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Verifying Concurrent Programs Using Contracts

FIEDOR, J.; VOJNAR, T.; SMRČKA, A.; DIAS, R.; FERREIRA, C.; LOURENCO, J.; SOUSA, D. Verifying Concurrent Programs Using Contracts. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST). Tokyo: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017. p. 196-206. ISBN: 978-1-5090-6032-0.
Czech title
Verifikace paralelních programů pomocí kontraktů
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Authors
Fiedor Jan, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Vojnar Tomáš, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Smrčka Aleš, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Dias Ricardo (FIT)
Ferreira Carla (FIT)
Lourenco Joao (FIT)
Sousa Diogo (FIT)
Keywords

contracts, concurrent computing, software, protocols, indexes, libraries, arrays

Abstract

The central notion of this paper is that of contracts for concurrency, allowing one to capture the expected atomicity of sequences of method or service calls in a concurrent program. The contracts may be either extracted automatically from the source code, or provided by developers of libraries or software modules to reflect their expected usage in a concurrent setting. We start by extending the so-far considered notion of contracts for concurrency in several ways, improving their expressiveness and enhancing their applicability in practice. Then, we propose two complementary analyses---a static and a dynamic one---to verify programs against the extended contracts. We have implemented both approaches and present promising experimental results from their application on various programs, including real-world ones where our approach unveiled previously unknown errors.

Published
2017
Pages
196–206
Proceedings
2017 IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST)
ISBN
978-1-5090-6032-0
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Place
Tokyo
DOI
10.1109/ICST.2017.25
UT WoS
000403393600018
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85020731519
BibTeX 
@inproceedings{BUT144470,
  author="Jan {Fiedor} and Tomáš {Vojnar} and Aleš {Smrčka} and Ricardo {Dias} and Carla {Ferreira} and Joao {Lourenco} and Diogo {Sousa}",
  title="Verifying Concurrent Programs Using Contracts",
  booktitle="2017 IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST)",
  year="2017",
  pages="196--206",
  publisher="Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
  address="Tokyo",
  doi="10.1109/ICST.2017.25",
  isbn="978-1-5090-6032-0",
  url="https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/11510/"
}
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