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internal/ethapi: don't estimate gas if no limit provided in eth_creat…
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…eAccessList (ethereum#25467)

Because the goal of eth_createAccessList is providing the caller with the largest-possible
access list, it's generally not important that the gas limit used by the tracer will match the usage
of the call exactly. Avoiding the gas estimation step is a performance improvement. As long as the
call does not branch based on gas limit, the returned access list will be accurate.
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lightclient authored and jagdeep sidhu committed Aug 6, 2022
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17 changes: 5 additions & 12 deletions internal/ethapi/api.go
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Expand Up @@ -1392,9 +1392,11 @@ func AccessList(ctx context.Context, b Backend, blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrH
if db == nil || err != nil {
return nil, 0, nil, err
}
// If the gas amount is not set, extract this as it will depend on access
// lists and we'll need to reestimate every time
nogas := args.Gas == nil
// If the gas amount is not set, default to RPC gas cap.
if args.Gas == nil {
tmp := hexutil.Uint64(b.RPCGasCap())
args.Gas = &tmp
}

// Ensure any missing fields are filled, extract the recipient and input data
if err := args.setDefaults(ctx, b); err != nil {
Expand All @@ -1420,15 +1422,6 @@ func AccessList(ctx context.Context, b Backend, blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrH
accessList := prevTracer.AccessList()
log.Trace("Creating access list", "input", accessList)

// If no gas amount was specified, each unique access list needs it's own
// gas calculation. This is quite expensive, but we need to be accurate
// and it's convered by the sender only anyway.
if nogas {
args.Gas = nil
if err := args.setDefaults(ctx, b); err != nil {
return nil, 0, nil, err // shouldn't happen, just in case
}
}
// Copy the original db so we don't modify it
statedb := db.Copy()
// Set the accesslist to the last al
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