Dynamic Frames Based Verification Method for Concurrent Java Programs

In this paper we discuss a verification method for concurrent Java programs based on the concept of dynamic frames. We build on our earlier work that proposes a new, symbolic permission system for concurrent reasoning and we provide the following new contributions. First, we describe our approach for proving program specifications to be self-framed w.r.t. permissions, which is a necessary condition to maintain soundness in concurrent reasoning. Second, we show how we use predicates to provide modular and reusable specifications for program synchronisation points, like locks or forked threads. Our work primarily targets the KeY verification system with its specification language JML* and symbolic execution proving method. Hence, we also give the current status of the work on implementation and we discuss some examples that are verifiable with KeY. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016This work is supported by ERC grant 258405 for the VerCors project and by the Swedish Knowledge Foundation grant for the AUTO-CAAS project.VerCorsAUTO-CAA