Added writing of genesis.Alloc on bootstrap (#15)

core/blockchain.go

@@ -406,6 +406,21 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, genesis *Genesis
 		}
 	}
 
+	if bc.logger != nil {
+		if block := bc.CurrentBlock(); block.Number.Uint64() == 0 {
+			alloc, err := getGenesisState(bc.db, block.Hash())
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get genesis state: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			if alloc == nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("live blockchain tracer requires genesis alloc to be set")
+			}
+
+			bc.logger.OnGenesisBlock(bc.genesisBlock, alloc)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Load any existing snapshot, regenerating it if loading failed
 	if bc.cacheConfig.SnapshotLimit > 0 {
 		// If the chain was rewound past the snapshot persistent layer (causing

core/genesis.go

@@ -176,36 +176,49 @@ func (ga *GenesisAlloc) flush(db ethdb.Database, triedb *trie.Database, blockhas
 	return nil
 }
 
-// CommitGenesisState loads the stored genesis state with the given block
-// hash and commits it into the provided trie database.
-func CommitGenesisState(db ethdb.Database, triedb *trie.Database, blockhash common.Hash) error {
-	var alloc GenesisAlloc
+func getGenesisState(db ethdb.Database, blockhash common.Hash) (alloc GenesisAlloc, err error) {
 	blob := rawdb.ReadGenesisStateSpec(db, blockhash)
 	if len(blob) != 0 {
 		if err := alloc.UnmarshalJSON(blob); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	} else {
-		// Genesis allocation is missing and there are several possibilities:
-		// the node is legacy which doesn't persist the genesis allocation or
-		// the persisted allocation is just lost.
-		// - supported networks(mainnet, testnets), recover with defined allocations
-		// - private network, can't recover
-		var genesis *Genesis
-		switch blockhash {
-		case params.MainnetGenesisHash:
-			genesis = DefaultGenesisBlock()
-		case params.GoerliGenesisHash:
-			genesis = DefaultGoerliGenesisBlock()
-		case params.SepoliaGenesisHash:
-			genesis = DefaultSepoliaGenesisBlock()
-		}
-		if genesis != nil {
-			alloc = genesis.Alloc
-		} else {
-			return errors.New("not found")
+			return nil, err
 		}
+
+		return alloc, nil
 	}
+
+	// Genesis allocation is missing and there are several possibilities:
+	// the node is legacy which doesn't persist the genesis allocation or
+	// the persisted allocation is just lost.
+	// - supported networks(mainnet, testnets), recover with defined allocations
+	// - private network, can't recover
+	var genesis *Genesis
+	switch blockhash {
+	case params.MainnetGenesisHash:
+		genesis = DefaultGenesisBlock()
+	case params.GoerliGenesisHash:
+		genesis = DefaultGoerliGenesisBlock()
+	case params.SepoliaGenesisHash:
+		genesis = DefaultSepoliaGenesisBlock()
+	}
+	if genesis != nil {
+		return genesis.Alloc, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// CommitGenesisState loads the stored genesis state with the given block
+// hash and commits it into the provided trie database.
+func CommitGenesisState(db ethdb.Database, triedb *trie.Database, blockhash common.Hash) error {
+	alloc, err := getGenesisState(db, blockhash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if alloc == nil {
+		return errors.New("not found")
+	}
+
 	return alloc.flush(db, triedb, blockhash, nil)
 }