all: use big.Sign to compare with zero (#29490)

core/evm.go

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func NewEVMBlockContext(header *types.Header, chain ChainContext, author *common
 	if header.ExcessBlobGas != nil {
 		blobBaseFee = eip4844.CalcBlobFee(*header.ExcessBlobGas)
 	}
-	if header.Difficulty.Cmp(common.Big0) == 0 {
+	if header.Difficulty.Sign() == 0 {
 		random = &header.MixDigest
 	}
 	return vm.BlockContext{

eth/backend.go

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	if !config.SyncMode.IsValid() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid sync mode %d", config.SyncMode)
 	}
-	if config.Miner.GasPrice == nil || config.Miner.GasPrice.Cmp(common.Big0) <= 0 {
+	if config.Miner.GasPrice == nil || config.Miner.GasPrice.Sign() <= 0 {
 		log.Warn("Sanitizing invalid miner gas price", "provided", config.Miner.GasPrice, "updated", ethconfig.Defaults.Miner.GasPrice)
 		config.Miner.GasPrice = new(big.Int).Set(ethconfig.Defaults.Miner.GasPrice)
 	}

ethclient/gethclient/gethclient_test.go

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func testGetProofNonExistent(t *testing.T, client *rpc.Client) {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid nonce, want: %v got: %v", 0, result.Nonce)
 	}
 	// test balance
-	if result.Balance.Cmp(big.NewInt(0)) != 0 {
+	if result.Balance.Sign() != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid balance, want: %v got: %v", 0, result.Balance)
 	}
 	// test storage

ethclient/simulated/options.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func WithCallGasLimit(gaslimit uint64) func(nodeConf *node.Config, ethConf *ethc
 // 0 is not possible as a live Geth node would reject that due to DoS protection,
 // so the simulated backend will replicate that behavior for consistency.
 func WithMinerMinTip(tip *big.Int) func(nodeConf *node.Config, ethConf *ethconfig.Config) {
-	if tip == nil || tip.Cmp(new(big.Int)) <= 0 {
+	if tip == nil || tip.Sign() <= 0 {
 		panic("invalid miner minimum tip")
 	}
 	return func(nodeConf *node.Config, ethConf *ethconfig.Config) {

internal/ethapi/api.go

@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ func AccessList(ctx context.Context, b Backend, blockNrOrHash rpc.BlockNumberOrH
 	} else {
 		to = crypto.CreateAddress(args.from(), uint64(*args.Nonce))
 	}
-	isPostMerge := header.Difficulty.Cmp(common.Big0) == 0
+	isPostMerge := header.Difficulty.Sign() == 0
 	// Retrieve the precompiles since they don't need to be added to the access list
 	precompiles := vm.ActivePrecompiles(b.ChainConfig().Rules(header.Number, isPostMerge, header.Time))
 

signer/fourbyte/validation.go

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/signer/core/apitypes"
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ func (db *Database) ValidateTransaction(selector *string, tx *apitypes.SendTxArg
 		// e.g. https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/16106.
 		if len(data) == 0 {
 			// Prevent sending ether into black hole (show stopper)
-			if tx.Value.ToInt().Cmp(big.NewInt(0)) > 0 {
+			if tx.Value.ToInt().Sign() > 0 {
 				return nil, errors.New("transaction will create a contract with value but empty code")
 			}
 			// No value submitted at least, critically Warn, but don't blow up