFI;
   MCContext Ctx(MAI.get(), MRI.get(), &MOFI, &SrcMgr);
-  MOFI.InitMCObjectFileInfo(TripleName, RelocModel, CMModel, Ctx);
+  MOFI.InitMCObjectFileInfo(Triple(TripleName), RelocModel, CMModel, Ctx);
 
   if (SaveTempLabels)
     Ctx.setAllowTemporaryLabels(false);