I regression tested the patch presented in the PR: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53559
for the following branches: 4.5 branch svn revision 188125 4.6 branch svn revision 188124 4.7 branch svn revision 188128 4.8 trunk svn revision 187734 All bootstrapped with no regressions for powerpc64 target. Thanks Edmar