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CSE: Compositional Symbolic Execution for TOSEM paper revision #1064

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Goal

Implement publication-quality Compositional Symbolic Execution (CSE) for KMIR to produce experimental results for the TOSEM paper revision. CSE summarizes callee functions as K rewrite rules and reuses them across caller proofs.

Architecture

Summary = K rewrite rule matching #execTerminatorCall by function name:

rule <k> #execTerminatorCall(_, FUNC, ARGS, DEST, TARGET, _, _) ~> _CONT
      => #setLocalValue(DEST, RET_VALUE) ~> #continueAt(TARGET)
     </k>
  requires getFunctionName(FUNC) ==String "callee_name"
   andBool PATH_CONSTRAINTS

Requires slotStore (PR #1059) — References use global slot handles, enabling caller-independent summaries.

Acceptance Criteria

# Criterion Status
H1 CSE reuse PASSES when baseline PASSES ✅ verified
H2 reuse_splits == baseline_splits ✅ verified
H3 reuse_stuck == 0 ✅ verified
H4 reuse_ndbranch == 0 ✅ verified
H5 Summary = compiled K rules via add-module ✅ working
H6 Callee proofs complete before export ⚠️ needs enforcement

Current Status (branch: feature/cse-slotstore)

Working: CSE pipeline fires summary rules, 58% depth reduction, proof passes.

Needs work:

  • Path constraints and slotStore effects in summary rules
  • Argument binding for value-dependent returns
  • Callee completeness gate (stuck → no export)
  • Full 41-test p-token evaluation with speedup
  • Paper artifacts (LaTeX table, CSV)

Spec

See docs/cse-spec.md on branch feature/cse-slotstore.

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