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Title: Verifying linearizability on TSO architectures
Authors: Derrick, J
Smith, G
Dongol, B
Keywords: Linearizability;Consistent memory model;TSO (Total Store Order);x86 multicore architecture
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Citation: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8739, pp. 341 - 356, 2014
Abstract: Linearizability is the standard correctness criterion for fine-grained, non-atomic concurrent algorithms, and a variety of methods for verifying linearizability have been developed. However, most approaches assume a sequentially consistent memory model, which is not always realised in practice. In this paper we define linearizability on a weak memory model: the TSO (Total Store Order) memory model, which is implemented in the x86 multicore architecture. We also show how a simulation-based proof method can be adapted to verify linearizability for algorithms running on TSO architectures. We demonstrate our approach on a typical concurrent algorithm, spinlock, and prove it linearizable using our simulation-based approach. Previous approaches to proving linearizabilty on TSO architectures have required a modification to the algorithm's natural abstract specification. Our proof method is the first, to our knowledge, for proving correctness without the need for such modification.
URI: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-10181-1_21
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9719
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10181-1_21
ISSN: 0302-9743
Appears in Collections:Dept of Computer Science Research Papers

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