diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CMakeLists.txt
index 096e3f3..a377ca9 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   CheckerDocumentation.cpp
   ChrootChecker.cpp
   ClangCheckers.cpp
+  CommonBugCategories.cpp
   DeadStoresChecker.cpp
   DebugCheckers.cpp
   DereferenceChecker.cpp
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CheckObjCDealloc.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CheckObjCDealloc.cpp
index 690e2ce..133204a 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CheckObjCDealloc.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CheckObjCDealloc.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@
     llvm::raw_string_ostream os(buf);
     os << "Objective-C class '" << *D << "' lacks a 'dealloc' instance method";
 
-    BR.EmitBasicReport(D, name, os.str(), DLoc);
+    BR.EmitBasicReport(D, name, categories::CoreFoundationObjectiveC,
+                       os.str(), DLoc);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -196,7 +197,8 @@
        << "' does not send a 'dealloc' message to its super class"
            " (missing [super dealloc])";
 
-    BR.EmitBasicReport(MD, name, os.str(), DLoc);
+    BR.EmitBasicReport(MD, name, categories::CoreFoundationObjectiveC,
+                       os.str(), DLoc);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -236,9 +238,7 @@
     bool requiresRelease = PD->getSetterKind() != ObjCPropertyDecl::Assign;
     if (scan_ivar_release(MD->getBody(), ID, PD, RS, SelfII, Ctx)
        != requiresRelease) {
-      const char *name;
-      const char* category = "Memory (Core Foundation/Objective-C)";
-
+      const char *name = 0;
       std::string buf;
       llvm::raw_string_ostream os(buf);
 
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@
       PathDiagnosticLocation SDLoc =
         PathDiagnosticLocation::createBegin((*I), BR.getSourceManager());
 
-      BR.EmitBasicReport(MD, name, category, os.str(), SDLoc);
+      BR.EmitBasicReport(MD, name, categories::CoreFoundationObjectiveC,
+                         os.str(), SDLoc);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CheckObjCInstMethSignature.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CheckObjCInstMethSignature.cpp
index d7321fa..6df47b1 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CheckObjCInstMethSignature.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CheckObjCInstMethSignature.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 
     BR.EmitBasicReport(MethDerived,
                        "Incompatible instance method return type",
+                       categories::CoreFoundationObjectiveC,
                        os.str(), MethDLoc);
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ClangSACheckers.h b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ClangSACheckers.h
index 289ce8d..230baa7 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ClangSACheckers.h
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ClangSACheckers.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CommonBugCategories.h"
+
 #ifndef LLVM_CLANG_SA_LIB_CHECKERS_CLANGSACHECKERS_H
 #define LLVM_CLANG_SA_LIB_CHECKERS_CLANGSACHECKERS_H
 
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CommonBugCategories.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CommonBugCategories.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2a8ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/CommonBugCategories.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+//=--- CommonBugCategories.cpp - Provides common issue categories -*- C++ -*-=//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+// Common strings used for the "category" of many static analyzer issues.
+namespace clang { namespace ento { namespace categories {
+
+const char *CoreFoundationObjectiveC = "Core Foundation/Objective-C";
+const char *MemoryCoreFoundationObjectiveC =
+  "Memory (Core Foundation/Objective-C)";
+const char *UnixAPI = "Unix API";
+}}}
+
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocOverflowSecurityChecker.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocOverflowSecurityChecker.cpp
index b11c947..daec418 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocOverflowSecurityChecker.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocOverflowSecurityChecker.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
        i != e;
        ++i) {
     SourceRange R = i->mulop->getSourceRange();
-    BR.EmitBasicReport(D, "malloc() size overflow",
+    BR.EmitBasicReport(D, "malloc() size overflow", categories::UnixAPI,
       "the computation of the size of the memory allocation may overflow",
       PathDiagnosticLocation::createOperatorLoc(i->mulop,
                                                 BR.getSourceManager()), &R, 1);
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocSizeofChecker.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocSizeofChecker.cpp
index 4e10633..08a9da1 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocSizeofChecker.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocSizeofChecker.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@
             PathDiagnosticLocation::createBegin(i->AllocCall->getCallee(),
                                                 BR.getSourceManager(), ADC);
 
-          BR.EmitBasicReport(D, "allocator sizeof operand mismatch", OS.str(),
+          BR.EmitBasicReport(D, "allocator sizeof operand mismatch",
+                             categories::UnixAPI,
+                             OS.str(),
                              L, Ranges.data(), Ranges.size());
         }
       }
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCContainersASTChecker.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCContainersASTChecker.cpp
index aeb90a6..f2929c0 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCContainersASTChecker.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCContainersASTChecker.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     PathDiagnosticLocation CELoc =
         PathDiagnosticLocation::createBegin(CE, BR.getSourceManager(), AC);
     BR.EmitBasicReport(AC->getDecl(),
-                       OsName.str(), "Core Foundation/Objective-C",
+                       OsName.str(), categories::CoreFoundationObjectiveC,
                        Os.str(), CELoc, &R, 1);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCContainersChecker.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCContainersChecker.cpp
index 207d65a..f4655b6 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCContainersChecker.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCContainersChecker.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
   mutable OwningPtr<BugType> BT;
   inline void initBugType() const {
     if (!BT)
-      BT.reset(new BugType("CFArray API", "Core Foundation/Objective-C"));
+      BT.reset(new BugType("CFArray API",
+                           categories::CoreFoundationObjectiveC));
   }
 
   inline SymbolRef getArraySym(const Expr *E, CheckerContext &C) const {
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCSelfInitChecker.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCSelfInitChecker.cpp
index 9d77ad4..d15c8ba 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCSelfInitChecker.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/ObjCSelfInitChecker.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   const std::string desc;
 public:
   InitSelfBug() : BugType("Missing \"self = [(super or self) init...]\"",
-                          "Core Foundation/Objective-C") {}
+                          categories::CoreFoundationObjectiveC) {}
 };
 
 } // end anonymous namespace
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/RetainCountChecker.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/RetainCountChecker.cpp
index 7fa6975..b569e41 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/RetainCountChecker.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/RetainCountChecker.cpp
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@
   class CFRefBug : public BugType {
   protected:
     CFRefBug(StringRef name)
-    : BugType(name, "Memory (Core Foundation/Objective-C)") {}
+    : BugType(name, categories::MemoryCoreFoundationObjectiveC) {}
   public:
 
     // FIXME: Eventually remove.
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/UnixAPIChecker.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/UnixAPIChecker.cpp
index e68ab2a..60e665f 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/UnixAPIChecker.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/UnixAPIChecker.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                                   const char *name) {
   if (BT)
     return;
-  BT.reset(new BugType(name, "Unix API"));
+  BT.reset(new BugType(name, categories::UnixAPI));
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter.cpp b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter.cpp
index 2752e32..a264212 100644
--- a/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter.cpp
+++ b/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter.cpp
@@ -2028,13 +2028,6 @@
 }
 
 void BugReporter::EmitBasicReport(const Decl *DeclWithIssue,
-                                  StringRef name, StringRef str,
-                                  PathDiagnosticLocation Loc,
-                                  SourceRange* RBeg, unsigned NumRanges) {
-  EmitBasicReport(DeclWithIssue, name, "", str, Loc, RBeg, NumRanges);
-}
-
-void BugReporter::EmitBasicReport(const Decl *DeclWithIssue,
                                   StringRef name,
                                   StringRef category,
                                   StringRef str, PathDiagnosticLocation Loc,