test_call_pre_charged_costs_excluded_from_forwarding()

Documentation for tests/amsterdam/eip8037_state_creation_gas_cost_increase/test_state_gas_call.py::test_call_pre_charged_costs_excluded_from_forwarding@a9abd46e.

Generate fixtures for these test cases for Amsterdam with:

fill -v tests/amsterdam/eip8037_state_creation_gas_cost_increase/test_state_gas_call.py::test_call_pre_charged_costs_excluded_from_forwarding --fork Amsterdam

Verify pre-charged CALL costs do not reduce the 63/64 forwarding budget.

CALL charges access gas and memory expansion up front, before computing the 63/64 sub-call gas. Those costs must not be subtracted again during the forwarding calculation.

A wrapper contract receives a precise gas budget and calls a child with maximum gas and a large ret_size (triggering memory expansion). The child does a cold zero-to-nonzero SSTORE as proof of execution. The gas budget is tight enough that any double-counting of the pre-charged costs (access gas, memory expansion, or both) causes the child to OOG and the SSTORE to revert.

Source code in tests/amsterdam/eip8037_state_creation_gas_cost_increase/test_state_gas_call.py

@pytest.mark.valid_from("EIP8037")
def test_call_pre_charged_costs_excluded_from_forwarding(
    state_test: StateTestFiller,
    pre: Alloc,
    fork: Fork,
) -> None:
    """
    Verify pre-charged CALL costs do not reduce the 63/64 forwarding budget.

    CALL charges access gas and memory expansion up front, before
    computing the 63/64 sub-call gas.  Those costs must not be
    subtracted again during the forwarding calculation.

    A wrapper contract receives a precise gas budget and calls a child
    with maximum gas and a large ret_size (triggering memory expansion).
    The child does a cold zero-to-nonzero SSTORE as proof of execution.
    The gas budget is tight enough that any double-counting of the
    pre-charged costs (access gas, memory expansion, or both) causes
    the child to OOG and the SSTORE to revert.
    """
    gas_costs = fork.gas_costs()
    sstore_state_gas = Op.SSTORE(new_value=1).state_cost(fork)

    # Child: SSTORE(0, 1) as proof of execution
    child_storage = Storage()
    child_code = Op.SSTORE(child_storage.store_next(1, "child_ran"), 1)
    child = pre.deploy_contract(child_code)

    child_regular_gas = child_code.regular_cost(fork)

    # Memory expansion triggered by ret_size on the wrapper's CALL
    ret_size = 512 * 32  # 512 words
    memory_cost = fork.memory_expansion_gas_calculator()(new_bytes=ret_size)

    extra_gas = gas_costs.COLD_ACCOUNT_ACCESS  # cold call, value=0

    # Wrapper: CALL child requesting max gas with memory expansion
    wrapper_code = Op.CALL(
        gas=0xFFFFFFFF,
        address=child,
        value=0,
        args_offset=0,
        args_size=0,
        ret_offset=0,
        ret_size=ret_size,
    )
    wrapper = pre.deploy_contract(wrapper_code)

    wrapper_pushes = 7 * gas_costs.VERY_LOW  # 7 CALL args

    # After the pre-charge of extra_gas + memory_cost, the wrapper has
    # gas_remaining left.  The 63/64 rule should forward
    # gas_remaining * 63/64 to the child — just enough for its SSTORE.
    gas_remaining = child_regular_gas * 64 // 63 + memory_cost // 2

    wrapper_gas = wrapper_pushes + extra_gas + memory_cost + gas_remaining

    caller = pre.deploy_contract(
        Op.POP(Op.CALL(gas=wrapper_gas, address=wrapper))
    )

    sender = pre.fund_eoa()
    tx = Transaction(
        sender=sender,
        to=caller,
        state_gas_reservoir=sstore_state_gas,
    )

    post = {
        child: Account(storage=child_storage),
    }

    state_test(pre=pre, tx=tx, post=post)

Parametrized Test Cases

This test generates 1 parametrized test case across 1 fork.