Verifying atomicity preservation and deadlock freedom of a generic shared variable mechanism used in model-to-code transformations

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    Abstract

    A challenging aspect of model-to-code transformations is to ensure that the semantic behavior of the input model is preserved in the output code. When constructing concurrent systems, this is mainly difficult due to the non-deterministic potential interaction between threads. In this paper, we consider this issue for a framework that implements a transformation chain from models expressed in the state machine based domain specific language SLCO to Java. In particular, we provide a fine-grained generic mechanism to preserve atomicity of SLCO statements in the Java implementation. We give its generic specification based on separation logic and verify it using the verification tool VeriFast. The solution can be regarded as a reusable module to safely implement atomic operations in concurrent systems. Moreover, we also prove with VeriFast that our mechanism does not introduce deadlocks. The specification formally ensures that the locks are not reentrant which simplifies the formal treatment of the Java locks.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationModel-Driven Engineering and Software Development - 4th International Conference, MODELSWARD 2016, Revised Selected Papers
    EditorsS. Hammoudi, L.F. Pires, B. Selic, P. Desfray
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages249-273
    Number of pages25
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-66302-9
    ISBN (Print)978-3-319-66301-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    Event4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development (MODELSWARD 2016), February 19-21, 2016, Rome, Italy: Doctoral Consortium, 20 February 2016 - Rome, Italy
    Duration: 19 Feb 201621 Feb 2016

    Publication series

    NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
    Volume692
    ISSN (Print)1865-0929

    Conference

    Conference4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development (MODELSWARD 2016), February 19-21, 2016, Rome, Italy
    Country/TerritoryItaly
    CityRome
    Period19/02/1621/02/16

    Keywords

    • Atomicity
    • Code generation
    • Concurrency
    • Deadlock freedom
    • Formal verification
    • Model transformation
    • Separation logic

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