Common specification language for static and dynamic analysis of C programs

Mickaël Delahaye, Nikolai Kosmatov, Julien Signoles

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Abstract

Various combinations of static and dynamic analysis techniques were recently shown to be beneficial for software verification. A frequent obstacle to combining different tools in a completely automatic way is the lack of a common specification language. Our work proposes to translate a Pre-Post based specification into executable C code. This paper presents E-ACSL, subset of the ACSL specification language for C programs, and its automatic translator into C implemented as a FRAMA-C plug-in. The resulting C code is executable and can be used by a dynamic analysis tool. We illustrate how the PATHCRAWLER test generation tool automatically treats such pre- and postconditions specified as C functions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication28th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2013
Pages1230-1235
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 May 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event28th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2013 - Coimbra, Portugal
Duration: 18 Mar 201322 Mar 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Conference

Conference28th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2013
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityCoimbra
Period18/03/1322/03/13

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