Index: lldb/include/lldb/Core/RichManglingContext.h
===================================================================
--- lldb/include/lldb/Core/RichManglingContext.h
+++ lldb/include/lldb/Core/RichManglingContext.h
@@ -43,25 +43,15 @@
   bool IsCtorOrDtor() const;
 
   /// Get the base name of a function. This doesn't include trailing template
-  /// arguments, ie "a::b<int>" gives "b". The result will overwrite the
-  /// internal buffer. It can be obtained via GetBufferRef().
-  void ParseFunctionBaseName();
+  /// arguments, ie "a::b<int>" gives "b".
+  llvm::StringRef ParseFunctionBaseName();
 
   /// Get the context name for a function. For "a::b::c", this function returns
-  /// "a::b". The result will overwrite the internal buffer. It can be obtained
-  /// via GetBufferRef().
-  void ParseFunctionDeclContextName();
-
-  /// Get the entire demangled name. The result will overwrite the internal
-  /// buffer. It can be obtained via GetBufferRef().
-  void ParseFullName();
-
-  /// Obtain a StringRef to the internal buffer that holds the result of the
-  /// most recent ParseXy() operation. The next ParseXy() call invalidates it.
-  llvm::StringRef GetBufferRef() const {
-    assert(m_provider != None && "Initialize a provider first");
-    return m_buffer;
-  }
+  /// "a::b".
+  llvm::StringRef ParseFunctionDeclContextName();
+
+  /// Get the entire demangled name.
+  llvm::StringRef ParseFullName();
 
 private:
   enum InfoProvider { None, ItaniumPartialDemangler, PluginCxxLanguage };
@@ -69,9 +59,6 @@
   /// Selects the rich mangling info provider.
   InfoProvider m_provider = None;
 
-  /// Reference to the buffer used for results of ParseXy() operations.
-  llvm::StringRef m_buffer;
-
   /// Members for ItaniumPartialDemangler
   llvm::ItaniumPartialDemangler m_ipd;
   /// Note: m_ipd_buf is a raw pointer due to being resized by realloc via
@@ -93,7 +80,7 @@
   void ResetProvider(InfoProvider new_provider);
 
   /// Uniform handling of string buffers for ItaniumPartialDemangler.
-  void processIPDStrResult(char *ipd_res, size_t res_len);
+  llvm::StringRef processIPDStrResult(char *ipd_res, size_t res_len);
 
   /// Cast the given parser to the given type. Ideally we would have a type
   /// trait to deduce \a ParserT from a given InfoProvider, but unfortunately we
Index: lldb/source/Core/Mangled.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Core/Mangled.cpp
+++ lldb/source/Core/Mangled.cpp
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@
     if (context.FromItaniumName(m_mangled)) {
       // If we got an info, we have a name. Copy to string pool and connect the
       // counterparts to accelerate later access in GetDemangledName().
-      context.ParseFullName();
-      m_demangled.SetStringWithMangledCounterpart(context.GetBufferRef(),
+      m_demangled.SetStringWithMangledCounterpart(context.ParseFullName(),
                                                   m_mangled);
       return true;
     } else {
Index: lldb/source/Core/RichManglingContext.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Core/RichManglingContext.cpp
+++ lldb/source/Core/RichManglingContext.cpp
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@
   llvm_unreachable("Fully covered switch above!");
 }
 
-void RichManglingContext::processIPDStrResult(char *ipd_res, size_t res_size) {
+llvm::StringRef RichManglingContext::processIPDStrResult(char *ipd_res,
+                                                         size_t res_size) {
   // Error case: Clear the buffer.
   if (LLVM_UNLIKELY(ipd_res == nullptr)) {
     assert(res_size == m_ipd_buf_size &&
            "Failed IPD queries keep the original size in the N parameter");
 
     m_ipd_buf[0] = '\0';
-    m_buffer = llvm::StringRef(m_ipd_buf, 0);
-    return;
+    return llvm::StringRef(m_ipd_buf, 0);
   }
 
   // IPD's res_size includes null terminator.
@@ -106,60 +106,54 @@
   }
 
   // 99% case: Just remember the string length.
-  m_buffer = llvm::StringRef(m_ipd_buf, res_size - 1);
+  return llvm::StringRef(m_ipd_buf, res_size - 1);
 }
 
-void RichManglingContext::ParseFunctionBaseName() {
+llvm::StringRef RichManglingContext::ParseFunctionBaseName() {
   assert(m_provider != None && "Initialize a provider first");
   switch (m_provider) {
   case ItaniumPartialDemangler: {
     auto n = m_ipd_buf_size;
     auto buf = m_ipd.getFunctionBaseName(m_ipd_buf, &n);
-    processIPDStrResult(buf, n);
-    return;
+    return processIPDStrResult(buf, n);
   }
   case PluginCxxLanguage:
-    m_buffer =
-        get<CPlusPlusLanguage::MethodName>(m_cxx_method_parser)->GetBasename();
-    return;
+    return get<CPlusPlusLanguage::MethodName>(m_cxx_method_parser)
+        ->GetBasename();
   case None:
-    return;
+    return {};
   }
 }
 
-void RichManglingContext::ParseFunctionDeclContextName() {
+llvm::StringRef RichManglingContext::ParseFunctionDeclContextName() {
   assert(m_provider != None && "Initialize a provider first");
   switch (m_provider) {
   case ItaniumPartialDemangler: {
     auto n = m_ipd_buf_size;
     auto buf = m_ipd.getFunctionDeclContextName(m_ipd_buf, &n);
-    processIPDStrResult(buf, n);
-    return;
+    return processIPDStrResult(buf, n);
   }
   case PluginCxxLanguage:
-    m_buffer =
-        get<CPlusPlusLanguage::MethodName>(m_cxx_method_parser)->GetContext();
-    return;
+    return get<CPlusPlusLanguage::MethodName>(m_cxx_method_parser)
+        ->GetContext();
   case None:
-    return;
+    return {};
   }
 }
 
-void RichManglingContext::ParseFullName() {
+llvm::StringRef RichManglingContext::ParseFullName() {
   assert(m_provider != None && "Initialize a provider first");
   switch (m_provider) {
   case ItaniumPartialDemangler: {
     auto n = m_ipd_buf_size;
     auto buf = m_ipd.finishDemangle(m_ipd_buf, &n);
-    processIPDStrResult(buf, n);
-    return;
+    return processIPDStrResult(buf, n);
   }
   case PluginCxxLanguage:
-    m_buffer = get<CPlusPlusLanguage::MethodName>(m_cxx_method_parser)
-                   ->GetFullName()
-                   .GetStringRef();
-    return;
+    return get<CPlusPlusLanguage::MethodName>(m_cxx_method_parser)
+        ->GetFullName()
+        .GetStringRef();
   case None:
-    return;
+    return {};
   }
 }
Index: lldb/source/Symbol/Symtab.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Symbol/Symtab.cpp
+++ lldb/source/Symbol/Symtab.cpp
@@ -383,16 +383,13 @@
     std::vector<std::pair<NameToIndexMap::Entry, const char *>> &backlog,
     RichManglingContext &rmc) {
   // Only register functions that have a base name.
-  rmc.ParseFunctionBaseName();
-  llvm::StringRef base_name = rmc.GetBufferRef();
+  llvm::StringRef base_name = rmc.ParseFunctionBaseName();
   if (base_name.empty())
     return;
 
   // The base name will be our entry's name.
   NameToIndexMap::Entry entry(ConstString(base_name), value);
-
-  rmc.ParseFunctionDeclContextName();
-  llvm::StringRef decl_context = rmc.GetBufferRef();
+  llvm::StringRef decl_context = rmc.ParseFunctionDeclContextName();
 
   // Register functions with no context.
   if (decl_context.empty()) {