diff --git a/lld/COFF/Chunks.cpp b/lld/COFF/Chunks.cpp
--- a/lld/COFF/Chunks.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/Chunks.cpp
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
 
 ArrayRef<uint8_t> SectionChunk::getContents() const {
   ArrayRef<uint8_t> A;
-  File->getCOFFObj()->getSectionContents(Header, A);
+  cantFail(File->getCOFFObj()->getSectionContents(Header, A));
   return A;
 }
 
diff --git a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@
     ArrayRef<Symbol *> Syms = Obj->getSymbols();
     if (Obj->AddrsigSec) {
       ArrayRef<uint8_t> Contents;
-      Obj->getCOFFObj()->getSectionContents(Obj->AddrsigSec, Contents);
+      cantFail(Obj->getCOFFObj()->getSectionContents(Obj->AddrsigSec, Contents));
       const uint8_t *Cur = Contents.begin();
       while (Cur != Contents.end()) {
         unsigned Size;
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h
@@ -901,8 +901,8 @@
   uint64_t getSectionAddress(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionIndex(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionSize(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
-  std::error_code getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                     StringRef &Res) const override;
+  Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+  getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionCompressed(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionText(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
@@ -1034,8 +1034,8 @@
 
   Expected<StringRef> getSectionName(const coff_section *Sec) const;
   uint64_t getSectionSize(const coff_section *Sec) const;
-  std::error_code getSectionContents(const coff_section *Sec,
-                                     ArrayRef<uint8_t> &Res) const;
+  Error getSectionContents(const coff_section *Sec,
+                           ArrayRef<uint8_t> &Res) const;
 
   uint64_t getImageBase() const;
   std::error_code getVaPtr(uint64_t VA, uintptr_t &Res) const;
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@
   uint64_t getSectionAddress(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionIndex(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionSize(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
-  std::error_code getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                     StringRef &Res) const override;
+  Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+  getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionCompressed(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionText(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
@@ -701,16 +701,15 @@
 }
 
 template <class ELFT>
-std::error_code
-ELFObjectFile<ELFT>::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                        StringRef &Result) const {
+Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+ELFObjectFile<ELFT>::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
   const Elf_Shdr *EShdr = getSection(Sec);
   if (std::error_code EC =
           checkOffset(getMemoryBufferRef(),
                       (uintptr_t)base() + EShdr->sh_offset, EShdr->sh_size))
-    return EC;
-  Result = StringRef((const char *)base() + EShdr->sh_offset, EShdr->sh_size);
-  return std::error_code();
+    return errorCodeToError(EC);
+  return makeArrayRef((const uint8_t *)base() + EShdr->sh_offset,
+                      EShdr->sh_size);
 }
 
 template <class ELFT>
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/MachO.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/MachO.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/MachO.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/MachO.h
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@
   uint64_t getSectionAddress(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionIndex(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionSize(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
-  std::error_code getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                     StringRef &Res) const override;
+  Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+  getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   Expected<SectionRef> getSection(unsigned SectionIndex) const;
   Expected<SectionRef> getSection(StringRef SectionName) const;
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ObjectFile.h
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@
   virtual uint64_t getSectionAddress(DataRefImpl Sec) const = 0;
   virtual uint64_t getSectionIndex(DataRefImpl Sec) const = 0;
   virtual uint64_t getSectionSize(DataRefImpl Sec) const = 0;
-  virtual std::error_code getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                             StringRef &Res) const = 0;
+  virtual Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+  getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const = 0;
   virtual uint64_t getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Sec) const = 0;
   virtual bool isSectionCompressed(DataRefImpl Sec) const = 0;
   virtual bool isSectionText(DataRefImpl Sec) const = 0;
@@ -455,7 +455,12 @@
 }
 
 inline std::error_code SectionRef::getContents(StringRef &Result) const {
-  return OwningObject->getSectionContents(SectionPimpl, Result);
+  Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>> Res =
+      OwningObject->getSectionContents(SectionPimpl);
+  if (!Res)
+    return errorToErrorCode(Res.takeError());
+  Result = StringRef(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(Res->data()), Res->size());
+  return std::error_code();
 }
 
 inline uint64_t SectionRef::getAlignment() const {
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Wasm.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Wasm.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Wasm.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Wasm.h
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@
   uint64_t getSectionAddress(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionIndex(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionSize(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
-  std::error_code getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                     StringRef &Res) const override;
+  Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+  getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionCompressed(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionText(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.h
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@
   uint64_t getSectionAddress(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionIndex(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionSize(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
-  std::error_code getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                     StringRef &Res) const override;
+  Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+  getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   uint64_t getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionCompressed(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
   bool isSectionText(DataRefImpl Sec) const override;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
@@ -292,13 +292,13 @@
   return getSectionSize(toSec(Ref));
 }
 
-std::error_code COFFObjectFile::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Ref,
-                                                   StringRef &Result) const {
+Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+COFFObjectFile::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Ref) const {
   const coff_section *Sec = toSec(Ref);
   ArrayRef<uint8_t> Res;
-  std::error_code EC = getSectionContents(Sec, Res);
-  Result = StringRef(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(Res.data()), Res.size());
-  return EC;
+  if (Error E = getSectionContents(Sec, Res))
+    return std::move(E);
+  return Res;
 }
 
 uint64_t COFFObjectFile::getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Ref) const {
@@ -1118,22 +1118,21 @@
   return Sec->SizeOfRawData;
 }
 
-std::error_code
-COFFObjectFile::getSectionContents(const coff_section *Sec,
-                                   ArrayRef<uint8_t> &Res) const {
+Error COFFObjectFile::getSectionContents(const coff_section *Sec,
+                                         ArrayRef<uint8_t> &Res) const {
   // In COFF, a virtual section won't have any in-file
   // content, so the file pointer to the content will be zero.
   if (Sec->PointerToRawData == 0)
-    return std::error_code();
+    return Error::success();
   // The only thing that we need to verify is that the contents is contained
   // within the file bounds. We don't need to make sure it doesn't cover other
   // data, as there's nothing that says that is not allowed.
   uintptr_t ConStart = uintptr_t(base()) + Sec->PointerToRawData;
   uint32_t SectionSize = getSectionSize(Sec);
   if (checkOffset(Data, ConStart, SectionSize))
-    return object_error::parse_failed;
+    return make_error<BinaryError>();
   Res = makeArrayRef(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(ConStart), SectionSize);
-  return std::error_code();
+  return Error::success();
 }
 
 const coff_relocation *COFFObjectFile::toRel(DataRefImpl Rel) const {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp
@@ -1907,8 +1907,8 @@
   return SectSize;
 }
 
-std::error_code MachOObjectFile::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                                    StringRef &Res) const {
+Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+MachOObjectFile::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
   uint32_t Offset;
   uint64_t Size;
 
@@ -1922,8 +1922,7 @@
     Size = Sect.size;
   }
 
-  Res = this->getData().substr(Offset, Size);
-  return std::error_code();
+  return arrayRefFromStringRef(getData().substr(Offset, Size));
 }
 
 uint64_t MachOObjectFile::getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/WasmObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/WasmObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/WasmObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/WasmObjectFile.cpp
@@ -1427,14 +1427,11 @@
   return S.Content.size();
 }
 
-std::error_code WasmObjectFile::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                                   StringRef &Res) const {
+Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>> WasmObjectFile::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
   const WasmSection &S = Sections[Sec.d.a];
   // This will never fail since wasm sections can never be empty (user-sections
   // must have a name and non-user sections each have a defined structure).
-  Res = StringRef(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(S.Content.data()),
-                  S.Content.size());
-  return std::error_code();
+  return S.Content;
 }
 
 uint64_t WasmObjectFile::getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp
@@ -137,10 +137,9 @@
   return toSection(Sec)->SectionSize;
 }
 
-std::error_code XCOFFObjectFile::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec,
-                                                    StringRef &Res) const {
+Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>>
+XCOFFObjectFile::getSectionContents(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
   llvm_unreachable("Not yet implemented!");
-  return std::error_code();
 }
 
 uint64_t XCOFFObjectFile::getSectionAlignment(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/COFF/Reader.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/COFF/Reader.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/COFF/Reader.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/COFF/Reader.cpp
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
     Section &S = Sections.back();
     S.Header = *Sec;
     ArrayRef<uint8_t> Contents;
-    if (auto EC = COFFObj.getSectionContents(Sec, Contents))
-      return errorCodeToError(EC);
+    if (Error E = COFFObj.getSectionContents(Sec, Contents))
+      return E;
     S.setContentsRef(Contents);
     ArrayRef<coff_relocation> Relocs = COFFObj.getRelocations(Sec);
     for (const coff_relocation &R : Relocs)
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/MachOReader.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/MachOReader.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/MachOReader.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/MachOReader.cpp
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@
     if (!SecRef)
       reportError(MachOObj.getFileName(), SecRef.takeError());
 
-    StringRef Content;
-    if (auto EC =
-            MachOObj.getSectionContents(SecRef->getRawDataRefImpl(), Content))
-      reportError(MachOObj.getFileName(), std::move(EC));
-    S.Content = Content;
+    if (Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>> E =
+            MachOObj.getSectionContents(SecRef->getRawDataRefImpl()))
+      S.Content =
+          StringRef(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(E->data()), E->size());
+    else
+      reportError(MachOObj.getFileName(), E.takeError());
 
     S.Relocations.reserve(S.NReloc);
     for (auto RI = MachOObj.section_rel_begin(SecRef->getRawDataRefImpl()),
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objdump/COFFDump.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objdump/COFFDump.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objdump/COFFDump.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objdump/COFFDump.cpp
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@
   const coff_section *Section;
   if (Error E = resolveSectionAndAddress(Obj, Sym, Section, Addr))
     return E;
-  if (std::error_code EC = Obj->getSectionContents(Section, Contents))
-    return errorCodeToError(EC);
-  return Error::success();
+  return Obj->getSectionContents(Section, Contents);
 }
 
 // Given a vector of relocations for a section and an offset into this section