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EIP-7957: EVM64 - EOF support

EVM Object Format support for EVM64

Authors Wei Tang (@sorpaas)
Created 2025-05-26
Discussion Link https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-7937-64-bit-mode-evm-opcodes-evm64/23794
Requires EIP-3540, EIP-3670, EIP-4200, EIP-7937

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Abstract

This EIP defines EOF support for EVM64 with its additional code validation rules and RJUMPI, RJUMPV opcodes.

Motivation

EOF defines a stricter stricter code validation rule to improve efficiency. Due to EVM64 using multibyte opcode (the mode opcode C0), a small adaptation is needed. This EIP also additionally defines a 64-bit mode RJUMPI and RJUMPV to be 64-bit.

Specification

The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “NOT RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 and RFC 8174.

We define the following gas cost constant:

Name Gas
G_RJUMPIV64 3

At EOF contract creation time as defined in EIP-3670, if the opcode C0 is encountered and it is not part of PUSH opcode’s data, then the interpreter MUST validate that:

  • The next opcode exists.
  • The next opcode is RJUMPI64, RJUMPV64, or one of the core 64-bit opcode defined in EIP-7937 minus JUMP64 and JUMPI64.

For flow operations RJUMPI and RJUMPV, the 64-bit mode has following changes:

  • For RJUMPI64 (0xc0e1), the condition popped from stack is only read for the last 64 bits. Gas cost is G_RJUMPIV64.
  • For RJUMPV64 (0xc0e2), the case popped from stack is only read for the last 64 bits. Gas cost is G_RJUMPIV64.

Note that:

  • RJUMP is automatically in 64-bit mode because it does not read or write the stack.

Rationale

For detailed rationale discussion, please see the core EVM64 definition EIP-7937.

Backwards Compatibility

No backward compatibility issues found.

Test Cases

To be added.

Reference Implementation

To be added.

Security Considerations

Needs discussion.

Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.

Citation

Please cite this document as:

Wei Tang (@sorpaas), "EIP-7957: EVM64 - EOF support [DRAFT]," Ethereum Improvement Proposals, no. 7957, May 2025. [Online serial]. Available: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7957.