Feature: configurable gas limit when building execution payload (#2931)

* Feature: configurable gas limit when building execution payload

* Raise default gas limit to 30M

nimbus/common/common.nim

@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ type
       ## Must not not set for a full node, might go away some time
 
     extraData: string
-      ## Value of extraData field when building block
+      ## Value of extraData field when building a block
+
+    gasLimit: uint64
+      ## Desired gas limit when building a block
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Forward declarations
@@ -181,6 +184,7 @@ proc init(com         : CommonRef,
   com.pruneHistory= pruneHistory
   com.pos         = CasperRef.new
   com.extraData   = ShortClientId
+  com.gasLimit    = DEFAULT_GAS_LIMIT
 
   # com.forkIdCalculator and com.genesisHash are set
   # by setForkId
@@ -419,6 +423,9 @@ func syncState*(com: CommonRef): SyncState =
 func extraData*(com: CommonRef): string =
   com.extraData
 
+func gasLimit*(com: CommonRef): uint64 =
+  com.gasLimit
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Setters
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -460,6 +467,9 @@ func `notifyBadBlock=`*(com: CommonRef; cb: NotifyBadBlockCB) =
 func `extraData=`*(com: CommonRef, val: string) =
   com.extraData = val
 
+func `gasLimit=`*(com: CommonRef, val: uint64) =
+  com.gasLimit = val
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # End
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

nimbus/config.nim

@@ -179,11 +179,18 @@ type
       name: "trusted-setup-file" .}: Option[string]
 
     extraData* {.
-      desc: "Value of extraData field when assemble a block(max 32 bytes)"
+      separator: "\pPAYLOAD BUILDING OPTIONS:"
+      desc: "Value of extraData field when building an execution payload(max 32 bytes)"
       defaultValue: ShortClientId
       defaultValueDesc: $ShortClientId
       name: "extra-data" .}: string
 
+    gasLimit* {.
+      desc: "Desired gas limit when building an execution payload"
+      defaultValue: DEFAULT_GAS_LIMIT
+      defaultValueDesc: $DEFAULT_GAS_LIMIT
+      name: "gas-limit" .}: uint64
+
     network {.
       separator: "\pETHEREUM NETWORK OPTIONS:"
       desc: "Name or id number of Ethereum network(mainnet(1), sepolia(11155111), holesky(17000), other=custom)"

nimbus/constants.nim

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const
   GENESIS_EXTRA_DATA* =                     ""
   GAS_LIMIT_MINIMUM* =                      5000
   GAS_LIMIT_MAXIMUM* =                      int64.high.GasInt # Maximum the gas limit (2^63-1).
-  DEFAULT_GAS_LIMIT* =                      8_000_000
+  DEFAULT_GAS_LIMIT* =                      30_000_000
 
   EMPTY_SHA3* =                             hash32"c5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470"
 

nimbus/core/tx_pool/tx_desc.nim

@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ proc gasLimitsGet(com: CommonRef; parent: Header): GasInt =
     if not com.isLondonOrLater(parent.number):
       # Bump by 2x
       parentGasLimit = parent.gasLimit * EIP1559_ELASTICITY_MULTIPLIER
-    calcGasLimit1559(parentGasLimit, desiredLimit = DEFAULT_GAS_LIMIT)
+    calcGasLimit1559(parentGasLimit, desiredLimit = com.gasLimit)
   else:
     computeGasLimit(
       parent.gasUsed,
       parent.gasLimit,
-      gasFloor = DEFAULT_GAS_LIMIT,
+      gasFloor = com.gasLimit,
-      gasCeil = DEFAULT_GAS_LIMIT)
+      gasCeil = com.gasLimit)
 
 proc setupVMState(com: CommonRef; parent: Header): BaseVMState =
   # do hardfork transition before