core/vm: added generic run function

core/vm/contracts.go

@@ -34,12 +34,21 @@ type PrecompiledContract interface {
 	Run(input []byte) []byte         // Run runs the precompiled contract
 }
 
-// Precompiled contains the default set of ethereum contracts
+// PrecompiledContracts contains the default set of ethereum contracts
 var PrecompiledContracts = map[common.Address]PrecompiledContract{
 	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{1}): &ecrecover{},
 	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{2}): &sha256{},
 	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{3}): &ripemd160{},
 	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{4}): &dataCopy{},
+}
+
+// PrecompiledContractsEIP198 contains the default set of ethereum contracts
+// for EIP198.
+var PrecompiledContractsEIP198 = map[common.Address]PrecompiledContract{
+	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{1}): &ecrecover{},
+	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{2}): &sha256{},
+	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{3}): &ripemd160{},
+	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{4}): &dataCopy{},
 	common.BytesToAddress([]byte{5}): &bigModexp{},
 }
 
@@ -132,6 +141,7 @@ func (c *dataCopy) Run(in []byte) []byte {
 	return in
 }
 
+// bigModexp implements a native big integer exponential modular operation.
 type bigModexp struct{}
 
 // RequiredGas returns the gas required to execute the pre-compiled contract.

core/vm/evm.go

@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ type (
 	GetHashFunc func(uint64) common.Hash
 )
 
+// run runs the given contract and takes care of running precompiles with a fallback to the byte code interpreter.
+func run(evm *EVM, contract *Contract, input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	if contract.CodeAddr != nil {
+		precompiledContracts := PrecompiledContracts
+		if evm.ChainConfig().IsEIP198(evm.BlockNumber) {
+			precompiledContracts = PrecompiledContractsEIP198
+		}
+
+		if p := precompiledContracts[*contract.CodeAddr]; p != nil {
+			return RunPrecompiledContract(p, input, contract)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return evm.interpreter.Run(contract, input)
+}
+
 // Context provides the EVM with auxiliary information. Once provided it shouldn't be modified.
 type Context struct {
 	// CanTransfer returns whether the account contains
@@ -136,7 +152,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) Call(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []byte, gas
 	contract := NewContract(caller, to, value, gas)
 	contract.SetCallCode(&addr, evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(addr), evm.StateDB.GetCode(addr))
 
-	ret, err = evm.interpreter.Run(contract, input)
+	ret, err = run(evm, contract, input)
 	// When an error was returned by the EVM or when setting the creation code
 	// above we revert to the snapshot and consume any gas remaining. Additionally
 	// when we're in homestead this also counts for code storage gas errors.
@@ -177,7 +193,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) CallCode(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []byte,
 	contract := NewContract(caller, to, value, gas)
 	contract.SetCallCode(&addr, evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(addr), evm.StateDB.GetCode(addr))
 
-	ret, err = evm.interpreter.Run(contract, input)
+	ret, err = run(evm, contract, input)
 	if err != nil {
 		contract.UseGas(contract.Gas)
 
@@ -212,7 +228,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) DelegateCall(caller ContractRef, addr common.Address, input []by
 	contract := NewContract(caller, to, caller.Value(), gas).AsDelegate()
 	contract.SetCallCode(&addr, evm.StateDB.GetCodeHash(addr), evm.StateDB.GetCode(addr))
 
-	ret, err = evm.interpreter.Run(contract, input)
+	ret, err = run(evm, contract, input)
 	if err != nil {
 		contract.UseGas(contract.Gas)
 
@@ -255,8 +271,7 @@ func (evm *EVM) Create(caller ContractRef, code []byte, gas uint64, value *big.I
 	contract := NewContract(caller, to, value, gas)
 	contract.SetCallCode(&contractAddr, crypto.Keccak256Hash(code), code)
 
-	ret, err = evm.interpreter.Run(contract, nil)
+	ret, err = run(evm, contract, nil)
-
 	// check whether the max code size has been exceeded
 	maxCodeSizeExceeded := len(ret) > params.MaxCodeSize
 	// if the contract creation ran successfully and no errors were returned

core/vm/interpreter.go

@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ func (evm *Interpreter) Run(contract *Contract, input []byte) (ret []byte, err e
 	evm.env.depth++
 	defer func() { evm.env.depth-- }()
 
-	if contract.CodeAddr != nil {
-		if p := PrecompiledContracts[*contract.CodeAddr]; p != nil {
-			return RunPrecompiledContract(p, input, contract)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Don't bother with the execution if there's no code.
 	if len(contract.Code) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil