core/vm: add switches to select evm+ewasm interpreters (#17687)

Interpreter initialization is left to the PRs implementing them.
Options for external interpreters are passed after a colon in the
`--vm.ewasm` and `--vm.evm` switches.

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 134d5a4c0..fae4b5718 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ var (
 		utils.NoCompactionFlag,
 		utils.GpoBlocksFlag,
 		utils.GpoPercentileFlag,
+		utils.EWASMInterpreterFlag,
+		utils.EVMInterpreterFlag,
 		configFileFlag,
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index a674eca4f..8b0491ce3 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 		Name: "VIRTUAL MACHINE",
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			utils.VMEnableDebugFlag,
+			utils.EVMInterpreterFlag,
+			utils.EWASMInterpreterFlag,
 		},
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 0fecae9aa..78fb629aa 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -610,6 +610,17 @@ var (
 		Usage: "InfluxDB `host` tag attached to all measurements",
 		Value: "localhost",
 	}
+
+	EWASMInterpreterFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "vm.ewasm",
+		Usage: "External ewasm configuration (default = built-in interpreter)",
+		Value: "",
+	}
+	EVMInterpreterFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "vm.evm",
+		Usage: "External EVM configuration (default = built-in interpreter)",
+		Value: "",
+	}
 )
 
 // MakeDataDir retrieves the currently requested data directory, terminating
@@ -1184,6 +1195,14 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *eth.Config) {
 		cfg.EnablePreimageRecording = ctx.GlobalBool(VMEnableDebugFlag.Name)
 	}
 
+	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(EWASMInterpreterFlag.Name) {
+		cfg.EWASMInterpreter = ctx.GlobalString(EWASMInterpreterFlag.Name)
+	}
+
+	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(EVMInterpreterFlag.Name) {
+		cfg.EVMInterpreter = ctx.GlobalString(EVMInterpreterFlag.Name)
+	}
+
 	// Override any default configs for hard coded networks.
 	switch {
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(TestnetFlag.Name):