pass logger to BC through vmConfig

cmd/utils/flags.go

@@ -2163,15 +2163,15 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly bool) (*core.BlockCh
 		cache.TrieDirtyLimit = ctx.Int(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.Int(CacheGCFlag.Name) / 100
 	}
 	vmcfg := vm.Config{EnablePreimageRecording: ctx.Bool(VMEnableDebugFlag.Name)}
-
+	if ctx.IsSet(VMTraceFlag.Name) {
+		vmcfg.Tracer = tracers.NewPrinter()
+	}
 	// Disable transaction indexing/unindexing by default.
 	chain, err := core.NewBlockChain(chainDb, cache, gspec, nil, engine, vmcfg, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		Fatalf("Can't create BlockChain: %v", err)
 	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(VMTraceFlag.Name) {
+
-		chain.SetLogger(tracers.NewPrinter())
-	}
 	return chain, chainDb
 }
 

core/blockchain.go

@@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, genesis *Genesis
 	}
 	log.Info(strings.Repeat("-", 153))
 	log.Info("")
+	var logger BlockchainLogger
+	if vmConfig.Tracer != nil {
+		l, ok := vmConfig.Tracer.(BlockchainLogger)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("only extended tracers are supported for live mode")
+		}
+		logger = l
+	}
 
 	bc := &BlockChain{
 		chainConfig:   chainConfig,
@@ -282,6 +290,7 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, genesis *Genesis
 		futureBlocks:  lru.NewCache[common.Hash, *types.Block](maxFutureBlocks),
 		engine:        engine,
 		vmConfig:      vmConfig,
+		logger:        logger,
 	}
 	bc.flushInterval.Store(int64(cacheConfig.TrieTimeLimit))
 	bc.forker = NewForkChoice(bc, shouldPreserve)
@@ -453,12 +462,6 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, genesis *Genesis
 	return bc, nil
 }
 
-// TODO: need to move this to NewBlockchain to capture genesis block
-func (bc *BlockChain) SetLogger(l BlockchainLogger) {
-	bc.logger = l
-	bc.vmConfig.Tracer = l
-}
-
 // empty returns an indicator whether the blockchain is empty.
 // Note, it's a special case that we connect a non-empty ancient
 // database with an empty node, so that we can plugin the ancient