fix: ExtraPayloads.SetOn{ChainConfig,Rules}() overrides shallow copy

Author: ARR4N

params/config.libevm.go

@@ -169,14 +169,18 @@ func (ExtraPayloads[C, R]) FromChainConfig(c *ChainConfig) C {
 
 // PointerFromChainConfig returns a pointer to the ChainConfig's extra payload.
 // This is guaranteed to be non-nil.
+//
+// Note that copying a ChainConfig by dereferencing a pointer will result in a
+// shallow copy and that the *C returned here will therefore be shared by all
+// copies. If this is not the desired behaviour, use
+// [ExtraPayloads.SetOnChainConfig].
 func (ExtraPayloads[C, R]) PointerFromChainConfig(c *ChainConfig) *C {
 	return pseudo.MustPointerTo[C](c.extraPayload()).Value.Get()
 }
 
-// SetOnChainConfig sets the ChainConfig's extra payload. It is equivalent to
-// `*e.PointerFromChainConfig(cc) = val`.
+// SetOnChainConfig sets the ChainConfig's extra payload.
 func (e ExtraPayloads[C, R]) SetOnChainConfig(cc *ChainConfig, val C) {
-	*e.PointerFromChainConfig(cc) = val
+	cc.extra = pseudo.From(val).Type
 }
 
 // hooksFromChainConfig is equivalent to FromChainConfig(), but returns an
@@ -193,14 +197,17 @@ func (ExtraPayloads[C, R]) FromRules(r *Rules) R {
 
 // PointerFromRules returns a pointer to the Rules's extra payload. This is
 // guaranteed to be non-nil.
+//
+// Note that copying a Rules by dereferencing a pointer will result in a shallow
+// copy and that the *R returned here will therefore be shared by all copies. If
+// this is not the desired behaviour, use [ExtraPayloads.SetOnRules].
 func (ExtraPayloads[C, R]) PointerFromRules(r *Rules) *R {
 	return pseudo.MustPointerTo[R](r.extraPayload()).Value.Get()
 }
 
-// SetOnRules sets the Rules' extra payload. It is equivalent to
-// `*e.PointerFromRules(r) = val`.
+// SetOnRules sets the Rules' extra payload.
 func (e ExtraPayloads[C, R]) SetOnRules(r *Rules, val R) {
-	*e.PointerFromRules(r) = val
+	r.extra = pseudo.From(val).Type
 }
 
 // hooksFromRules is the [RulesHooks] equivalent of hooksFromChainConfig().

params/config.libevm_test.go

@@ -189,20 +189,38 @@ func TestModificationOfZeroExtras(t *testing.T) {
 		// The test of shallow copying is now guaranteed to fail.
 		return
 	}
-	t.Run("shallow copy", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("copy", func(t *testing.T) {
+		const (
+			// Arbitrary test values.
+			seqUp   = 123456789
+			seqDown = 987654321
+		)
+
 		ccCopy := *config
-		rCopy := *rules
+		t.Run("ChainConfig", func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, extras.FromChainConfig(&ccCopy), ccReplace, "extras copied")
 
-		assert.Equal(t, extras.FromChainConfig(&ccCopy), ccReplace, "ChainConfig extras copied")
-		assert.Equal(t, extras.FromRules(&rCopy), rulesReplace, "Rules extras copied")
+			extras.PointerFromChainConfig(&ccCopy).X = seqUp
+			assertChainConfigExtra(t, ccExtra{X: seqUp}, "original changed via copied.PointerFromChainConfig because copy only shallow")
 
-		const seqUp = 123456789
-		extras.PointerFromChainConfig(&ccCopy).X = seqUp
-		assertChainConfigExtra(t, ccExtra{X: seqUp}, "original changed because copy only shallow")
+			ccReplace = ccExtra{X: seqDown}
+			extras.SetOnChainConfig(&ccCopy, ccReplace)
+			assert.Equal(t, extras.FromChainConfig(&ccCopy), ccReplace, "SetOnChainConfig effect")
+			assertChainConfigExtra(t, ccExtra{X: seqUp}, "original unchanged after copied.SetOnChainConfig")
+		})
 
-		const seqDown = 987654321
-		extras.PointerFromRules(&rCopy).X = seqDown
-		assertRulesExtra(t, rulesExtra{X: seqDown}, "original changed because copy only shallow")
+		rCopy := *rules
+		t.Run("Rules", func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, extras.FromRules(&rCopy), rulesReplace, "extras copied")
+
+			extras.PointerFromRules(&rCopy).X = seqUp
+			assertRulesExtra(t, rulesExtra{X: seqUp}, "original changed via copied.PointerFromRuels because copy only shallow")
+
+			rulesReplace = rulesExtra{X: seqDown}
+			extras.SetOnRules(&rCopy, rulesReplace)
+			assert.Equal(t, extras.FromRules(&rCopy), rulesReplace, "SetOnRules effect")
+			assertRulesExtra(t, rulesExtra{X: seqUp}, "original unchanged after copied.SetOnRules")
+		})
 	})
 }