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.

Theorem load_alloc_unchanged:
forall chunk b' ofs,
valid_block m1 b' ->
load chunk m2 b' ofs = load chunk m1 b' ofs.