Allocation space decisions are precisely made in hydrogen.

src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc

Index: src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc
diff --git a/src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc b/src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc
index 3ddad068bfdfc0454442a87e3fd964269d5e6298..aada178d273ea48a13b5105eff4e69b6c0e347ca 100644
--- a/src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc
+++ b/src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc
@@ -6048,10 +6048,12 @@ void LCodeGen::DoAllocate(LAllocate* instr) {
   if (instr->hydrogen()->MustAllocateDoubleAligned()) {
     flags = static_cast<AllocationFlags>(flags | DOUBLE_ALIGNMENT);
   }
-  if (instr->hydrogen()->CanAllocateInOldPointerSpace()) {
-    ASSERT(!instr->hydrogen()->CanAllocateInOldDataSpace());
+  if (instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInOldPointerSpace()) {
+    ASSERT(!instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInOldDataSpace());
+    ASSERT(!instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInNewSpace());
     flags = static_cast<AllocationFlags>(flags | PRETENURE_OLD_POINTER_SPACE);
-  } else if (instr->hydrogen()->CanAllocateInOldDataSpace()) {
+  } else if (instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInOldDataSpace()) {
+    ASSERT(!instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInNewSpace());
     flags = static_cast<AllocationFlags>(flags | PRETENURE_OLD_DATA_SPACE);
   }
 
@@ -6103,11 +6105,13 @@ void LCodeGen::DoDeferredAllocate(LAllocate* instr) {
     __ push(Immediate(Smi::FromInt(size)));
   }
 
-  if (instr->hydrogen()->CanAllocateInOldPointerSpace()) {
-    ASSERT(!instr->hydrogen()->CanAllocateInOldDataSpace());
+  if (instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInOldPointerSpace()) {
+    ASSERT(!instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInOldDataSpace());
+    ASSERT(!instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInNewSpace());
     CallRuntimeFromDeferred(
         Runtime::kAllocateInOldPointerSpace, 1, instr, instr->context());
-  } else if (instr->hydrogen()->CanAllocateInOldDataSpace()) {
+  } else if (instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInOldDataSpace()) {
+    ASSERT(!instr->hydrogen()->AllocateInNewSpace());
     CallRuntimeFromDeferred(
         Runtime::kAllocateInOldDataSpace, 1, instr, instr->context());
   } else {