diff --git a/include/llvm/MC/MCSectionELF.h b/include/llvm/MC/MCSectionELF.h
index 4ec745f..c48ff03 100644
--- a/include/llvm/MC/MCSectionELF.h
+++ b/include/llvm/MC/MCSectionELF.h
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@
 
   /// ShouldOmitSectionDirective - Decides whether a '.section' directive
   /// should be printed before the section name
-  bool ShouldOmitSectionDirective(const char *Name, 
-                                  const MCAsmInfo &MAI) const;
+  bool ShouldOmitSectionDirective(StringRef Name, const MCAsmInfo &MAI) const;
 
   /// ShouldPrintSectionType - Only prints the section type if supported
   bool ShouldPrintSectionType(unsigned Ty) const;
diff --git a/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp b/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp
index 4d520ec..ebfe269 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@
 
 // ShouldOmitSectionDirective - Decides whether a '.section' directive
 // should be printed before the section name
-bool MCSectionELF::ShouldOmitSectionDirective(const char *Name,
+bool MCSectionELF::ShouldOmitSectionDirective(StringRef Name,
                                               const MCAsmInfo &MAI) const {
   
   // FIXME: Does .section .bss/.data/.text work everywhere??
-  if (strcmp(Name, ".text") == 0 ||
-      strcmp(Name, ".data") == 0 ||
-      (strcmp(Name, ".bss") == 0 &&
-       !MAI.usesELFSectionDirectiveForBSS())) 
+  if (Name == ".text" || Name == ".data" ||
+      (Name == ".bss" && !MAI.usesELFSectionDirectiveForBSS()))
     return true;
 
   return false;
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@
 void MCSectionELF::PrintSwitchToSection(const MCAsmInfo &MAI,
                                         raw_ostream &OS) const {
    
-  if (ShouldOmitSectionDirective(SectionName.c_str(), MAI)) {
+  if (ShouldOmitSectionDirective(SectionName, MAI)) {
     OS << '\t' << getSectionName() << '\n';
     return;
   }
@@ -128,7 +126,7 @@
 // header index.
 bool MCSectionELF::HasCommonSymbols() const {
   
-  if (strncmp(SectionName.c_str(), ".gnu.linkonce.", 14) == 0)
+  if (StringRef(SectionName).startswith(".gnu.linkonce."))
     return true;
 
   return false;
diff --git a/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp b/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
index 01fb217..a231ebc 100644
--- a/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
@@ -474,30 +474,30 @@
 
 
 static SectionKind
-getELFKindForNamedSection(const char *Name, SectionKind K) {
-  if (Name[0] != '.') return K;
+getELFKindForNamedSection(StringRef Name, SectionKind K) {
+  if (Name.empty() || Name[0] != '.') return K;
 
   // Some lame default implementation based on some magic section names.
-  if (strcmp(Name, ".bss") == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".bss.", 5) == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".gnu.linkonce.b.", 16) == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".llvm.linkonce.b.", 17) == 0 ||
-      strcmp(Name, ".sbss") == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".sbss.", 6) == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".gnu.linkonce.sb.", 17) == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".llvm.linkonce.sb.", 18) == 0)
+  if (Name == ".bss" ||
+      Name.startswith(".bss.") ||
+      Name.startswith(".gnu.linkonce.b.") ||
+      Name.startswith(".llvm.linkonce.b.") ||
+      Name == ".sbss" ||
+      Name.startswith(".sbss.") ||
+      Name.startswith(".gnu.linkonce.sb.") ||
+      Name.startswith(".llvm.linkonce.sb."))
     return SectionKind::getBSS();
 
-  if (strcmp(Name, ".tdata") == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".tdata.", 7) == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".gnu.linkonce.td.", 17) == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".llvm.linkonce.td.", 18) == 0)
+  if (Name == ".tdata" ||
+      Name.startswith(".tdata.") ||
+      Name.startswith(".gnu.linkonce.td.") ||
+      Name.startswith(".llvm.linkonce.td."))
     return SectionKind::getThreadData();
 
-  if (strcmp(Name, ".tbss") == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".tbss.", 6) == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".gnu.linkonce.tb.", 17) == 0 ||
-      strncmp(Name, ".llvm.linkonce.tb.", 18) == 0)
+  if (Name == ".tbss" ||
+      Name.startswith(".tbss.") ||
+      Name.startswith(".gnu.linkonce.tb.") ||
+      Name.startswith(".llvm.linkonce.tb."))
     return SectionKind::getThreadBSS();
 
   return K;
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
 const MCSection *TargetLoweringObjectFileELF::
 getExplicitSectionGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV, SectionKind Kind,
                          Mangler *Mang, const TargetMachine &TM) const {
-  const char *SectionName = GV->getSection().c_str();
+  StringRef SectionName = GV->getSection();
 
   // Infer section flags from the section name if we can.
   Kind = getELFKindForNamedSection(SectionName, Kind);
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@
 
 
     std::string Name = SizeSpec + utostr(Align);
-    return getELFSection(Name.c_str(), MCSectionELF::SHT_PROGBITS,
+    return getELFSection(Name, MCSectionELF::SHT_PROGBITS,
                          MCSectionELF::SHF_ALLOC |
                          MCSectionELF::SHF_MERGE |
                          MCSectionELF::SHF_STRINGS,
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@
 const MCSection *TargetLoweringObjectFileCOFF::
 getExplicitSectionGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV, SectionKind Kind,
                          Mangler *Mang, const TargetMachine &TM) const {
-  return getCOFFSection(GV->getSection().c_str(), false, Kind);
+  return getCOFFSection(GV->getSection(), false, Kind);
 }
 
 static const char *getCOFFSectionPrefixForUniqueGlobal(SectionKind Kind) {