eth/tracers: fix prestate tracer bug with create with value (#10961)

Cherry-pick adaptation for Erigon 3 based on Erigon 2 PR:
#10960
Commit: 30cae52

---

fixes #9531

Changes:
- fixes a bug with the prestate tracer where we were incorrectly
subtracting the value of a transaction from the "to" address balance in
the "pre" state (should not be done for CREATE calls)
- fixes a bug with the prestate tracer where we were incorrectly adding
the value of a transaction to the "from" address balance in the "pre"
state (should not be done for CREATE calls)
- fixes a bug with the prestate tracer where we were incorrectly
decrementing the nonce value of a transaction's "from" address in the
"pre" state (should not be done for CREATE calls)
- adds a test generator that can generate the test files for us based on
real life transaction hash and node rpc url - check README
https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/blob/fix-prestate-tracer-on-create-e2/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/testgenerator/README.md
- adds test cases
- fixes some existing test cases that were setup with incorrect data

eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/calltrace_test.go

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type callContext struct {
 	Difficulty *math.HexOrDecimal256 `json:"difficulty"`
 	Time       math.HexOrDecimal64   `json:"timestamp"`
 	GasLimit   math.HexOrDecimal64   `json:"gasLimit"`
+	BaseFee    *math.HexOrDecimal256 `json:"baseFeePerGas"`
 	Miner      libcommon.Address     `json:"miner"`
 }
 

eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/prestate_test.go

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 
 	libcommon "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/dir"
-
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/common"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/consensus"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/core"
@@ -99,41 +98,36 @@ func testPrestateDiffTracer(tracerName string, dirPath string, t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("failed to parse testcase input: %v", err)
 			}
 			// Configure a blockchain with the given prestate
-			var (
-				signer    = types.MakeSigner(test.Genesis.Config, uint64(test.Context.Number), uint64(test.Context.Time))
-				origin, _ = signer.Sender(tx)
-				txContext = evmtypes.TxContext{
-					Origin:   origin,
-					GasPrice: tx.GetFeeCap(),
-				}
-				context = evmtypes.BlockContext{
-					CanTransfer: core.CanTransfer,
-					Transfer:    consensus.Transfer,
-					Coinbase:    test.Context.Miner,
-					BlockNumber: uint64(test.Context.Number),
-					Time:        uint64(test.Context.Time),
-					Difficulty:  (*big.Int)(test.Context.Difficulty),
-					GasLimit:    uint64(test.Context.GasLimit),
-				}
-				rules = test.Genesis.Config.Rules(context.BlockNumber, context.Time)
-			)
+			signer := types.MakeSigner(test.Genesis.Config, uint64(test.Context.Number), uint64(test.Context.Time))
+			context := evmtypes.BlockContext{
+				CanTransfer: core.CanTransfer,
+				Transfer:    consensus.Transfer,
+				Coinbase:    test.Context.Miner,
+				BlockNumber: uint64(test.Context.Number),
+				Time:        uint64(test.Context.Time),
+				Difficulty:  (*big.Int)(test.Context.Difficulty),
+				GasLimit:    uint64(test.Context.GasLimit),
+			}
+			if test.Context.BaseFee != nil {
+				context.BaseFee, _ = uint256.FromBig((*big.Int)(test.Context.BaseFee))
+			}
+			rules := test.Genesis.Config.Rules(context.BlockNumber, context.Time)
 			m := mock.Mock(t)
 			dbTx, err := m.DB.BeginRw(m.Ctx)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			defer dbTx.Rollback()
-			statedb, _ := tests.MakePreState(rules, dbTx, test.Genesis.Alloc, context.BlockNumber, m.HistoryV3)
-			if test.Genesis.BaseFee != nil {
-				context.BaseFee, _ = uint256.FromBig(test.Genesis.BaseFee)
-			}
+			statedb, err := tests.MakePreState(rules, dbTx, test.Genesis.Alloc, context.BlockNumber, m.HistoryV3)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			tracer, err := tracers.New(tracerName, new(tracers.Context), test.TracerConfig)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("failed to create call tracer: %v", err)
 			}
-			evm := vm.NewEVM(context, txContext, statedb, test.Genesis.Config, vm.Config{Debug: true, Tracer: tracer})
-			msg, err := tx.AsMessage(*signer, nil, rules) // BaseFee is set to nil and not to contet.BaseFee, to match the output to go-ethereum tests
+			msg, err := tx.AsMessage(*signer, (*big.Int)(test.Context.BaseFee), rules)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("failed to prepare transaction for tracing: %v", err)
 			}
+			txContext := core.NewEVMTxContext(msg)
+			evm := vm.NewEVM(context, txContext, statedb, test.Genesis.Config, vm.Config{Debug: true, Tracer: tracer})
 			st := core.NewStateTransition(evm, msg, new(core.GasPool).AddGas(tx.GetGas()).AddBlobGas(tx.GetBlobGas()))
 			if _, err = st.TransitionDb(true /* refunds */, false /* gasBailout */); err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("failed to execute transaction: %v", err)

eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/testdata/prestate_tracer/create_existing_contract.json

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   "result": {
     "0x082d4cdf07f386ffa9258f52a5c49db4ac321ec6": {
       "balance": "0xc820f93200f4000",
-      "nonce": 93
+      "nonce": 94
     },
     "0x332b656504f4eabb44c8617a42af37461a34e9dc": {
       "balance": "0x11faea4f35e5af80000",

eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/testdata/prestate_tracer_with_diff_mode/create.json

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       },
       "0xf0c5cef39b17c213cfe090a46b8c7760ffb7928a": {
         "balance": "0x15b6828e22bb12188",
-        "nonce": 746
+        "nonce": 747
       }
     },
     "post": {

eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/testdata/prestate_tracer_with_diff_mode/create_failed.json

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "genesis": {
-    "baseFeePerGas": "51088069741",
     "difficulty": "14315558652874667",
     "extraData": "0xd883010a10846765746888676f312e31362e35856c696e7578",
     "gasLimit": "30058590",
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@
     "difficulty": "14322823549655084",
     "timestamp": "1651623279",
     "gasLimit": "30029237",
+    "baseFeePerGas": "45737281170",
     "miner": "0x8f03f1a3f10c05e7cccf75c1fd10168e06659be7"
   },
   "input": "0x02f8b4018312acfc8459682f00851a46bcf47a8302b1a194ffa397285ce46fb78c588a9e993286aac68c37cd80b844fb90b3200000000000000000000000002a549b4af9ec39b03142da6dc32221fc390b553300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000cb3d5c001a03002079d2873f7963c4278200c43aa71efad262b2150bc8524480acfc38b5faaa077d44aa09d56b9cf99443c7f55aaad1bbae9cfb5bbb9de31eaf7a8f9e623e980",
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     },
     "post": {
       "0x808b4da0be6c9512e948521452227efc619bea52": {
-        "balance": "0x2cd72a36dd031f089",
+        "balance": "0x2cd9bcb9a59f4e871",
         "nonce": 1223933
       },
       "0x8f03f1a3f10c05e7cccf75c1fd10168e06659be7": {

eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/testdata/prestate_tracer_with_diff_mode/create_suicide.json

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "pre": {
       "0x082d4cdf07f386ffa9258f52a5c49db4ac321ec6": {
         "balance": "0xc820f93200f4000",
-        "nonce": 93
+        "nonce": 94
       },
       "0x332b656504f4eabb44c8617a42af37461a34e9dc": {
         "balance": "0x11faea4f35e5af80000",

eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/testgenerator/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules/
+build/

eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/testgenerator/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Background
+
+A tool for generating a test case for a given tracer. It communicates to a node via rpc to build:
+
+1. `genesis` using the parent block of the given `txnHash` and its pre-state
+2. `config` for the chain by using the node `admin_nodeInfo` API
+3. `input` which is the raw transaction bytes of the given `txnHash`
+4. `result` which is result of tracing the given `txnHash` with the given `tracerConfig`
+
+# Pre-requisites
+
+1. install node.js & npm: https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm
+
+# Usage
+
+```
+cd eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/testgenerator
+npm install
+npm start -- \
+--rpcUrl=http://localhost:8545 \
+--txnHash=0x5c08231a3c34bd1be6ac7df553d451246175f3dad3245ab5e4413cde35ace52e \
+--traceConfig='{"tracer": "prestateTracer", "tracerConfig": { "diffMode": true } }' \
+--outputFilePath=../testdata/prestate_tracer_with_diff_mode/create_with_value.json
+```

eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/testgenerator/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "testgenerator",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "npm run build && node build/index.js",
+    "build": "tsc"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "ethers": "^6.13.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^20.14.9",
+    "typescript": "^5.5.2"
+  }
+}