all: remove noop vm config flags (#23111)

* all: rm external interpreter and ewasm config

* core/vm: rm Interpreter interface

* cmd/geth: deprecate interpreter config fields

cmd/evm/main.go

@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ var (
 		Name:  "noreturndata",
 		Usage: "disable return data output",
 	}
-	EVMInterpreterFlag = cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "vm.evm",
-		Usage: "External EVM configuration (default = built-in interpreter)",
-		Value: "",
-	}
 )
 
 var stateTransitionCommand = cli.Command{
@@ -185,7 +180,6 @@ func init() {
 		DisableStackFlag,
 		DisableStorageFlag,
 		DisableReturnDataFlag,
-		EVMInterpreterFlag,
 	}
 	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
 		compileCommand,

cmd/evm/runner.go

@@ -211,9 +211,8 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		Coinbase:    genesisConfig.Coinbase,
 		BlockNumber: new(big.Int).SetUint64(genesisConfig.Number),
 		EVMConfig: vm.Config{
-			Tracer:         tracer,
-			Debug:          ctx.GlobalBool(DebugFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalBool(MachineFlag.Name),
-			EVMInterpreter: ctx.GlobalString(EVMInterpreterFlag.Name),
+			Tracer: tracer,
+			Debug:  ctx.GlobalBool(DebugFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalBool(MachineFlag.Name),
 		},
 	}
 

cmd/geth/config.go

@@ -236,5 +236,12 @@ func applyMetricConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *gethConfig) {
 }
 
 func deprecated(field string) bool {
-	return false
+	switch field {
+	case "ethconfig.Config.EVMInterpreter":
+		return true
+	case "ethconfig.Config.EWASMInterpreter":
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
 }

cmd/geth/main.go

@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ var (
 		utils.GpoPercentileFlag,
 		utils.GpoMaxGasPriceFlag,
 		utils.GpoIgnoreGasPriceFlag,
-		utils.EWASMInterpreterFlag,
-		utils.EVMInterpreterFlag,
 		utils.MinerNotifyFullFlag,
 		configFileFlag,
 		utils.CatalystFlag,

cmd/geth/usage.go

@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flags.FlagGroup{
 		Name: "VIRTUAL MACHINE",
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			utils.VMEnableDebugFlag,
-			utils.EVMInterpreterFlag,
-			utils.EWASMInterpreterFlag,
 		},
 	},
 	{

cmd/utils/flags.go

@@ -760,16 +760,6 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Comma-separated InfluxDB tags (key/values) attached to all measurements",
 		Value: metrics.DefaultConfig.InfluxDBTags,
 	}
-	EWASMInterpreterFlag = cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "vm.ewasm",
-		Usage: "External ewasm configuration (default = built-in interpreter)",
-		Value: "",
-	}
-	EVMInterpreterFlag = cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "vm.evm",
-		Usage: "External EVM configuration (default = built-in interpreter)",
-		Value: "",
-	}
 
 	CatalystFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "catalyst",
@@ -1586,13 +1576,6 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		cfg.EnablePreimageRecording = ctx.GlobalBool(VMEnableDebugFlag.Name)
 	}
 
-	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(EWASMInterpreterFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.EWASMInterpreter = ctx.GlobalString(EWASMInterpreterFlag.Name)
-	}
-
-	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(EVMInterpreterFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.EVMInterpreter = ctx.GlobalString(EVMInterpreterFlag.Name)
-	}
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(RPCGlobalGasCapFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.RPCGasCap = ctx.GlobalUint64(RPCGlobalGasCapFlag.Name)
 	}

consensus/misc/eip1559_test.go

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ func copyConfig(original *params.ChainConfig) *params.ChainConfig {
 		MuirGlacierBlock:    original.MuirGlacierBlock,
 		BerlinBlock:         original.BerlinBlock,
 		LondonBlock:         original.LondonBlock,
-		EWASMBlock:          original.EWASMBlock,
 		CatalystBlock:       original.CatalystBlock,
 		Ethash:              original.Ethash,
 		Clique:              original.Clique,

core/vm/evm.go

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package vm
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"math/big"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -58,24 +57,6 @@ func (evm *EVM) precompile(addr common.Address) (PrecompiledContract, bool) {
 	return p, ok
 }
 
-// run runs the given contract and takes care of running precompiles with a fallback to the byte code interpreter.
-func run(evm *EVM, contract *Contract, input []byte, readOnly bool) ([]byte, error) {
-	for _, interpreter := range evm.interpreters {
-		if interpreter.CanRun(contract.Code) {
-			if evm.interpreter != interpreter {
-				// Ensure that the interpreter pointer is set back
-				// to its current value upon return.
-				defer func(i Interpreter) {
-					evm.interpreter = i
-				}(evm.interpreter)
-				evm.interpreter = interpreter
-			}
-			return interpreter.Run(contract, input, readOnly)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, errors.New("no compatible interpreter")
-}
-
 // BlockContext provides the EVM with auxiliary information. Once provided
 // it shouldn't be modified.
 type BlockContext struct {
@@ -131,8 +112,7 @@ type EVM struct {
 	Config Config
 	// global (to this context) ethereum virtual machine
 	// used throughout the execution of the tx.
-	interpreters []Interpreter
-	interpreter  Interpreter
+	interpreter *EVMInterpreter
 	// abort is used to abort the EVM calling operations
 	// NOTE: must be set atomically
 	abort int32
@@ -146,36 +126,14 @@ type EVM struct {
 // only ever be used *once*.
 func NewEVM(blockCtx BlockContext, txCtx TxContext, statedb StateDB, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig, config Config) *EVM {
 	evm := &EVM{
-		Context:      blockCtx,
-		TxContext:    txCtx,
-		StateDB:      statedb,
-		Config:       config,
-		chainConfig:  chainConfig,
-		chainRules:   chainConfig.Rules(blockCtx.BlockNumber),
-		interpreters: make([]Interpreter, 0, 1),
-	}
-
-	if chainConfig.IsEWASM(blockCtx.BlockNumber) {
-		// to be implemented by EVM-C and Wagon PRs.
-		// if vmConfig.EWASMInterpreter != "" {
-		//  extIntOpts := strings.Split(vmConfig.EWASMInterpreter, ":")
-		//  path := extIntOpts[0]
-		//  options := []string{}
-		//  if len(extIntOpts) > 1 {
-		//    options = extIntOpts[1..]
-		//  }
-		//  evm.interpreters = append(evm.interpreters, NewEVMVCInterpreter(evm, vmConfig, options))
-		// } else {
-		// 	evm.interpreters = append(evm.interpreters, NewEWASMInterpreter(evm, vmConfig))
-		// }
-		panic("No supported ewasm interpreter yet.")
-	}
-
-	// vmConfig.EVMInterpreter will be used by EVM-C, it won't be checked here
-	// as we always want to have the built-in EVM as the failover option.
-	evm.interpreters = append(evm.interpreters, NewEVMInterpreter(evm, config))
-	evm.interpreter = evm.interpreters[0]
-
+		Context:     blockCtx,
+		TxContext:   txCtx,
+		StateDB:     statedb,
+		Config:      config,
+		chainConfig: chainConfig,
+		chainRules:  chainConfig.Rules(blockCtx.BlockNumber),
+	}
+	evm.interpreter = NewEVMInterpreter(evm, config)
 	return evm
 }
 
@@ -198,7 +156,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) Cancelled() bool {
 }
 
 // Interpreter returns the current interpreter
-func (evm *EVM) Interpreter() Interpreter {
+func (evm *EVM) Interpreter() *EVMInterpreter {
 	return evm.interpreter
 }
 
@@ -256,7 +214,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) Call(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []byte, gas
 			// The depth-check is already done, and precompiles handled above
 			contract := NewContract(caller, AccountRef(addrCopy), value, gas)
 			contract.SetCallCode(&addrCopy, evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(addrCopy), code)
-			ret, err = run(evm, contract, input, false)
+			ret, err = evm.interpreter.Run(contract, input, false)
 			gas = contract.Gas
 		}
 	}
@@ -308,7 +266,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) CallCode(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []byte,
 		// The contract is a scoped environment for this execution context only.
 		contract := NewContract(caller, AccountRef(caller.Address()), value, gas)
 		contract.SetCallCode(&addrCopy, evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(addrCopy), evm.StateDB.GetCode(addrCopy))
-		ret, err = run(evm, contract, input, false)
+		ret, err = evm.interpreter.Run(contract, input, false)
 		gas = contract.Gas
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -343,7 +301,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) DelegateCall(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []by
 		// Initialise a new contract and make initialise the delegate values
 		contract := NewContract(caller, AccountRef(caller.Address()), nil, gas).AsDelegate()
 		contract.SetCallCode(&addrCopy, evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(addrCopy), evm.StateDB.GetCode(addrCopy))
-		ret, err = run(evm, contract, input, false)
+		ret, err = evm.interpreter.Run(contract, input, false)
 		gas = contract.Gas
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -394,7 +352,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) StaticCall(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []byte
 		// When an error was returned by the EVM or when setting the creation code
 		// above we revert to the snapshot and consume any gas remaining. Additionally
 		// when we're in Homestead this also counts for code storage gas errors.
-		ret, err = run(evm, contract, input, true)
+		ret, err = evm.interpreter.Run(contract, input, true)
 		gas = contract.Gas
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -462,7 +420,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) create(caller ContractRef, codeAndHash *codeAndHash, gas uint64,
 	}
 	start := time.Now()
 
-	ret, err := run(evm, contract, nil, false)
+	ret, err := evm.interpreter.Run(contract, nil, false)
 
 	// Check whether the max code size has been exceeded, assign err if the case.
 	if err == nil && evm.chainRules.IsEIP158 && len(ret) > params.MaxCodeSize {

core/vm/instructions_test.go

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func testTwoOperandOp(t *testing.T, tests []TwoOperandTestcase, opFn executionFu
 		env            = NewEVM(BlockContext{}, TxContext{}, nil, params.TestChainConfig, Config{})
 		stack          = newstack()
 		pc             = uint64(0)
-		evmInterpreter = env.interpreter.(*EVMInterpreter)
+		evmInterpreter = env.interpreter
 	)
 
 	for i, test := range tests {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func getResult(args []*twoOperandParams, opFn executionFunc) []TwoOperandTestcas
 		env         = NewEVM(BlockContext{}, TxContext{}, nil, params.TestChainConfig, Config{})
 		stack       = newstack()
 		pc          = uint64(0)
-		interpreter = env.interpreter.(*EVMInterpreter)
+		interpreter = env.interpreter
 	)
 	result := make([]TwoOperandTestcase, len(args))
 	for i, param := range args {

core/vm/interpreter.go

@@ -35,34 +35,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	JumpTable [256]*operation // EVM instruction table, automatically populated if unset
 
-	EWASMInterpreter string // External EWASM interpreter options
-	EVMInterpreter   string // External EVM interpreter options
-
 	ExtraEips []int // Additional EIPS that are to be enabled
 }
 
-// Interpreter is used to run Ethereum based contracts and will utilise the
-// passed environment to query external sources for state information.
-// The Interpreter will run the byte code VM based on the passed
-// configuration.
-type Interpreter interface {
-	// Run loops and evaluates the contract's code with the given input data and returns
-	// the return byte-slice and an error if one occurred.
-	Run(contract *Contract, input []byte, static bool) ([]byte, error)
-	// CanRun tells if the contract, passed as an argument, can be
-	// run by the current interpreter. This is meant so that the
-	// caller can do something like:
-	//
-	// ```golang
-	// for _, interpreter := range interpreters {
-	//   if interpreter.CanRun(contract.code) {
-	//     interpreter.Run(contract.code, input)
-	//   }
-	// }
-	// ```
-	CanRun([]byte) bool
-}
-
 // ScopeContext contains the things that are per-call, such as stack and memory,
 // but not transients like pc and gas
 type ScopeContext struct {
@@ -303,9 +278,3 @@ func (in *EVMInterpreter) Run(contract *Contract, input []byte, readOnly bool) (
 	}
 	return nil, nil
 }
-
-// CanRun tells if the contract, passed as an argument, can be
-// run by the current interpreter.
-func (in *EVMInterpreter) CanRun(code []byte) bool {
-	return true
-}

eth/backend.go

@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	var (
 		vmConfig = vm.Config{
 			EnablePreimageRecording: config.EnablePreimageRecording,
-			EWASMInterpreter:        config.EWASMInterpreter,
-			EVMInterpreter:          config.EVMInterpreter,
 		}
 		cacheConfig = &core.CacheConfig{
 			TrieCleanLimit:      config.TrieCleanCache,

eth/ethconfig/config.go

@@ -186,12 +186,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Miscellaneous options
 	DocRoot string `toml:"-"`
 
-	// Type of the EWASM interpreter ("" for default)
-	EWASMInterpreter string
-
-	// Type of the EVM interpreter ("" for default)
-	EVMInterpreter string
-
 	// RPCGasCap is the global gas cap for eth-call variants.
 	RPCGasCap uint64
 

eth/tracers/tracer_test.go

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func TestNoStepExec(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIsPrecompile(t *testing.T) {
-	chaincfg := &params.ChainConfig{ChainID: big.NewInt(1), HomesteadBlock: big.NewInt(0), DAOForkBlock: nil, DAOForkSupport: false, EIP150Block: big.NewInt(0), EIP150Hash: common.Hash{}, EIP155Block: big.NewInt(0), EIP158Block: big.NewInt(0), ByzantiumBlock: big.NewInt(100), ConstantinopleBlock: big.NewInt(0), PetersburgBlock: big.NewInt(0), IstanbulBlock: big.NewInt(200), MuirGlacierBlock: big.NewInt(0), BerlinBlock: big.NewInt(300), LondonBlock: big.NewInt(0), EWASMBlock: nil, CatalystBlock: nil, Ethash: new(params.EthashConfig), Clique: nil}
+	chaincfg := &params.ChainConfig{ChainID: big.NewInt(1), HomesteadBlock: big.NewInt(0), DAOForkBlock: nil, DAOForkSupport: false, EIP150Block: big.NewInt(0), EIP150Hash: common.Hash{}, EIP155Block: big.NewInt(0), EIP158Block: big.NewInt(0), ByzantiumBlock: big.NewInt(100), ConstantinopleBlock: big.NewInt(0), PetersburgBlock: big.NewInt(0), IstanbulBlock: big.NewInt(200), MuirGlacierBlock: big.NewInt(0), BerlinBlock: big.NewInt(300), LondonBlock: big.NewInt(0), CatalystBlock: nil, Ethash: new(params.EthashConfig), Clique: nil}
 	chaincfg.ByzantiumBlock = big.NewInt(100)
 	chaincfg.IstanbulBlock = big.NewInt(200)
 	chaincfg.BerlinBlock = big.NewInt(300)