chore: use 50M default gas limit for calls in rpc (#3812)

bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use clap::{
 };
 use futures::TryFutureExt;
 use reth_network_api::{NetworkInfo, Peers};
-use reth_primitives::constants::ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT;
 use reth_provider::{
     BlockReaderIdExt, CanonStateSubscriptions, ChainSpecProvider, EvmEnvProvider, HeaderProvider,
     StateProviderFactory,
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ use reth_rpc::{
 use reth_rpc_builder::{
     auth::{AuthServerConfig, AuthServerHandle},
     constants,
+    constants::RPC_DEFAULT_GAS_CAP,
     error::RpcError,
     EthConfig, IpcServerBuilder, RethRpcModule, RpcModuleBuilder, RpcModuleConfig,
     RpcModuleSelection, RpcServerConfig, RpcServerHandle, ServerBuilder, TransportRpcModuleConfig,
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ pub(crate) const RPC_DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS: u32 = 100;
 /// Default number of incoming connections.
 pub(crate) const RPC_DEFAULT_MAX_TRACING_REQUESTS: u32 = 25;
 
-/// Default max gas limit for `eth_call` and call tracing RPC methods.
-pub(crate) const RPC_DEFAULT_GAS_CAP: u64 = ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT;
-
 /// Parameters for configuring the rpc more granularity via CLI
 #[derive(Debug, Args, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
 #[command(next_help_heading = "RPC")]

crates/rpc/rpc-builder/src/constants.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ pub const DEFAULT_WS_RPC_PORT: u16 = 8546;
 /// The default port for the auth server.
 pub const DEFAULT_AUTH_PORT: u16 = 8551;
 
+/// The default gas limit for eth_call and adjacent calls.
+///
+/// This is different from the default to regular 30M block gas limit
+/// [ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT](reth_primitives::constants::ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT) to allow for
+/// more complex calls.
+pub const RPC_DEFAULT_GAS_CAP: u64 = 50_000_000;
+
 /// The default IPC endpoint
 #[cfg(windows)]
 pub const DEFAULT_IPC_ENDPOINT: &str = r"\\.\pipe\reth.ipc";

crates/rpc/rpc-builder/src/eth.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use reth_primitives::constants::ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT;
+use crate::constants::RPC_DEFAULT_GAS_CAP;
 use reth_rpc::{
     eth::{
         cache::{EthStateCache, EthStateCacheConfig},
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ pub struct EthConfig {
     pub max_tracing_requests: u32,
     /// Maximum number of logs that can be returned in a single response in `eth_getLogs` calls.
     pub max_logs_per_response: usize,
-    /// Maximum gas limit for `eth_call` and call tracing RPC methods.
+    /// Gas limit for `eth_call` and call tracing RPC methods.
+    ///
+    /// Defaults to [RPC_DEFAULT_GAS_CAP]
     pub rpc_gas_cap: u64,
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ impl Default for EthConfig {
             gas_oracle: GasPriceOracleConfig::default(),
             max_tracing_requests: DEFAULT_MAX_TRACING_REQUESTS,
             max_logs_per_response: DEFAULT_MAX_LOGS_PER_RESPONSE,
-            rpc_gas_cap: ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT,
+            rpc_gas_cap: RPC_DEFAULT_GAS_CAP,
         }
     }
 }

crates/rpc/rpc/src/debug.rs

@@ -319,7 +319,14 @@ where
                     let state = self.inner.eth_api.state_at(at)?;
                     let mut db = SubState::new(State::new(state));
                     let has_state_overrides = overrides.has_state();
-                    let env = prepare_call_env(cfg, block_env, call, &mut db, overrides)?;
+                    let env = prepare_call_env(
+                        cfg,
+                        block_env,
+                        call,
+                        self.inner.eth_api.call_gas_limit(),
+                        &mut db,
+                        overrides,
+                    )?;
 
                     // If the caller provided state overrides we need to clone the DB so the js
                     // service has access these modifications

crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/mod.rs

@@ -160,8 +160,7 @@ where
     }
 
     /// Returns the configured gas limit cap for `eth_call` and tracing related calls
-    #[allow(unused)]
-    pub(crate) fn gas_cap(&self) -> u64 {
+    pub fn gas_cap(&self) -> u64 {
         self.inner.gas_cap
     }
 

crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/transactions.rs

@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ pub(crate) type StateCacheDB<'r> = CacheDB<State<StateProviderBox<'r>>>;
 /// Commonly used transaction related functions for the [EthApi] type in the `eth_` namespace
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 pub trait EthTransactions: Send + Sync {
+    /// Returns default gas limit to use for `eth_call` and tracing RPC methods.
+    fn call_gas_limit(&self) -> u64;
+
     /// Returns the state at the given [BlockId]
     fn state_at(&self, at: BlockId) -> EthResult<StateProviderBox<'_>>;
 
@@ -226,6 +229,10 @@ where
     Provider: BlockReaderIdExt + StateProviderFactory + EvmEnvProvider + 'static,
     Network: NetworkInfo + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
+    fn call_gas_limit(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.inner.gas_cap
+    }
+
     fn state_at(&self, at: BlockId) -> EthResult<StateProviderBox<'_>> {
         self.state_at_block_id(at)
     }
@@ -480,7 +487,8 @@ where
         let state = self.state_at(at)?;
         let mut db = SubState::new(State::new(state));
 
-        let env = prepare_call_env(cfg, block_env, request, &mut db, overrides)?;
+        let env =
+            prepare_call_env(cfg, block_env, request, self.call_gas_limit(), &mut db, overrides)?;
         f(db, env)
     }
 
@@ -520,7 +528,8 @@ where
         let state = self.state_at(at)?;
         let mut db = SubState::new(State::new(state));
 
-        let env = prepare_call_env(cfg, block_env, request, &mut db, overrides)?;
+        let env =
+            prepare_call_env(cfg, block_env, request, self.call_gas_limit(), &mut db, overrides)?;
         inspect_and_return_db(db, env, inspector)
     }
 

crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/revm_utils.rs

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 use crate::eth::error::{EthApiError, EthResult, RpcInvalidTransactionError};
 use reth_primitives::{
-    constants::ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT, AccessList, Address, TransactionSigned,
-    TransactionSignedEcRecovered, TxHash, H256, U256,
+    AccessList, Address, TransactionSigned, TransactionSignedEcRecovered, TxHash, H256, U256,
 };
 use reth_revm::env::{fill_tx_env, fill_tx_env_with_recovered};
 use reth_rpc_types::{
@@ -203,6 +202,7 @@ pub(crate) fn prepare_call_env<DB>(
     mut cfg: CfgEnv,
     block: BlockEnv,
     request: CallRequest,
+    gas_limit: u64,
     db: &mut CacheDB<DB>,
     overrides: EvmOverrides,
 ) -> EthResult<Env>
@@ -247,10 +247,10 @@ where
             // If no gas price is specified, use maximum allowed gas limit. The reason for this is
             // that both Erigon and Geth use pre-configured gas cap even if it's possible
             // to derive the gas limit from the block:
-            // https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/blob/eae2d9a79cb70dbe30b3a6b79c436872e4605458/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/trace_adhoc.go#L956
-            // https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/blob/eae2d9a79cb70dbe30b3a6b79c436872e4605458/eth/ethconfig/config.go#L94
+            // <https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/blob/eae2d9a79cb70dbe30b3a6b79c436872e4605458/cmd/rpcdaemon/commands/trace_adhoc.go#L956
+            // https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/blob/eae2d9a79cb70dbe30b3a6b79c436872e4605458/eth/ethconfig/config.go#L94>
             trace!(target: "rpc::eth::call", ?env, "Applying gas limit cap as the maximum gas limit");
-            env.tx.gas_limit = ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT;
+            env.tx.gas_limit = gas_limit;
         }
     }
 

crates/rpc/rpc/src/trace.rs

@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ where
         let (cfg, block_env, at) = self.inner.eth_api.evm_env_at(at).await?;
 
         self.on_blocking_task(|this| async move {
+            let gas_limit = this.inner.eth_api.call_gas_limit();
             // execute all transactions on top of each other and record the traces
             this.inner.eth_api.with_state_at_block(at, move |state| {
                 let mut results = Vec::with_capacity(calls.len());
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ where
                         cfg.clone(),
                         block_env.clone(),
                         call,
+                        gas_limit,
                         &mut db,
                         Default::default(),
                     )?;