gas.go

// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
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package vm

import (
	"math/big"

	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
)

const (
	GasQuickStep   uint64 = 2
	GasFastestStep uint64 = 3
	GasFastStep    uint64 = 5
	GasMidStep     uint64 = 8
	GasSlowStep    uint64 = 10
	GasExtStep     uint64 = 20

	GasReturn       uint64 = 0
	GasStop         uint64 = 0
	GasContractByte uint64 = 200
)

// calcGas returns the actual gas cost of the call.
//
// The cost of gas was changed during the homestead price change HF. To allow for EIP150
// to be implemented. The returned gas is gas - base * 63 / 64.
func callGas(gasTable params.GasTable, availableGas, base uint64, callCost *big.Int) (uint64, error) {
	if gasTable.CreateBySuicide > 0 {
		availableGas = availableGas - base
		gas := availableGas - availableGas/64
		// If the bit length exceeds 64 bit we know that the newly calculated "gas" for EIP150
		// is smaller than the requested amount. Therefor we return the new gas instead
		// of returning an error.
		if callCost.BitLen() > 64 || gas < callCost.Uint64() {
			return gas, nil
		}
	}
	if callCost.BitLen() > 64 {
		return 0, errGasUintOverflow
	}

	return callCost.Uint64(), nil
}