STP

STP is a constraint solver (or SMT solver) aimed at solving constraints of bitvectors and arrays. These types of constraints can be generated by program analysis tools, theorem provers, automated bug finders, cryptographic attack tools, intelligent fuzzers, model checkers, and by many other applications.

• Homepage: https://stp.github.io/
• Ubuntu PPA: https://launchpad.net/~simple-theorem-prover/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+packages
• Docker image: docker pull msoos/stp

Build and install

For a quick install:

sudo apt-get install cmake bison flex libboost-all-dev python perl minisat
git clone https://github.com/stp/stp
cd stp
git submodule init && git submodule update
./scripts/deps/setup-gtest.sh
./scripts/deps/setup-outputcheck.sh
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
sudo cmake --install .

Or, using Homebrew:

brew install stp

For more detailed instructions, see towards the end of the page.

Input format

The SMT-LIB2 format is the recommended file format, because it is parsed by all modern bitvector solvers. Only quantifier-free bitvectors and arrays are implemented from the SMT-LIB2 format.

Usage

Run with an SMT-LIB2 file:

stp myproblem.smt2

Overflowing a 32-bit integer using the python interface:

import stp
In [1]: import stp
In [2]: a = stp.Solver()
In [3]: x = a.bitvec('x')
In [4]: y = a.bitvec('y')
In [5]: a.add(x + y < 20)
In [6]: a.add(x  > 10)
In [7]: a.add(y  > 10)
In [8]: a.check()
Out[8]: True
In [9]: a.model()
Out[9]: {'x': 4294967287L, 'y': 11L}

With Docker:

docker pull msoos/stp
echo "(set-logic QF_BV)
(assert (= (bvsdiv (_ bv3 2) (_ bv2 2)) (_ bv0 2)))
(check-sat)
(exit)" | docker run --rm -i msoos/stp

Architecture

The system performs word-level preprocessing followed by translation to SAT which is then solved by a SAT solver. In particular, we introduce several new heuristics for the preprocessing step, including abstraction-refinement in the context of arrays, a new bitvector linear arithmetic equation solver, and some interesting simplifications. These heuristics help us achieve several magnitudes of order performance over other tools, and also over straight-forward translation to SAT. STP has been heavily tested on thousands of examples sourced from various real-world applications such as program analysis and bug-finding tools like EXE, and equivalence checking tools and theorem-provers.

Detailed Building and Installation

STP is built with CMake, version 3.0.2 or newer. CMake is a meta build system that generates build files for other tools such as make(1), Visual Studio, Xcode, etc.

Configuration variables

Here are a few interesting configuration variables. These apply to all generators.

• CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE - The build type (e.g. Release)
• CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX - The prefix for install (e.g. /usr/local )
• ENABLE_ASSERTIONS - If TRUE STP will be built with asserts.
• ENABLE_TESTING - Enable running tests
• ENABLE_PYTHON_INTERFACE - Enable building the Python interface
• PYTHON_EXECUTABLE - Set python executable in case you have more than one python installed
• SANITIZE - Use Clang's sanitization checks
• STATICCOMPILE - Build static libraries and binaries instead of dynamic

Dependencies

STP relies on : boost, flex, bison and minisat. You can install these by:

$ sudo apt-get install cmake bison flex libboost-all-dev python perl minisat

If your distribution does not come with minisat, STP maintains an updated fork. It can be built as follows:

$ git clone https://github.com/stp/minisat
$ cd minisat
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake ..
$ cmake --build .
$ sudo cmake --install .
$ command -v ldconfig && sudo ldconfig

STP uses minisat as its SAT solver by default but it also supports other SAT solvers including CryptoMiniSat as an optional extra. If installed, it will be detected during the cmake and used:

$ git clone https://github.com/msoos/cryptominisat
$ cd cryptominisat
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake ..
$ cmake --build .
$ sudo cmake --install .
$ command -v ldconfig && sudo ldconfig

Alternatively, these commands are pre-configused in scripts/deps/setup-minisat.sh and scripts/deps/setup-cms.sh (respectively).

Building against non-installed libraries

If you wish to build STP's dependencies without installing them, you can tell CMake where to find the non-installed artefacts. For example:

• -DMINISAT_INCLUDE_DIRS:PATH=<path> and -DMINISAT_LIBDIR:PATH=<path> -- the paths to minisat/core/Solver.h and the minisat libraries (respectively)
• -Dcryptominisat5_DIR:PATH=<path> -- the path to cryptominisat5Config.cmake

If you did not install these development libraries, then MINISAT_LIBDIR can be set to your build folder for minisat and cryptominisat5_DIR to your build folder for CryptoMiniSat.

Building a static library and binary

$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake -DSTATICCOMPILE=ON ..
$ cmake --build .
$ sudo cmake --install .
$ command -v ldconfig && sudo ldconfig

Configuration and build options

To tweak the build configuration:

• Run cmake-gui /path/to/stp/source/root instead of cmake. This user interface lets you control the value of various configuration variables and lets you pick the build system generator.

• Run ccmake instead of cmake. This provides an ncurses terminal interface for changing configuration variables.

• Pass -D<VARIABLE>=<VALUE> options to cmake (not very user friendly). It is probably best if you only configure this way if you are writing scripts.

You can also tweak configuration later by running make edit_cache and edit any configuration variables, reconfigure and then regenerate the build system. After configuration, build by running make.

You can use the -j<n> flag to significantly to decrease build time by running <n> jobs in parallel (e.g. make -j4).

Testing

git clone https://github.com/stp/stp
git submodule update --init
pip install lit
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DENABLE_TESTING=ON ..
make
make test

Installing

To install run make install and to uninstall run make uninstall. The root of installation is controlled by the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable at configure time. You can change this by running make edit_cache and editing the value of CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.

Building on Windows/Visual Studio

You will need to install cmake and follow the steps that AppVeyor follows. In case you need the static binary, you can always access it as a binary artifact at the AppVeyor build page. In case you still have trouble, please see the mini-HOWTO at issue #319.

Building Docker

git clone https://github.com/stp/stp
cd stp
docker build -t stp .
echo "(set-logic QF_BV)
(assert (= (bvsdiv (_ bv3 2) (_ bv2 2)) (_ bv0 2)))
(check-sat)
(exit)" | docker run --rm -i stp

Authors

• Vijay Ganesh
• Trevor Hansen
• Mate Soos
• Dan Liew
• Ryan Govostes
• Andrew V. Jones
• And many others...