#lang ivy1.7 # --- # layout: page # title: Proof of Classic Safety # --- include tendermint include abstract_tendermint # Here we prove the classic safety property: assuming that every two quorums # have a well-behaved node in common, no two well-behaved nodes ever disagree. # The proof is done in two steps: first we prove the the abstract specification # satisfies the property, and then we show by refinement that this property # also holds in the concrete specification. # To see what is checked in the refinement proof, use `ivy_show isolate=classic_safety classic_safety.ivy` # To see what is checked in the abstract correctness proof, use `ivy_show isolate=abstract_classic_safety classic_safety.ivy` # To check the whole proof, use `ivy_check classic_safety.ivy`. # Note that all the verification conditions sent to Z3 for this proof are in # EPR. # Classic safety in the abstract model # ==================================== # We start by proving that classic safety holds in the abstract model. isolate abstract_classic_safety = { instantiate abstract_tendermint invariant [classic_safety] classic_bft.quorum_intersection & decided(N1,R1,V1) & decided(N2,R2,V2) -> V1 = V2 # The notion of choosable value # ----------------------------- relation choosable(R:round, V:value) definition choosable(R,V) = exists Q . nset.is_quorum(Q) & forall N . well_behaved(N) & nset.member(N,Q) -> ~left_round(N,R) | precommitted(N,R,V) # Main invariants # --------------- # `classic_safety` is inductive relative to those invariants invariant [decision_is_quorum_precommit] (exists N1 . decided(N1,R,V)) -> exists Q. nset.is_quorum(Q) & forall N2. well_behaved(N2) & nset.member(N2, Q) -> precommitted(N2,R,V) invariant [precommitted_is_quorum_prevote] V ~= value.nil & (exists N1 . precommitted(N1,R,V)) -> exists Q. nset.is_quorum(Q) & forall N2. well_behaved(N2) & nset.member(N2, Q) -> prevoted(N2,R,V) invariant [prevote_unique_per_round] prevoted(N,R,V1) & prevoted(N,R,V2) -> V1 = V2 # This is the core invariant: as long as a precommitted value is still choosable, it remains protected by a lock and prevents any new value from being prevoted: invariant [locks] classic_bft.quorum_intersection & V ~= value.nil & precommitted(N,R,V) & choosable(R,V) -> locked(N,R,V) & forall R2,V2 . R < R2 & prevoted(N,R2,V2) -> V2 = V | V2 = value.nil # Supporting invariants # --------------------- # The main invariants are inductive relative to those invariant decided(N,R,V) -> V ~= value.nil invariant left_round(N,R2) & R1 < R2 -> left_round(N,R1) # if a node left round R2>R1, then it also left R1: invariant prevoted(N,R2,V2) & R1 < R2 -> left_round(N,R1) invariant precommitted(N,R2,V2) & R1 < R2 -> left_round(N,R1) } with round, nset, classic_bft.quorum_intersection_def # The refinement proof # ==================== # Now, thanks to the refinement relation that we establish in # `concrete_tendermint.ivy`, we prove that classic safety transfers to the # concrete specification: isolate classic_safety = { # We instantiate the `tendermint` module providing `abstract_classic_safety` as abstract model. instantiate tendermint(abstract_classic_safety) # We prove that if every two quorums have a well-behaved node in common, # then well-behaved nodes never disagree: invariant [classic_safety] classic_bft.quorum_intersection & server.decision(N1) ~= value.nil & server.decision(N2) ~= value.nil -> server.decision(N1) = server.decision(N2) } with value, round, proposers, shim, abstract_classic_safety # here we list all the specifications that we rely on for this proof