Index: lib/Basic/Targets/SPIR.h
===================================================================
--- lib/Basic/Targets/SPIR.h
+++ lib/Basic/Targets/SPIR.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     LongWidth = LongAlign = 64;
     AddrSpaceMap = &SPIRAddrSpaceMap;
     UseAddrSpaceMapMangling = true;
+    HasLegalHalfType = true;
     // Define available target features
     // These must be defined in sorted order!
     NoAsmVariants = true;
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@
     return Feature == "spir";
   }
 
+  // SPIR supports the half type and the only llvm intrinsic allowed in SPIR is
+  // memcpy as per section 3 of the SPIR spec.
+  bool useFP16ConversionIntrinsics() const override { return false; }
+
   ArrayRef<Builtin::Info> getTargetBuiltins() const override { return None; }
 
   const char *getClobbers() const override { return ""; }
Index: test/CodeGen/spir-half-type.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/CodeGen/spir-half-type.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -O0 -triple spir -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -O0 -triple spir64 -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+// This file tests that using the _Float16 type with the spir target will not use the llvm intrinsics but instead will use the half arithmetic instructions directly.
+
+// Previously attempting to use a constant _Float16 with a comparison instruction when the target is spir or spir64 lead to an assert being hit.
+bool fcmp_const() {
+  _Float16 a = 0.0f16;
+  const _Float16 b = 1.0f16;
+
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.to.fp16
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.from.fp16
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG1:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp olt half [[REG1]], 0xH3C00
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG2:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp olt half [[REG2]], 0xH4000
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG3:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp ogt half [[REG3]], 0xH3C00
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG4:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp ogt half [[REG4]], 0xH4200
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG5:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp oeq half [[REG5]], 0xH3C00
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG7:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp oeq half [[REG7]], 0xH4400
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG8:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp une half [[REG8]], 0xH3C00
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG9:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp une half [[REG9]], 0xH4500
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG10:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp ole half [[REG10]], 0xH3C00
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG11:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp ole half [[REG11]], 0xH4600
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG12:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp oge half [[REG12]], 0xH3C00
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG13:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp oge half [[REG13]], 0xH4700
+  return a < b || a < 2.0f16 ||
+         a > b || a > 3.0f16 ||
+         a == b || a == 4.0f16 ||
+         a != b || a != 5.0f16 ||
+         a <= b || a <= 6.0f16 ||
+         a >= b || a >= 7.0f16;
+}
+
+bool fcmp() {
+  _Float16 a = 0.0f16;
+  _Float16 b = 1.0f16;
+
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.to.fp16
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.from.fp16
+  // CHECK: [[REG1:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG2:%.*]] = load half, half* %b, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp olt half [[REG1]], [[REG2]]
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG3:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG4:%.*]] = load half, half* %b, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp ogt half [[REG3]], [[REG4]]
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG5:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG6:%.*]] = load half, half* %b, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp oeq half [[REG5]], [[REG6]]
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG7:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG8:%.*]] = load half, half* %b, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp une half [[REG7]], [[REG8]]
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG7:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG8:%.*]] = load half, half* %b, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp ole half [[REG7]], [[REG8]]
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG7:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG8:%.*]] = load half, half* %b, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: fcmp oge half [[REG7]], [[REG8]]
+  return a < b ||
+         a > b ||
+         a == b ||
+         a != b ||
+         a <= b ||
+         a >= b;
+}
+
+_Float16 fadd() {
+  _Float16 a = 1.0f16;
+  const _Float16 b = 2.0f16;
+
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.to.fp16
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.from.fp16
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG1:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG2:%.*]] = fadd half [[REG1]], 0xH4000
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG3:%.*]] = fadd half [[REG2]], 0xH4200
+  // CHECK-NEXT: ret half [[REG3]]
+  return a + b + 3.0f16;
+}
+
+_Float16 fsub() {
+  _Float16 a = 1.0f16;
+  const _Float16 b = 2.0f16;
+
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.to.fp16
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.from.fp16
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG1:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG2:%.*]] = fsub half [[REG1]], 0xH4000
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG3:%.*]] = fsub half [[REG2]], 0xH4200
+  // CHECK-NEXT: ret half [[REG3]]
+  return a - b - 3.0f16;
+}
+
+_Float16 fmul() {
+  _Float16 a = 1.0f16;
+  const _Float16 b = 2.0f16;
+
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.to.fp16
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.from.fp16
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG1:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG2:%.*]] = fmul half [[REG1]], 0xH4000
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG3:%.*]] = fmul half [[REG2]], 0xH4200
+  // CHECK-NEXT: ret half [[REG3]]
+  return a * b * 3.0f16;
+}
+
+_Float16 fdiv() {
+  _Float16 a = 1.0f16;
+  const _Float16 b = 2.0f16;
+
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.to.fp16
+  // CHECK-NOT: llvm.convert.from.fp16
+
+  // CHECK: [[REG1:%.*]] = load half, half* %a, align 2
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG2:%.*]] = fdiv half [[REG1]], 0xH4000
+  // CHECK-NEXT: [[REG3:%.*]] = fdiv half [[REG2]], 0xH4200
+  // CHECK-NEXT: ret half [[REG3]]
+  return a / b / 3.0f16;
+}