http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57303
--- Comment #5 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
DSE has
/* If use_stmt is or might be a nop assignment, e.g. for
struct { ... } S a, b, *p; ...
b = a; b = b;
or
b = a; b = *p; where p might be &b,
or
*p = a; *p = b; where p might be &b,
or
*p = *u; *p = *v; where p might be v, then USE_STMT
acts as a use as well as definition, so store in STMT
is not dead. */
if (stmt != use_stmt
&& ref_maybe_used_by_stmt_p (use_stmt, gimple_assign_lhs (stmt)))
return;
for this very reason.