Abstract
Title:
Verifying a high-performance micro-kernelAuthors:
Gerwin Klein, Michael Norrish, Kevin Elphinstone and Gernot Heiser School of Computer Science and Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 Australia
National ICT Australia, Sydney,
Australia
Abstract:
This presentation will give an overview of the L4.verified project at NICTA. The aim of the project is to formally verify, in Isabelle/HOL, the functional correctness of the next L4 micro kernel. The talk will give a high-level introduction to the abstract L4 specification, to the challenges in designing and formalizing a high-performance micro kernel, to the solutions we have developed for letting OS designers and software verifiers work together productively, and finally to a framework for formal refinement and invariant proofs on monadic functional programs.