[LUCENE-9456] Stored fields should store the number of chunks in the meta file

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.7
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adrien Grand
• Created: 11/Aug/20 15:56
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 16:05
• Resolved: 26/Aug/20 11:03

Description

Currently stored fields record numChunks/numDirtyChunks at the very end of the data file. They should migrate to the meta file instead, so that they would be validated when opening the index (meta files get their checksum validated entirely, data files don't).

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #129
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1752
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1803