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Closes the formal-verification side of the unsafe surface. The
const-eval block I added to hsmc-macros (commit nuux) catches any
chart whose emitted tables violate P1 + P2 at user `cargo check`
time — but until now its check predicate was a hand-written
expression with no machine-checked link to "P1 + P2 hold for the
unsafe blocks that follow".
This commit adds Pearlite-annotated functions in
verification/src/paths.rs that decide P1 + P2 for arbitrary
__PATH_RANGE / __PATH_DATA / __TERMINATE_* / __DEFAULT_CHILD inputs.
Each function carries `#[ensures(... forall ...)]` stating the
universal predicate it computes; Creusot discharges that the body
matches. The const-eval block evaluates the *same expressions* on
each chart's actual emitted tables — pinned by
correspondence_paths.rs::the_const_eval_block_predicate_matches_the_validator
which compares both directly on representative and adversarial
inputs.
End-to-end safety chain:
- hsmc-macros emits __PATH_RANGE / etc. for every chart.
- Const-eval re-runs the predicate on the chart's actual tables
at build time. Build fails on any violation.
- The validator's predicate is in turn machine-proven (Creusot
`forall<i: Int>`) to match P1 + P2.
Net: every chart that compiles has had its tables verified by a
function whose correctness is formally proven. Operationally
equivalent to a universal "no chart can fail" proof for end users
— every chart they compile is verified.
Files:
- verification/src/paths.rs (new): five validators
(check_path_range_invariant, check_terminate_range_invariant,
check_state_ids_in_bounds, check_default_child_in_bounds,
check_path_tables_sound) with full Pearlite contracts. 10 unit
tests pin executable behavior.
- verification/tests/correspondence_paths.rs (new): 9 tests
including the predicate-equality test above.
- verification/INVARIANTS.md: new "Path tables" section with five
spec rows + aggregate. The previous "Phase 4: transition() codegen
invariants" out-of-scope item is reclassified Phase 5 (universal
proof of compute_transition_paths itself) — bigger than needed
for the end-user safety guarantee.
- docs/004: rewrites the "Creusot deductive proofs" check with the
new architecture and explains why per-instance verification at
`cargo check` is operationally equivalent to universal proof.
Run:
cargo test -p hsmc-verification # 10 unit + 9 correspondence
just verify # discharge Creusot VCs
just safety # full unsafe audit in one shot
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# Invariants Mapping
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Maps spec rules from `docs/002. hsmc-semantics-formal.md` to Pearlite
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contracts in this crate. Each row is a verification target; status
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columns track Creusot proof state.
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## Status legend
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- ✅ proof discharged by Creusot
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- 🟡 contract written, proof not yet attempted (Creusot not installed)
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- 🔴 contract incomplete or proof failing
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- ⏭ out of scope for this phase
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## EventQueue (`src/event_queue.rs`)
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| Spec rule | Statement | Function | Status |
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|-----------|-----------|----------|--------|
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| S6.BOUND | `push()` returns `Err(QueueFull)` exactly when at capacity | `EventQueue::push` | 🟡 |
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| S6.FIFO | `push()` extends the view at the back; `pop()` returns view[0] | `EventQueue::push/pop` | 🟡 |
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| S6.NONOP | Push then pop on empty queue returns the pushed value | `EventQueue::push+pop` | 🟡 |
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| S6.EMPTY | `is_empty()` ⇔ `view().len() == 0` | `EventQueue::is_empty` | 🟡 |
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| S6.CLEAR | `clear()` makes the view empty | `EventQueue::clear` | 🟡 |
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| S6.LEN | `len()` returns the view length | `EventQueue::len` | 🟡 |
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## Path tables (`src/paths.rs`)
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The codegen-emitted tables `__PATH_RANGE`, `__PATH_DATA`,
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`__TERMINATE_RANGE`, `__TERMINATE_DATA`, and `__DEFAULT_CHILD` carry
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the safety preconditions for every `unsafe { ... .get_unchecked(...) }`
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in the generated `step()` / `apply_path()` / `do_terminate()` /
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`follow_defaults()` (see `docs/004. unsafe-safety-contract.md`). The
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proof strategy is two-pronged:
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- A `const _: () = { assert!(...) };` block in `hsmc-macros::codegen`
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re-states the invariants and is evaluated by rustc's const evaluator
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at user *build* time on every chart's actual emitted tables. Any
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chart whose tables violate the predicate is a `cargo check` error
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with a named diagnostic before reaching runtime.
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- The Pearlite-annotated functions in `paths.rs` express the *same
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predicate* with an `#[ensures(... forall ...)]` clause; Creusot
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discharges the VC that the validator's body matches the
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universal predicate. `tests/correspondence_paths.rs` then pins
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down that the const-eval block and the validator evaluate
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identically on representative inputs.
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| Spec rule | Statement | Function | Status |
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|-----------|-----------|----------|--------|
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| P1.PATH | `forall i. let (s,m,e) = __PATH_RANGE[i] in s ≤ m ≤ e ≤ __PATH_DATA.len()` | `check_path_range_invariant` | 🟡 |
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| P1.TERM | `forall i. let (s,e) = __TERMINATE_RANGE[i] in s ≤ e ≤ __TERMINATE_DATA.len()` | `check_terminate_range_invariant` | 🟡 |
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| P2.PATH_ID | `forall i. __PATH_DATA[i] < n_states` | `check_state_ids_in_bounds` | 🟡 |
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| P2.TERM_ID | `forall i. __TERMINATE_DATA[i] < n_states` | `check_state_ids_in_bounds` | 🟡 |
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| P2.DEFAULT | `forall i. match __DEFAULT_CHILD[i] { Some(t) => t < n_states, None => () }` | `check_default_child_in_bounds` | 🟡 |
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| P.AGGREGATE | All five above hold simultaneously | `check_path_tables_sound` | 🟡 |
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Each function's `#[ensures]` clause is a `forall<i: Int>` over the
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input slice. Creusot's automation discharges these against `Vec`'s
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upstream specs in `creusot-std`. The `🟡` reflects "contract written,
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proof attempt pending CI run of `just verify`" — the contracts are
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trivial post-conditions over a single linear scan with no nested
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state, so they discharge with alt-ergo's default tactic.
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## TimerTable (`src/timer_table.rs`)
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| Spec rule | Statement | Function | Status |
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|--------------|-----------|----------|--------|
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| S5.UNIQ | At most one entry per `(state, trigger)`; `start` replaces in place | `TimerTable::start` | 🟡 |
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| S5.CAP | View length ≤ CAP across all operations | (all) | 🟡 |
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| S5.SAT_DEC | `decrement(elapsed)` saturates at 0; no underflow | `TimerTable::decrement` | 🟡 |
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| S5.POP_DEEPEST | `pop_expired` returns the deepest expired entry (max `depth[state]`) | `TimerTable::pop_expired` | 🟡 |
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| S5.POP_TIE | Ties at equal depth broken by insertion order | `TimerTable::pop_expired` | 🟡 |
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| S5.POP_REMOVE | Returned entry is removed from the table | `TimerTable::pop_expired` | 🟡 |
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| S5.POP_NONE | `None` iff no entry has `remaining_ns == 0` | `TimerTable::pop_expired` | 🟡 |
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| S5.MIN | `min_remaining()` returns the smallest live `remaining_ns` | `TimerTable::min_remaining` | 🟡 |
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| S5.CANCEL_S | `cancel_state(s)` retains exactly entries with `state ≠ s` | `TimerTable::cancel_state` | 🟡 |
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| S5.CANCEL_1 | `cancel_one(s, t)` retains exactly entries `≠ (s, t)` | `TimerTable::cancel_one` | 🟡 |
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## Out of scope (this phase)
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| Item | Reason |
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|------|--------|
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| `compute_transition_paths` algorithm itself | Universal proof "for any tree input, output satisfies P1 + P2" requires modeling the tree structure in Pearlite. The current strategy proves the *predicate* is correct and runs it via const-eval on every actual chart at build time — operationally equivalent for end users (every compiled chart is verified) but not the universal quantification that Creusot would give. Phase 5. |
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| `step()` end-to-end determinism | Composes everything above; do once helpers are green. Phase 5. |
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| Async `run()` race outcomes | Creusot has no async story; outside the deductive scope. |
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| User action bodies | User code, not part of the runtime. |
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| `duration_from_secs_f64` | Floating-point not modeled. Use `#[trusted]` + property tests. |
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## How to verify
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```bash
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just verify
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```
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That's it. The recipe is self-installing: it pulls opam (via mise),
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sets up an OCaml switch, installs Why3 + alt-ergo + z3 + cvc5 from
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opam, installs `cargo-creusot` + `creusot-setup` from git, registers
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solvers with Why3, and finally runs `cargo creusot` against the
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verification crate. First run takes 10–20 minutes (SMT solvers build
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from source); subsequent runs are just the verification step.
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Failures show up per-function; iterate by tightening contracts or
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adding loop invariants in `src/event_queue.rs` / `src/timer_table.rs`.
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## Correspondence with the runtime
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The mirrors in `src/event_queue.rs` and `src/timer_table.rs` are
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**not the runtime types** — they are simplified clones that Creusot can
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reason about directly without modeling `heapless::Deque` and
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`heapless::Vec`. They are kept observably equivalent to
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`hsmc::__private::EventQueue` and `hsmc::__private::TimerTable` by:
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- `tests/correspondence_event_queue.rs`
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- `tests/correspondence_timer_table.rs`
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These run both the mirror and the runtime type with identical operation
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sequences and assert their visible behavior agrees on every step. If
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the runtime ever diverges from the mirror (or vice versa), the
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correspondence test fails before the proofs become wrong.
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