(********************* Lemmas and definitions related to mem_step ********)
apply (mem_step_freelist _ _ nil); trivial.
Qed.
Record memstep_preserve (P:mem -> mem -> Prop) :=
{
preserve_trans: forall m1 m2 m3, P m1 m2 -> P m2 m3 -> P m1 m3;
preserve_mem: forall m m', mem_step m m' -> P m m'
}.
subst; trivial. Qed.
intros. apply preserve_mem; trivial.
eapply mem_forward_preserve; trivial.
Qed.

Lemma memsem_preserves {C} (s: @MemSem C) P (HP:memstep_preserve P):
forall c m c' m', corestep s c m c' m'-> P m m'.