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Despite their popularity and importance, pointer-based programs remain a major challenge for program verification. In this paper, we propose an automated verification system that is concise, precise and expressive for ensuring the safety of pointer-based programs. Our approach uses user-definable shape predicates to allow programmers to describe a wide range of data structures with their associated size properties. To support automatic verification, we design a new entailment checking procedure that can handle well-founded inductive predicates using unfold/fold reasoning. We have proven the soundness and termination of our verification system, and have built a prototype system.
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Nguyen, H.H., David, C., Qin, S., Chin, WN. (2007). Automated Verification of Shape and Size Properties Via Separation Logic. In: Cook, B., Podelski, A. (eds) Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation. VMCAI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4349. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69738-1_18
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