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Modal Abstractions for Virtualizing Memory Addresses

Talkat OOPSLA 2025 · 2025-10-16..10-18· [software-architecture]
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Introduces a modal assertion [r]P that ties assertions to a particular page‑table root and a definition of virtual points-to that splits page‑table traversal tokens from physical page ownership, enabling verification of instruction sequences that switch CR3 and mutate shared page tables without trusting large assembly fragments. Claims complete verification for multi‑address‑space VMM code beyond prior single‑space work, demonstrates tricky allocation/traversal examples on a RISC‑like x86‑64 fragment, and mechanizes the soundness proof in Rocq mechanization.

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  1. 0:00Memory virtualization intro
  2. 3:23Virtualized memory in kernel
  3. 6:17Address translation verification
  4. 9:59Fixing translation with tokens
  5. 11:25Address space switch example
  6. 13:54Paper overview and future
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