Implications of a Data Structure Consistency Checking System

Abstract. We present a framework for verifying that programs correctly preserve important data structure consistency properties. Results from our implemented system indicate that our system can effectively enable the scalable verification of very precise data structure consistency properties within complete programs. Our system treats both internal properties, which deal with a single data structure implementation, and external properties, which deal with properties that involve multiple data structures. A key aspect of our system is that it enables multiple analysis and verification packages to productively interoperate to analyze a single program. In particular, it supports the targeted use of very precise, unscalable analyses in the context of a larger analysis and verification system. The integration of different analyses in our system is based on a common set-based specification language: precise analyses verify that data structures conform to set specifications, whereas scal...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: VSTTE
• Authors: Viktor Kuncak, Patrick Lam, Karen Zee, Martin C. Rinard
• Keywords: Data Structure, Data Structure Consistency, Software Engineering, Structure Consistency Properties, VSTTE 2005