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Cubicle-\(\mathcal {W}\): Parameterized Model Checking on Weak Memory

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Abstract

We present Cubicle-\(\mathcal {W}\), a new version of the Cubicle model checker to verify parameterized systems under weak memory models. Its main originality is to implement a backward reachability algorithm modulo weak memory reasoning using SMT. Our experiments show that Cubicle-\(\mathcal {W}\) is expressive and efficient enough to automatically prove safety of concurrent algorithms, for an arbitrary number of processes, ranging from mutual exclusion to synchronization barriers.

Keywords

Parameterized model checking MCMT SMT Weak memory 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.LRI (CNRS & University Paris-Sud)Université Paris-SaclayOrsayFrance
  2. 2.Inria, Université Paris-SaclayPalaiseauFrance

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