Section ALLOC.
Variable m1: mem.
Variables lo hi: Z.
Variable m2: mem.
Variable b: block.
Hypothesis ALLOC: alloc m1 lo hi = (m2, b).
Local Hint Resolve valid_block_alloc fresh_block_alloc valid_new_block: mem.
Local Hint Resolve perm_alloc_1 perm_alloc_2 perm_alloc_3 perm_alloc_4: mem.
Local Hint Resolve valid_access_alloc_other valid_access_alloc_same: mem.
End ALLOC.
Local Hint Resolve valid_block_alloc fresh_block_alloc valid_new_block: mem.
Local Hint Resolve valid_access_alloc_other valid_access_alloc_same: mem.
(** ** Properties related to [free]. *)
Local Hint Resolve valid_block_free_1 valid_block_free_2: mem.
End FREE.
Local Hint Resolve valid_block_free_1 valid_block_free_2
perm_free_1 perm_free_2 perm_free_3
valid_access_free_1 valid_access_free_inv_1: mem.
(** ** Properties related to [drop_perm] *)

Theorem loadbytes_drop:
forall b' ofs n,
b' <> b \/ ofs + n <= lo \/ hi <= ofs \/ perm_order p Readable ->
loadbytes m' b' ofs n = loadbytes m b' ofs n.