FoREnSiC - An Automatic Debugging Environment for C Programs
Roderick Bloem, Rolf Drechsler, Görschwin Fey, Alexander Finder, Georg Hofferek, Robert Könighofer, Jaan Raik, Urmas Repinski, André Sülflow · 2012
Abstract. We present FoREnSiC, an open source environment for automatic error detection, localization and correction in C programs. The framework implements different automated debugging methods in a unified way covering the whole design flow from ESL to RTL. Currently, a scalable simulation-based back-end, a back-end based on symbolic execution, and a formal back-end exploiting functional equivalences between a C program and a hardware design are available. FoREnSiC is designed as an extensible framework. Its infrastructure, including a powerful front-end and interfaces to logic problem solvers, can be reused for implementing new program analysis or debugging methods. In addition to the infrastructure, the back-ends, and a few experimental results, we present an illustrative application scenario that shows FoREnSiC in use. 1