Moved GenesisFlag to utils to use --prestate flag for loading JSON file in Rinkeby and Testnet

cmd/evm/main.go

@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ var (
 		Name:  "nogasmetering",
 		Usage: "disable gas metering",
 	}
-	GenesisFlag = cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "prestate",
-		Usage: "JSON file with prestate (genesis) config",
-	}
 	MachineFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "json",
 		Usage: "output trace logs in machine readable format (json)",

cmd/evm/runner.go

@@ -48,27 +48,6 @@ var runCommand = cli.Command{
 	Description: `The run command runs arbitrary EVM code.`,
 }
 
-// readGenesis will read the given JSON format genesis file and return
-// the initialized Genesis structure
-func readGenesis(genesisPath string) *core.Genesis {
-	// Make sure we have a valid genesis JSON
-	//genesisPath := ctx.Args().First()
-	if len(genesisPath) == 0 {
-		utils.Fatalf("Must supply path to genesis JSON file")
-	}
-	file, err := os.Open(genesisPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		utils.Fatalf("Failed to read genesis file: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer file.Close()
-
-	genesis := new(core.Genesis)
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(file).Decode(genesis); err != nil {
-		utils.Fatalf("invalid genesis file: %v", err)
-	}
-	return genesis
-}
-
 func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.StreamHandler(os.Stderr, log.TerminalFormat(false)))
 	glogger.Verbosity(log.Lvl(ctx.GlobalInt(VerbosityFlag.Name)))
@@ -95,7 +74,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		debugLogger = vm.NewStructLogger(logconfig)
 	}
 	if ctx.GlobalString(GenesisFlag.Name) != "" {
-		gen := readGenesis(ctx.GlobalString(GenesisFlag.Name))
+		gen := utils.ReadGenesis(ctx.GlobalString(GenesisFlag.Name))
 		_, statedb = gen.ToBlock()
 		chainConfig = gen.Config
 	} else {

cmd/geth/main.go

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ var (
 		utils.GpoBlocksFlag,
 		utils.GpoPercentileFlag,
 		utils.ExtraDataFlag,
+		utils.GenesisFlag,
 		configFileFlag,
 	}
 

cmd/utils/flags.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/big"
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ var (
 		Name:  "dev.period",
 		Usage: "Block period to use in developer mode (0 = mine only if transaction pending)",
 	}
+	GenesisFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "prestate",
+		Usage: "JSON file with prestate (genesis) config",
+	}
 	IdentityFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "identity",
 		Usage: "Custom node name",
@@ -519,6 +524,27 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
+// readGenesis will read the given JSON format genesis file and return
+// the initialized Genesis structure
+func ReadGenesis(genesisPath string) *core.Genesis {
+	// Make sure we have a valid genesis JSON
+	//genesisPath := ctx.Args().First()
+	if len(genesisPath) == 0 {
+		Fatalf("Must supply path to genesis JSON file")
+	}
+	file, err := os.Open(genesisPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		Fatalf("Failed to read genesis file: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	genesis := new(core.Genesis)
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(file).Decode(genesis); err != nil {
+		Fatalf("invalid genesis file: %v", err)
+	}
+	return genesis
+}
+
 // MakeDataDir retrieves the currently requested data directory, terminating
 // if none (or the empty string) is specified. If the node is starting a testnet,
 // the a subdirectory of the specified datadir will be used.
@@ -1036,12 +1062,20 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *eth.Config) {
 		if !ctx.GlobalIsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 			cfg.NetworkId = 3
 		}
+		if ctx.GlobalString(GenesisFlag.Name) != "" {
+			cfg.Genesis = ReadGenesis(ctx.GlobalString(GenesisFlag.Name))
+		} else {
 			cfg.Genesis = core.DefaultTestnetGenesisBlock()
+		}
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(RinkebyFlag.Name):
 		if !ctx.GlobalIsSet(NetworkIdFlag.Name) {
 			cfg.NetworkId = 4
 		}
+		if ctx.GlobalString(GenesisFlag.Name) != "" {
+			cfg.Genesis = ReadGenesis(ctx.GlobalString(GenesisFlag.Name))
+		} else {
 			cfg.Genesis = core.DefaultRinkebyGenesisBlock()
+		}
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(DeveloperFlag.Name):
 		// Create new developer account or reuse existing one
 		var (
@@ -1161,6 +1195,8 @@ func MakeChainDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) ethdb.Database {
 func MakeGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) *core.Genesis {
 	var genesis *core.Genesis
 	switch {
+	case ctx.GlobalBool(GenesisFlag.Name):
+		genesis = ReadGenesis(ctx.GlobalString(GenesisFlag.Name))
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(TestnetFlag.Name):
 		genesis = core.DefaultTestnetGenesisBlock()
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(RinkebyFlag.Name):