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# Miri [[slides](https://solson.me/miri-slides.pdf)] [[report](https://solson.me/miri-report.pdf)] [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/solson/miri.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/solson/miri) [![Windows build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/solson/miri?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/solson63299/miri)
# Miri [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/solson/miri.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/solson/miri) [![Windows build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/solson/miri?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/solson63299/miri)
An experimental interpreter for [Rust][rust]'s [mid-level intermediate
representation][mir] (MIR). This project began as part of my work for the
undergraduate research course at the [University of Saskatchewan][usask].
An experimental interpreter for [Rust][rust]'s
[mid-level intermediate representation][mir] (MIR). It can run binaries and
test suites of cargo projects and detect certain classes of undefined behavior,
for example:
* Out-of-bounds memory accesses and use-after-free
* Invalid use of uninitialized data
* Violation of intrinsic preconditions (an [`unreachable_unchecked`] being
reached, calling [`copy_nonoverlapping`] with overlapping ranges, ...)
* Not sufficiently aligned memory accesses and references
* Violation of basic type invariants (a `bool` that is not 0 or 1, for example,
or an invalid enum discriminant)
* WIP: Violations of the rules governing aliasing for reference types
[rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
[mir]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/1211-mir.md
[`unreachable_unchecked`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/hint/fn.unreachable_unchecked.html
[`copy_nonoverlapping`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ptr/fn.copy_nonoverlapping.html
## Building Miri
We recommend that you install [rustup][rustup] to obtain Rust. Then all you have
We recommend that you install [rustup] to obtain Rust. Then all you have
to do is:
```sh
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which means `nightly` Rust will automatically be used whenever you are working
in this directory.
[rustup]: https://www.rustup.rs
## Running Miri
```sh
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ideas or help with running or hacking on Miri, you can contact me (`scott`) on
Mozilla IRC in any of the Rust IRC channels (`#rust`, `#rust-offtopic`, etc).
## History
This project began as part of an undergraduate research course in 2015 by
@solson at the [University of Saskatchewan][usask]. There are [slides] and a
[report] available from that project. In 2016, @oli-obk joined to prepare miri
for eventually being used as const evaluator in the Rust compiler itself
(basically, for `const` and `static` stuff), replacing the old evaluator that
worked directly on the AST. In 2017, @RalfJung did an internship with Mozilla
and began developing miri towards a tool for detecting undefined behavior, and
also using miri as a way to explore the consequences of various possible
definitions for undefined behavior in Rust. @oli-obk's move of the miri engine
into the compiler finally came to completion in early 2018. Meanwhile, later
that year, @RalfJung did a second internship, developing miri further with
support for checking basic type invariants and verifying that references are
used according to their aliasing restrictions.
[usask]: https://www.usask.ca/
[slides]: https://solson.me/miri-slides.pdf
[report]: https://solson.me/miri-report.pdf
## License
Licensed under either of
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Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you shall be dual licensed as above, without any
additional terms or conditions.
[rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
[mir]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/1211-mir.md
[usask]: https://www.usask.ca/
[rustup]: https://www.rustup.rs