http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48335
--- Comment #5 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-03-30 10:05:13 UTC --- A patch that might fix most of the issues could also be Index: gcc/tree-ssa.c =================================================================== --- gcc/tree-ssa.c (revision 171716) +++ gcc/tree-ssa.c (working copy) @@ -1976,7 +1976,8 @@ maybe_optimize_var (tree var, bitmap add /* Do not change TREE_ADDRESSABLE if we need to preserve var as a non-register. Otherwise we are confused and forget to add virtual operands for it. */ - && (!is_gimple_reg_type (TREE_TYPE (var)) + && ((!is_gimple_reg_type (TREE_TYPE (var)) + && TYPE_MODE (TREE_TYPE (var)) == BLKmode) || !bitmap_bit_p (not_reg_needs, DECL_UID (var)))) { TREE_ADDRESSABLE (var) = 0; pessimizing tree alias analysis (but only to be as bad as 4.5, maybe a little worse for register types with components (vectors and complex vars)).