http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60101
--- Comment #11 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Sorry for not being more helpful, it was a long time ago that I worked on that. Perhaps if you tell me which revision did the reversal/implemented the special-handling of SAVE_EXPR, I can figure out what is going on.