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eth/catalyst: sanitize simulated beacon period to avoid overflowing time.Duration #31407

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merged 9 commits into from
Apr 17, 2025
8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions eth/catalyst/simulated_beacon.go
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Expand Up @@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ func NewSimulatedBeacon(period uint64, feeRecipient common.Address, eth *eth.Eth
return nil, err
}
}

// cap the dev mode period to a reasonable maximum value to avoid overflowing the time.Duration (int64) that it will occupy
var maxPeriod uint64 = 9223372036 // math.Floor(math.MaxInt64 / 1000000000)
if period > maxPeriod {
log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("period exceeds maximum possible value (have: %d, max: %d). Sanitizing period to maximum possible value.", period, maxPeriod))
period = maxPeriod
}

return &SimulatedBeacon{
eth: eth,
period: period,
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