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High-level memory model with low-level pointer cast support for Jessie intermediate language

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The paper presents a target analyzable language used for verification of real-world production GNU C programs (Linux kernel modules). The language represents an extension of the existing intermediate language used by the Jessie plugin for the Frama-C static analysis framework. Compared to the original Jessie, the extension is fully compatible with the C semantics of arrays, initially supports discriminated unions and prefix (hierarchical) structure pointer casts and provides a limited, but reasonable support for low-level pointer casts (reinterpretations of the underlying bytes of memory). The paper describes the approaches to translation of the original C code into the analyzable intermediate language and of the intermediate language into Why3ML i.e. the input language of the Why3 deductive verification platform.

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Original Russian Text © M.U. Mandrykin, A.V. Khoroshilov, 2015, published in Programmirovanie, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 4.

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Mandrykin, M.U., Khoroshilov, A.V. High-level memory model with low-level pointer cast support for Jessie intermediate language. Program Comput Soft 41, 197–207 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768815040040

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