Model checking concurrent linux device drivers

toolkit demonstrates that predicate abstraction enables automated verification of real world Windows device Our predicate abstraction-based tool DDVerify enables the automated verification of Linux device drivers and provides an accurate model of the relevant parts of the kernel. We report on benchmarks based on Linux device drivers, confirming the results that Slam established for the Windows world. Furthermore, we take predicate abstraction one step further and introduce a technique to verify concurrent software with shared memory. Categories and Subject Descriptors:D.2.4[Software Engineering]: Program Verification; D.4.5[Operating Systems]: Reliability General Terms: Verification, Reliability

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: KBSE
• Authors: Thomas Witkowski, Nicolas Blanc, Daniel Kroening, Georg Weissenbacher
• Keywords: KBSE 2007, Linux Device Drivers, Predicate Abstraction, Predicate Abstraction Enables, Software Engineering