On Certifying Code Generation
- Guaranteeing correctness of compilation is a ma jor precondition for correct software. Code generation can be one of the most error-prone tasks in a compiler. One way to achieve trusted compilation is certifying compilation. A certifying compiler generates for each run a proof that it has performed the compilation run correctly. The proof is checked in a separate theorem prover. If the theorem prover is content with the proof, one can be sure that the compiler produced correct code. This paper presents a certifying code generation phase for a compiler translating an intermediate language into assembler code. The time spent for checking the proofs is the bottleneck of certifying compilation. We exhibit an improved framework for certifying compilation and considerable advances to overcome this bottleneck. We compare our implementation featuring the Coq theorem prover to an older implementation. Our current implementation is feasible for medium to large sized programs.
Author: | Jan Olaf Blech |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-15086 |
Series (Serial Number): | Interner Bericht des Fachbereich Informatik (366) |
Document Type: | Report |
Language of publication: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2007 |
Year of first Publication: | 2007 |
Publishing Institution: | Technische Universität Kaiserslautern |
Date of the Publication (Server): | 2007/12/03 |
Tag: | Coq; compiler; theorem prover; translation validation |
Faculties / Organisational entities: | Kaiserslautern - Fachbereich Informatik |
DDC-Cassification: | 0 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft / 004 Informatik |
Licence (German): | Standard gemäß KLUEDO-Leitlinien vor dem 27.05.2011 |