ChrisHegarty commented on code in PR #13196:
URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/13196#discussion_r1535291132


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lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/MemorySegmentIndexInputProvider.java:
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@@ -92,10 +110,22 @@ private final MemorySegment[] map(
       }
       if (preload) {
         segment.load();
+      } else if (segSize > 0L && advice.isPresent()) { // not when preloading!
+        nativeAccess.madvise(segment, advice.getAsInt());
       }
       segments[segNr] = segment;
       startOffset += segSize;
     }
     return segments;
   }
+
+  private OptionalInt mapContextToMadvise(IOContext context) {
+    if (context.randomAccess) {
+      return OptionalInt.of(NativeAccess.POSIX_MADV_RANDOM);
+    }
+    if (context.readOnce || context.context == Context.MERGE) {

Review Comment:
   > when you merge segments you certainly always want to read the files with 
sequential advise 
   
   I've not yet checked, but is `Context.MERGE` set when merging HNSW graphs? 
(which would favour random access)



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