// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors // This file is part of the go-ethereum library. // // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see . package core import ( "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/params" ) // CalcGasLimit computes the gas limit of the next block after parent. It aims // to keep the baseline gas above the provided floor, and increase it towards the // ceil if the blocks are full. If the ceil is exceeded, it will always decrease // the gas allowance. func CalcGasLimit(parentGasUsed, parentGasLimit, gasFloor, gasCeil uint64) uint64 { // contrib = (parentGasUsed * 3 / 2) / 1024 contrib := (parentGasUsed + parentGasUsed/2) / params.GasLimitBoundDivisor // decay = parentGasLimit / 1024 -1 decay := parentGasLimit/params.GasLimitBoundDivisor - 1 /* strategy: gasLimit of block-to-mine is set based on parent's gasUsed value. if parentGasUsed > parentGasLimit * (2/3) then we increase it, otherwise lower it (or leave it unchanged if it's right at that usage) the amount increased/decreased depends on how far away from parentGasLimit * (2/3) parentGasUsed is. */ limit := parentGasLimit - decay + contrib if limit < params.MinGasLimit { limit = params.MinGasLimit } // If we're outside our allowed gas range, we try to hone towards them if limit < gasFloor { limit = parentGasLimit + decay if limit > gasFloor { limit = gasFloor } } else if limit > gasCeil { limit = parentGasLimit - decay if limit < gasCeil { limit = gasCeil } } return limit }