diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/InlineCost.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/InlineCost.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/InlineCost.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/InlineCost.h
@@ -236,6 +236,16 @@
               function_ref<const TargetLibraryInfo &(Function &)> GetTLI,
               ProfileSummaryInfo *PSI, OptimizationRemarkEmitter *ORE);
 
+/// Returns InlineResult::success() if the call site should be always inlined
+/// because of user directives, and the inlining is viable. Returns
+/// InlineResult::failure() if the inlining may never happen because of user
+/// directives or incompatibilities detectable without needing callee traversal.
+/// Otherwise returns None, meaning that inlining should be decided based on
+/// other criteria (e.g. cost modeling).
+Optional<InlineResult> getAttributeBasedInliningDecision(
+    CallBase &Call, Function *Callee, TargetTransformInfo &CalleeTTI,
+    function_ref<const TargetLibraryInfo &(Function &)> GetTLI);
+
 /// Minimal filter to detect invalid constructs for inlining.
 InlineResult isInlineViable(Function &Callee);
 } // namespace llvm
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/InlineCost.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/InlineCost.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/InlineCost.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/InlineCost.cpp
@@ -2215,17 +2215,13 @@
                        GetAssumptionCache, GetBFI, GetTLI, PSI, ORE);
 }
 
-InlineCost llvm::getInlineCost(
-    CallBase &Call, Function *Callee, const InlineParams &Params,
-    TargetTransformInfo &CalleeTTI,
-    std::function<AssumptionCache &(Function &)> &GetAssumptionCache,
-    Optional<function_ref<BlockFrequencyInfo &(Function &)>> GetBFI,
-    function_ref<const TargetLibraryInfo &(Function &)> GetTLI,
-    ProfileSummaryInfo *PSI, OptimizationRemarkEmitter *ORE) {
+Optional<InlineResult> llvm::getAttributeBasedInliningDecision(
+    CallBase &Call, Function *Callee, TargetTransformInfo &CalleeTTI,
+    function_ref<const TargetLibraryInfo &(Function &)> GetTLI) {
 
   // Cannot inline indirect calls.
   if (!Callee)
-    return llvm::InlineCost::getNever("indirect call");
+    return InlineResult::failure("indirect call");
 
   // Never inline calls with byval arguments that does not have the alloca
   // address space. Since byval arguments can be replaced with a copy to an
@@ -2237,8 +2233,8 @@
     if (Call.isByValArgument(I)) {
       PointerType *PTy = cast<PointerType>(Call.getArgOperand(I)->getType());
       if (PTy->getAddressSpace() != AllocaAS)
-        return llvm::InlineCost::getNever("byval arguments without alloca"
-                                          " address space");
+        return InlineResult::failure("byval arguments without alloca"
+                                     " address space");
     }
 
   // Calls to functions with always-inline attributes should be inlined
@@ -2246,39 +2242,60 @@
   if (Call.hasFnAttr(Attribute::AlwaysInline)) {
     auto IsViable = isInlineViable(*Callee);
     if (IsViable.isSuccess())
-      return llvm::InlineCost::getAlways("always inline attribute");
-    return llvm::InlineCost::getNever(IsViable.getFailureReason());
+      return InlineResult::success();
+    return InlineResult::failure(IsViable.getFailureReason());
   }
 
   // Never inline functions with conflicting attributes (unless callee has
   // always-inline attribute).
   Function *Caller = Call.getCaller();
   if (!functionsHaveCompatibleAttributes(Caller, Callee, CalleeTTI, GetTLI))
-    return llvm::InlineCost::getNever("conflicting attributes");
+    return InlineResult::failure("conflicting attributes");
 
   // Don't inline this call if the caller has the optnone attribute.
   if (Caller->hasOptNone())
-    return llvm::InlineCost::getNever("optnone attribute");
+    return InlineResult::failure("optnone attribute");
 
   // Don't inline a function that treats null pointer as valid into a caller
   // that does not have this attribute.
   if (!Caller->nullPointerIsDefined() && Callee->nullPointerIsDefined())
-    return llvm::InlineCost::getNever("nullptr definitions incompatible");
+    return InlineResult::failure("nullptr definitions incompatible");
 
   // Don't inline functions which can be interposed at link-time.
   if (Callee->isInterposable())
-    return llvm::InlineCost::getNever("interposable");
+    return InlineResult::failure("interposable");
 
   // Don't inline functions marked noinline.
   if (Callee->hasFnAttribute(Attribute::NoInline))
-    return llvm::InlineCost::getNever("noinline function attribute");
+    return InlineResult::failure("noinline function attribute");
 
   // Don't inline call sites marked noinline.
   if (Call.isNoInline())
-    return llvm::InlineCost::getNever("noinline call site attribute");
+    return InlineResult::failure("noinline call site attribute");
+
+  return None;
+}
+
+InlineCost llvm::getInlineCost(
+    CallBase &Call, Function *Callee, const InlineParams &Params,
+    TargetTransformInfo &CalleeTTI,
+    std::function<AssumptionCache &(Function &)> &GetAssumptionCache,
+    Optional<function_ref<BlockFrequencyInfo &(Function &)>> GetBFI,
+    function_ref<const TargetLibraryInfo &(Function &)> GetTLI,
+    ProfileSummaryInfo *PSI, OptimizationRemarkEmitter *ORE) {
+
+  auto UserDecision =
+      llvm::getAttributeBasedInliningDecision(Call, Callee, CalleeTTI, GetTLI);
+
+  if (UserDecision.hasValue()) {
+    if (UserDecision->isSuccess())
+      return llvm::InlineCost::getAlways("always inline attribute");
+    return llvm::InlineCost::getNever(UserDecision->getFailureReason());
+  }
 
   LLVM_DEBUG(llvm::dbgs() << "      Analyzing call of " << Callee->getName()
-                          << "... (caller:" << Caller->getName() << ")\n");
+                          << "... (caller:" << Call.getCaller()->getName()
+                          << ")\n");
 
   InlineCostCallAnalyzer CA(CalleeTTI, GetAssumptionCache, GetBFI, PSI, ORE,
                             *Callee, Call, Params);