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Upgradeable Proxy (Solidity Code Example)

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Code example of upgradeable proxy contract. Never use this in production.

This example shows how to:

  • Use delegatecall and return data when fallback is called.
  • Store address of admin and implementation in a specific slot.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.26;

// Transparent upgradeable proxy pattern

contract CounterV1 {
    uint256 public count;

    function inc() external {
        count += 1;
    }
}

contract CounterV2 {
    uint256 public count;

    function inc() external {
        count += 1;
    }

    function dec() external {
        count -= 1;
    }
}

contract BuggyProxy {
    address public implementation;
    address public admin;

    constructor() {
        admin = msg.sender;
    }

    function _delegate() private {
        (bool ok,) = implementation.delegatecall(msg.data);
        require(ok, "delegatecall failed");
    }

    fallback() external payable {
        _delegate();
    }

    receive() external payable {
        _delegate();
    }

    function upgradeTo(address _implementation) external {
        require(msg.sender == admin, "not authorized");
        implementation = _implementation;
    }
}

contract Dev {
    function selectors() external view returns (bytes4, bytes4, bytes4) {
        return (
            Proxy.admin.selector,
            Proxy.implementation.selector,
            Proxy.upgradeTo.selector
        );
    }
}

contract Proxy {
    // All functions / variables should be private, forward all calls to fallback

    // -1 for unknown preimage
    // 0x360894a13ba1a3210667c828492db98dca3e2076cc3735a920a3ca505d382bbc
    bytes32 private constant IMPLEMENTATION_SLOT =
        bytes32(uint256(keccak256("eip1967.proxy.implementation")) - 1);
    // 0xb53127684a568b3173ae13b9f8a6016e243e63b6e8ee1178d6a717850b5d6103
    bytes32 private constant ADMIN_SLOT =
        bytes32(uint256(keccak256("eip1967.proxy.admin")) - 1);

    constructor() {
        _setAdmin(msg.sender);
    }

    modifier ifAdmin() {
        if (msg.sender == _getAdmin()) {
            _;
        } else {
            _fallback();
        }
    }

    function _getAdmin() private view returns (address) {
        return StorageSlot.getAddressSlot(ADMIN_SLOT).value;
    }

    function _setAdmin(address _admin) private {
        require(_admin != address(0), "admin = zero address");
        StorageSlot.getAddressSlot(ADMIN_SLOT).value = _admin;
    }

    function _getImplementation() private view returns (address) {
        return StorageSlot.getAddressSlot(IMPLEMENTATION_SLOT).value;
    }

    function _setImplementation(address _implementation) private {
        require(
            _implementation.code.length > 0, "implementation is not contract"
        );
        StorageSlot.getAddressSlot(IMPLEMENTATION_SLOT).value = _implementation;
    }

    // Admin interface //
    function changeAdmin(address _admin) external ifAdmin {
        _setAdmin(_admin);
    }

    // 0x3659cfe6
    function upgradeTo(address _implementation) external ifAdmin {
        _setImplementation(_implementation);
    }

    // 0xf851a440
    function admin() external ifAdmin returns (address) {
        return _getAdmin();
    }

    // 0x5c60da1b
    function implementation() external ifAdmin returns (address) {
        return _getImplementation();
    }

    // User interface //
    function _delegate(address _implementation) internal virtual {
        assembly {
            // Copy msg.data. We take full control of memory in this inline assembly
            // block because it will not return to Solidity code. We overwrite the
            // Solidity scratch pad at memory position 0.

            // calldatacopy(t, f, s) - copy s bytes from calldata at position f to mem at position t
            // calldatasize() - size of call data in bytes
            calldatacopy(0, 0, calldatasize())

            // Call the implementation.
            // out and outsize are 0 because we don't know the size yet.

            // delegatecall(g, a, in, insize, out, outsize) -
            // - call contract at address a
            // - with input mem[in…(in+insize))
            // - providing g gas
            // - and output area mem[out…(out+outsize))
            // - returning 0 on error (eg. out of gas) and 1 on success
            let result :=
                delegatecall(gas(), _implementation, 0, calldatasize(), 0, 0)

            // Copy the returned data.
            // returndatacopy(t, f, s) - copy s bytes from returndata at position f to mem at position t
            // returndatasize() - size of the last returndata
            returndatacopy(0, 0, returndatasize())

            switch result
            // delegatecall returns 0 on error.
            case 0 {
                // revert(p, s) - end execution, revert state changes, return data mem[p…(p+s))
                revert(0, returndatasize())
            }
            default {
                // return(p, s) - end execution, return data mem[p…(p+s))
                return(0, returndatasize())
            }
        }
    }

    function _fallback() private {
        _delegate(_getImplementation());
    }

    fallback() external payable {
        _fallback();
    }

    receive() external payable {
        _fallback();
    }
}

contract ProxyAdmin {
    address public owner;

    constructor() {
        owner = msg.sender;
    }

    modifier onlyOwner() {
        require(msg.sender == owner, "not owner");
        _;
    }

    function getProxyAdmin(address proxy) external view returns (address) {
        (bool ok, bytes memory res) =
            proxy.staticcall(abi.encodeCall(Proxy.admin, ()));
        require(ok, "call failed");
        return abi.decode(res, (address));
    }

    function getProxyImplementation(address proxy)
        external
        view
        returns (address)
    {
        (bool ok, bytes memory res) =
            proxy.staticcall(abi.encodeCall(Proxy.implementation, ()));
        require(ok, "call failed");
        return abi.decode(res, (address));
    }

    function changeProxyAdmin(address payable proxy, address admin)
        external
        onlyOwner
    {
        Proxy(proxy).changeAdmin(admin);
    }

    function upgrade(address payable proxy, address implementation)
        external
        onlyOwner
    {
        Proxy(proxy).upgradeTo(implementation);
    }
}

library StorageSlot {
    struct AddressSlot {
        address value;
    }

    function getAddressSlot(bytes32 slot)
        internal
        pure
        returns (AddressSlot storage r)
    {
        assembly {
            r.slot := slot
        }
    }
}

contract TestSlot {
    bytes32 public constant slot = keccak256("TEST_SLOT");

    function getSlot() external view returns (address) {
        return StorageSlot.getAddressSlot(slot).value;
    }

    function writeSlot(address _addr) external {
        StorageSlot.getAddressSlot(slot).value = _addr;
    }
}

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