path: root/core/vm/gas.go

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package vm

import (
	"math/big"
)

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

// calcGas returns the actual gas cost of the call.
//
// The cost of gas was changed during the homestead price change HF.
// As part of EIP 150 (TangerineWhistle), the returned gas is gas - base * 63 / 64.
func callGas(isEip150 bool, availableGas, base uint64, callCost *big.Int) (uint64, error) {
	if isEip150 {
		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.IsUint64() || gas < callCost.Uint64() {
			return gas, nil
		}
	}
	if !callCost.IsUint64() {
		return 0, errGasUintOverflow
	}

	return callCost.Uint64(), nil
}