Add an option to opt out fieldnorms for indexed fields.

Closes #922

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Tantivy 0.14.0
 - Added support for Brotli compression in the DocStore. (@ppodolsky)
 - Added helper for building intersections and unions in BooleanQuery (@guilload)
 - Bugfix in `Query::explain`
-- Removed dependency on `notify` #924. Replaced with `FileWatcher` struct that polls meta file every 500ms in background thread. (@halvorboe @guilload)
+- Making it possible to opt out the generation of fieldnorms information for indexed fields. This change breaks compatibility as the meta.json file format is slightly changed. (#922, @pmasurel)
 
 Tantivy 0.13.2
 ===================

Cargo.toml

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ serde_json = "1"
 num_cpus = "1"
 fs2={version="0.4", optional=true}
 levenshtein_automata = "0.2"
+notify = {version="4", optional=true}
 uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 crossbeam = "0.8"
 futures = {version = "0.3",  features=["thread-pool"] }
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ murmurhash32 = "0.2"
 chrono = "0.4"
 smallvec = "1"
 rayon = "1"
-lru = "0.6"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 winapi = "0.3"
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ overflow-checks = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["mmap"]
-mmap = ["fs2", "tempfile", "memmap"]
+mmap = ["fs2", "tempfile", "memmap", "notify"]
 brotli-compression = ["brotli"]
 lz4-compression = ["lz4"]
 failpoints = ["fail/failpoints"]

src/collector/filter_collector_wrapper.rs

@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-// # Custom collector example
-//
-// This example shows how you can implement your own
-// collector. As an example, we will compute a collector
-// that computes the standard deviation of a given fast field.
-//
-// Of course, you can have a look at the tantivy's built-in collectors
-// such as the `CountCollector` for more examples.
-
-// ---
-// Importing tantivy...
-use crate::collector::{Collector, SegmentCollector};
-use crate::fastfield::FastFieldReader;
-use crate::schema::Field;
-use crate::{Score, SegmentReader, TantivyError};
-
-/// The `FilterCollector` collector filters docs using a u64 fast field value and a predicate.
-/// Only the documents for which the predicate returned "true" will be passed on to the next collector.
-///
-/// ```rust
-/// use tantivy::collector::{TopDocs, FilterCollector};
-/// use tantivy::query::QueryParser;
-/// use tantivy::schema::{Schema, TEXT, INDEXED, FAST};
-/// use tantivy::{doc, DocAddress, Index};
-///
-/// let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-/// let title = schema_builder.add_text_field("title", TEXT);
-/// let price = schema_builder.add_u64_field("price", INDEXED | FAST);
-/// let schema = schema_builder.build();
-/// let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
-///
-/// let mut index_writer = index.writer_with_num_threads(1, 10_000_000).unwrap();
-/// index_writer.add_document(doc!(title => "The Name of the Wind", price => 30_200u64));
-/// index_writer.add_document(doc!(title => "The Diary of Muadib", price => 29_240u64));
-/// index_writer.add_document(doc!(title => "A Dairy Cow", price => 21_240u64));
-/// index_writer.add_document(doc!(title => "The Diary of a Young Girl", price => 20_120u64));
-/// assert!(index_writer.commit().is_ok());
-///
-/// let reader = index.reader().unwrap();
-/// let searcher = reader.searcher();
-///
-/// let query_parser = QueryParser::for_index(&index, vec![title]);
-/// let query = query_parser.parse_query("diary").unwrap();
-/// let no_filter_collector = FilterCollector::new(price, &|value| true, TopDocs::with_limit(2));
-/// let top_docs = searcher.search(&query, &no_filter_collector).unwrap();
-///
-/// assert_eq!(top_docs.len(), 2);
-/// assert_eq!(top_docs[0].1, DocAddress(0, 1));
-/// assert_eq!(top_docs[1].1, DocAddress(0, 3));
-///
-/// let filter_all_collector = FilterCollector::new(price, &|value| false, TopDocs::with_limit(2));
-/// let filtered_top_docs = searcher.search(&query, &filter_all_collector).unwrap();
-///
-/// assert_eq!(filtered_top_docs.len(), 0);
-/// ```
-pub struct FilterCollector<TCollector> {
-    field: Field,
-    collector: TCollector,
-    predicate: &'static (dyn Fn(u64) -> bool + Send + Sync),
-}
-
-impl<TCollector> FilterCollector<TCollector>
-where
-    TCollector: Collector + Send + Sync,
-{
-    pub fn new(
-        field: Field,
-        predicate: &'static (dyn Fn(u64) -> bool + Send + Sync),
-        collector: TCollector,
-    ) -> FilterCollector<TCollector> {
-        FilterCollector {
-            field,
-            predicate,
-            collector,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<TCollector> Collector for FilterCollector<TCollector>
-where
-    TCollector: Collector + Send + Sync,
-{
-    // That's the type of our result.
-    // Our standard deviation will be a float.
-    type Fruit = TCollector::Fruit;
-
-    type Child = FilterSegmentCollector<TCollector::Child>;
-
-    fn for_segment(
-        &self,
-        segment_local_id: u32,
-        segment_reader: &SegmentReader,
-    ) -> crate::Result<FilterSegmentCollector<TCollector::Child>> {
-        let fast_field_reader = segment_reader
-            .fast_fields()
-            .u64(self.field)
-            .ok_or_else(|| {
-                let field_name = segment_reader.schema().get_field_name(self.field);
-                TantivyError::SchemaError(format!(
-                    "Field {:?} is not a u64 fast field.",
-                    field_name
-                ))
-            })?;
-        let segment_collector = self
-            .collector
-            .for_segment(segment_local_id, segment_reader)?;
-        Ok(FilterSegmentCollector {
-            fast_field_reader,
-            segment_collector: segment_collector,
-            predicate: self.predicate,
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn requires_scoring(&self) -> bool {
-        self.collector.requires_scoring()
-    }
-
-    fn merge_fruits(
-        &self,
-        segment_fruits: Vec<<TCollector::Child as SegmentCollector>::Fruit>,
-    ) -> crate::Result<TCollector::Fruit> {
-        self.collector.merge_fruits(segment_fruits)
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct FilterSegmentCollector<TSegmentCollector> {
-    fast_field_reader: FastFieldReader<u64>,
-    segment_collector: TSegmentCollector,
-    predicate: &'static (dyn Fn(u64) -> bool + Send + Sync),
-}
-
-impl<TSegmentCollector> SegmentCollector for FilterSegmentCollector<TSegmentCollector>
-where
-    TSegmentCollector: SegmentCollector,
-{
-    type Fruit = TSegmentCollector::Fruit;
-
-    fn collect(&mut self, doc: u32, score: Score) {
-        let value = self.fast_field_reader.get(doc);
-        if (self.predicate)(value) {
-            self.segment_collector.collect(doc, score)
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn harvest(self) -> <TSegmentCollector as SegmentCollector>::Fruit {
-        self.segment_collector.harvest()
-    }
-}

src/collector/mod.rs

@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ use crate::query::Weight;
 mod docset_collector;
 pub use self::docset_collector::DocSetCollector;
 
-mod filter_collector_wrapper;
-pub use self::filter_collector_wrapper::FilterCollector;
-
 /// `Fruit` is the type for the result of our collection.
 /// e.g. `usize` for the `Count` collector.
 pub trait Fruit: Send + downcast_rs::Downcast {}

src/common/mod.rs

@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ pub(crate) fn compute_num_bits(n: u64) -> u8 {
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn is_power_of_2(n: usize) -> bool {
+    (n > 0) && (n & (n - 1) == 0)
+}
+
 /// Has length trait
 pub trait HasLen {
     /// Return length

src/core/index.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use crate::core::SegmentId;
 use crate::core::SegmentMeta;
 use crate::core::SegmentMetaInventory;
 use crate::core::META_FILEPATH;
-use crate::directory::error::OpenReadError;
 use crate::directory::ManagedDirectory;
 #[cfg(feature = "mmap")]
 use crate::directory::MmapDirectory;
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ impl Index {
     /// Examines the directory to see if it contains an index.
     ///
     /// Effectively, it only checks for the presence of the `meta.json` file.
-    pub fn exists<Dir: Directory>(dir: &Dir) -> Result<bool, OpenReadError> {
+    pub fn exists<Dir: Directory>(dir: &Dir) -> bool {
         dir.exists(&META_FILEPATH)
     }
 
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ impl Index {
         schema: Schema,
     ) -> crate::Result<Index> {
         let mmap_directory = MmapDirectory::open(directory_path)?;
-        if Index::exists(&mmap_directory)? {
+        if Index::exists(&mmap_directory) {
             return Err(TantivyError::IndexAlreadyExists);
         }
         Index::create(mmap_directory, schema)
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ impl Index {
 
     /// Opens or creates a new index in the provided directory
     pub fn open_or_create<Dir: Directory>(dir: Dir, schema: Schema) -> crate::Result<Index> {
-        if !Index::exists(&dir)? {
+        if !Index::exists(&dir) {
             return Index::create(dir, schema);
         }
         let index = Index::open(dir)?;
@@ -400,7 +399,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Index {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::directory::{RAMDirectory, WatchCallback};
+    use crate::directory::RAMDirectory;
     use crate::schema::Field;
     use crate::schema::{Schema, INDEXED, TEXT};
     use crate::IndexReader;
@@ -424,24 +423,24 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_index_exists() {
         let directory = RAMDirectory::create();
-        assert!(!Index::exists(&directory).unwrap());
+        assert!(!Index::exists(&directory));
         assert!(Index::create(directory.clone(), throw_away_schema()).is_ok());
-        assert!(Index::exists(&directory).unwrap());
+        assert!(Index::exists(&directory));
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn open_or_create_should_create() {
         let directory = RAMDirectory::create();
-        assert!(!Index::exists(&directory).unwrap());
+        assert!(!Index::exists(&directory));
         assert!(Index::open_or_create(directory.clone(), throw_away_schema()).is_ok());
-        assert!(Index::exists(&directory).unwrap());
+        assert!(Index::exists(&directory));
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn open_or_create_should_open() {
         let directory = RAMDirectory::create();
         assert!(Index::create(directory.clone(), throw_away_schema()).is_ok());
-        assert!(Index::exists(&directory).unwrap());
+        assert!(Index::exists(&directory));
         assert!(Index::open_or_create(directory, throw_away_schema()).is_ok());
     }
 
@@ -449,7 +448,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn create_should_wipeoff_existing() {
         let directory = RAMDirectory::create();
         assert!(Index::create(directory.clone(), throw_away_schema()).is_ok());
-        assert!(Index::exists(&directory).unwrap());
+        assert!(Index::exists(&directory));
         assert!(Index::create(directory.clone(), Schema::builder().build()).is_ok());
     }
 
@@ -457,7 +456,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn open_or_create_exists_but_schema_does_not_match() {
         let directory = RAMDirectory::create();
         assert!(Index::create(directory.clone(), throw_away_schema()).is_ok());
-        assert!(Index::exists(&directory).unwrap());
+        assert!(Index::exists(&directory));
         assert!(Index::open_or_create(directory.clone(), throw_away_schema()).is_ok());
         let err = Index::open_or_create(directory, Schema::builder().build());
         assert_eq!(
@@ -525,7 +524,7 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(reader.searcher().num_docs(), 0);
             writer.add_document(doc!(field=>1u64));
             let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded();
-            let _handle = index.directory_mut().watch(WatchCallback::new(move || {
+            let _handle = index.directory_mut().watch(Box::new(move || {
                 let _ = sender.send(());
             }));
             writer.commit().unwrap();
@@ -555,11 +554,9 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_index_on_commit_reload_policy_aux(field: Field, index: &Index, reader: &IndexReader) {
         let mut reader_index = reader.index();
         let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded();
-        let _watch_handle = reader_index
-            .directory_mut()
-            .watch(WatchCallback::new(move || {
-                let _ = sender.send(());
-            }));
+        let _watch_handle = reader_index.directory_mut().watch(Box::new(move || {
+            let _ = sender.send(());
+        }));
         let mut writer = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(reader.searcher().num_docs(), 0);
         writer.add_document(doc!(field=>1u64));
@@ -598,7 +595,7 @@ mod tests {
             writer.add_document(doc!(field => i));
         }
         let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded();
-        let _handle = directory.watch(WatchCallback::new(move || {
+        let _handle = directory.watch(Box::new(move || {
             let _ = sender.send(());
         }));
         writer.commit().unwrap();

src/core/index_meta.rs

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ mod tests {
         let json = serde_json::ser::to_string(&index_metas).expect("serialization failed");
         assert_eq!(
             json,
-            r#"{"segments":[],"schema":[{"name":"text","type":"text","options":{"indexing":{"record":"position","tokenizer":"default"},"stored":false}}],"opstamp":0}"#
+            r#"{"segments":[],"schema":[{"name":"text","type":"text","options":{"indexing":{"record":"position","tokenizer":"default","fieldnorms":true},"stored":false}}],"opstamp":0}"#
         );
     }
 }

src/core/inverted_index_reader.rs

@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ impl InvertedIndexReader {
         term_info: &TermInfo,
         block_postings: &mut BlockSegmentPostings,
     ) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let start_offset = term_info.postings_start_offset as usize;
-        let stop_offset = term_info.postings_stop_offset as usize;
-        let postings_slice = self.postings_file_slice.slice(start_offset, stop_offset);
+        let postings_slice = self
+            .postings_file_slice
+            .slice_from(term_info.postings_offset as usize);
         block_postings.reset(term_info.doc_freq, postings_slice.read_bytes()?);
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -121,10 +121,8 @@ impl InvertedIndexReader {
         term_info: &TermInfo,
         requested_option: IndexRecordOption,
     ) -> io::Result<BlockSegmentPostings> {
-        let postings_data = self.postings_file_slice.slice(
-            term_info.postings_start_offset as usize,
-            term_info.postings_stop_offset as usize,
-        );
+        let offset = term_info.postings_offset as usize;
+        let postings_data = self.postings_file_slice.slice_from(offset);
         BlockSegmentPostings::open(
             term_info.doc_freq,
             postings_data,

src/core/mod.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub use self::executor::Executor;
 pub use self::index::Index;
 pub use self::index_meta::{IndexMeta, SegmentMeta, SegmentMetaInventory};
 pub use self::inverted_index_reader::InvertedIndexReader;
-pub use self::searcher::{FieldSearcher, Searcher};
+pub use self::searcher::Searcher;
 pub use self::segment::Segment;
 pub use self::segment::SerializableSegment;
 pub use self::segment_component::SegmentComponent;

src/core/searcher.rs

@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ impl Searcher {
     }
 }
 
-/// **Experimental API** `FieldSearcher` only gives access to a stream over the terms of a field.
 pub struct FieldSearcher {
     inv_index_readers: Vec<Arc<InvertedIndexReader>>,
 }
@@ -180,11 +179,7 @@ impl FieldSearcher {
 
     /// Returns a Stream over all of the sorted unique terms of
     /// for the given field.
-    ///
-    /// This method does not take into account which documents are deleted, so
-    /// in presence of deletes some terms may not actually exist in any document
-    /// anymore.
-    pub fn terms(&self) -> TermMerger {
+    pub fn terms(&self) -> TermMerger<'_> {
         let term_streamers: Vec<_> = self
             .inv_index_readers
             .iter()

src/directory/directory.rs

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub trait Directory: DirectoryClone + fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
     fn delete(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<(), DeleteError>;
 
     /// Returns true iff the file exists
-    fn exists(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<bool, OpenReadError>;
+    fn exists(&self, path: &Path) -> bool;
 
     /// Opens a writer for the *virtual file* associated with
     /// a Path.

src/directory/file_watcher.rs

@@ -1,178 +0,0 @@
-use crate::directory::{WatchCallback, WatchCallbackList, WatchHandle};
-use crc32fast::Hasher;
-use std::fs;
-use std::io;
-use std::io::BufRead;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::thread;
-use std::time::Duration;
-
-pub const POLLING_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(if cfg!(test) { 1 } else { 500 });
-
-// Watches a file and executes registered callbacks when the file is modified.
-pub struct FileWatcher {
-    path: Arc<PathBuf>,
-    callbacks: Arc<WatchCallbackList>,
-    state: Arc<AtomicUsize>, // 0: new, 1: runnable, 2: terminated
-}
-
-impl FileWatcher {
-    pub fn new(path: &PathBuf) -> FileWatcher {
-        FileWatcher {
-            path: Arc::new(path.clone()),
-            callbacks: Default::default(),
-            state: Default::default(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn spawn(&self) {
-        if self.state.compare_and_swap(0, 1, Ordering::SeqCst) > 0 {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let path = self.path.clone();
-        let callbacks = self.callbacks.clone();
-        let state = self.state.clone();
-
-        thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("thread-tantivy-meta-file-watcher".to_string())
-            .spawn(move || {
-                let mut current_checksum = None;
-
-                while state.load(Ordering::SeqCst) == 1 {
-                    if let Ok(checksum) = FileWatcher::compute_checksum(&path) {
-                        // `None.unwrap_or_else(|| !checksum) != checksum` evaluates to `true`
-                        if current_checksum.unwrap_or_else(|| !checksum) != checksum {
-                            info!("Meta file {:?} was modified", path);
-                            current_checksum = Some(checksum);
-                            futures::executor::block_on(callbacks.broadcast());
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    thread::sleep(POLLING_INTERVAL);
-                }
-            })
-            .expect("Failed to spawn meta file watcher thread");
-    }
-
-    pub fn watch(&self, callback: WatchCallback) -> WatchHandle {
-        let handle = self.callbacks.subscribe(callback);
-        self.spawn();
-        handle
-    }
-
-    fn compute_checksum(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<u32, io::Error> {
-        let reader = match fs::File::open(path) {
-            Ok(f) => io::BufReader::new(f),
-            Err(e) => {
-                warn!("Failed to open meta file {:?}: {:?}", path, e);
-                return Err(e);
-            }
-        };
-
-        let mut hasher = Hasher::new();
-
-        for line in reader.lines() {
-            hasher.update(line?.as_bytes())
-        }
-
-        Ok(hasher.finalize())
-    }
-}
-
-impl Drop for FileWatcher {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.state.store(2, Ordering::SeqCst);
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-
-    use std::mem;
-
-    use crate::directory::mmap_directory::atomic_write;
-
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_file_watcher_drop_watcher() -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let tmp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::new()?;
-        let tmp_file = tmp_dir.path().join("watched.txt");
-
-        let counter: Arc<AtomicUsize> = Default::default();
-        let (tx, rx) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded();
-        let timeout = Duration::from_millis(100);
-
-        let watcher = FileWatcher::new(&tmp_file);
-
-        let state = watcher.state.clone();
-        assert_eq!(state.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-
-        let counter_clone = counter.clone();
-
-        let _handle = watcher.watch(WatchCallback::new(move || {
-            let val = counter_clone.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-            tx.send(val + 1).unwrap();
-        }));
-
-        assert_eq!(counter.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-        assert_eq!(state.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-
-        atomic_write(&tmp_file, b"foo")?;
-        assert_eq!(rx.recv_timeout(timeout), Ok(1));
-
-        atomic_write(&tmp_file, b"foo")?;
-        assert!(rx.recv_timeout(timeout).is_err());
-
-        atomic_write(&tmp_file, b"bar")?;
-        assert_eq!(rx.recv_timeout(timeout), Ok(2));
-
-        mem::drop(watcher);
-
-        atomic_write(&tmp_file, b"qux")?;
-        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
-        assert_eq!(counter.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
-        assert_eq!(state.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_file_watcher_drop_handle() -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let tmp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::new()?;
-        let tmp_file = tmp_dir.path().join("watched.txt");
-
-        let counter: Arc<AtomicUsize> = Default::default();
-        let (tx, rx) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded();
-        let timeout = Duration::from_millis(100);
-
-        let watcher = FileWatcher::new(&tmp_file);
-
-        let state = watcher.state.clone();
-        assert_eq!(state.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-
-        let counter_clone = counter.clone();
-
-        let handle = watcher.watch(WatchCallback::new(move || {
-            let val = counter_clone.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-            tx.send(val + 1).unwrap();
-        }));
-
-        assert_eq!(counter.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-        assert_eq!(state.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-
-        atomic_write(&tmp_file, b"foo")?;
-        assert_eq!(rx.recv_timeout(timeout), Ok(1));
-
-        mem::drop(handle);
-
-        atomic_write(&tmp_file, b"qux")?;
-        assert_eq!(counter.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-        assert_eq!(state.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}

src/directory/managed_directory.rs

@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ impl Directory for ManagedDirectory {
         self.directory.delete(path)
     }
 
-    fn exists(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<bool, OpenReadError> {
+    fn exists(&self, path: &Path) -> bool {
         self.directory.exists(path)
     }
 
@@ -355,22 +355,22 @@ mod tests_mmap_specific {
             managed_directory
                 .atomic_write(test_path2, &[0u8, 1u8])
                 .unwrap();
-            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1).unwrap());
-            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path2).unwrap());
+            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1));
+            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path2));
             let living_files: HashSet<PathBuf> = [test_path1.to_owned()].iter().cloned().collect();
             assert!(managed_directory.garbage_collect(|| living_files).is_ok());
-            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1).unwrap());
-            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path2).unwrap());
+            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1));
+            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path2));
         }
         {
             let mmap_directory = MmapDirectory::open(&tempdir_path).unwrap();
             let mut managed_directory = ManagedDirectory::wrap(mmap_directory).unwrap();
-            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1).unwrap());
-            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path2).unwrap());
+            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1));
+            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path2));
             let living_files: HashSet<PathBuf> = HashSet::new();
             assert!(managed_directory.garbage_collect(|| living_files).is_ok());
-            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path1).unwrap());
-            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path2).unwrap());
+            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path1));
+            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path2));
         }
     }
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ mod tests_mmap_specific {
         let mut write = managed_directory.open_write(test_path1).unwrap();
         write.write_all(&[0u8, 1u8]).unwrap();
         write.terminate().unwrap();
-        assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1).unwrap());
+        assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1));
 
         let _mmap_read = managed_directory.open_read(test_path1).unwrap();
         assert!(managed_directory
@@ -395,15 +395,15 @@ mod tests_mmap_specific {
             .is_ok());
         if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
             // On Windows, gc should try and fail the file as it is mmapped.
-            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1).unwrap());
+            assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path1));
             // unmap should happen here.
             drop(_mmap_read);
             // The file should still be in the list of managed file and
             // eventually be deleted once mmap is released.
             assert!(managed_directory.garbage_collect(|| living_files).is_ok());
-            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path1).unwrap());
+            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path1));
         } else {
-            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path1).unwrap());
+            assert!(!managed_directory.exists(test_path1));
         }
     }
 

src/directory/mmap_directory.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::core::META_FILEPATH;
 use crate::directory::error::LockError;
 use crate::directory::error::{DeleteError, OpenDirectoryError, OpenReadError, OpenWriteError};
-use crate::directory::file_watcher::FileWatcher;
 use crate::directory::AntiCallToken;
 use crate::directory::BoxedData;
 use crate::directory::Directory;
@@ -9,10 +8,14 @@ use crate::directory::DirectoryLock;
 use crate::directory::FileSlice;
 use crate::directory::Lock;
 use crate::directory::WatchCallback;
+use crate::directory::WatchCallbackList;
 use crate::directory::WatchHandle;
 use crate::directory::{TerminatingWrite, WritePtr};
 use fs2::FileExt;
 use memmap::Mmap;
+use notify::RawEvent;
+use notify::RecursiveMode;
+use notify::Watcher;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use stable_deref_trait::StableDeref;
 use std::convert::From;
@@ -23,9 +26,12 @@ use std::io::{self, Seek, SeekFrom};
 use std::io::{BufWriter, Read, Write};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::result;
+use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::sync::Weak;
+use std::thread;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, ops::Deref};
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 
@@ -131,6 +137,67 @@ impl MmapCache {
     }
 }
 
+struct WatcherWrapper {
+    _watcher: Mutex<notify::RecommendedWatcher>,
+    watcher_router: Arc<WatchCallbackList>,
+}
+
+impl WatcherWrapper {
+    pub fn new(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, OpenDirectoryError> {
+        let (tx, watcher_recv): (Sender<RawEvent>, Receiver<RawEvent>) = channel();
+        // We need to initialize the
+        let watcher = notify::raw_watcher(tx)
+            .and_then(|mut watcher| {
+                watcher.watch(path, RecursiveMode::Recursive)?;
+                Ok(watcher)
+            })
+            .map_err(|err| match err {
+                notify::Error::PathNotFound => OpenDirectoryError::DoesNotExist(path.to_owned()),
+                _ => {
+                    panic!("Unknown error while starting watching directory {:?}", path);
+                }
+            })?;
+        let watcher_router: Arc<WatchCallbackList> = Default::default();
+        let watcher_router_clone = watcher_router.clone();
+        thread::Builder::new()
+            .name("meta-file-watch-thread".to_string())
+            .spawn(move || {
+                loop {
+                    match watcher_recv.recv().map(|evt| evt.path) {
+                        Ok(Some(changed_path)) => {
+                            // ... Actually subject to false positive.
+                            // We might want to be more accurate than this at one point.
+                            if let Some(filename) = changed_path.file_name() {
+                                if filename == *META_FILEPATH {
+                                    let _ = watcher_router_clone.broadcast();
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Ok(None) => {
+                            // not an event we are interested in.
+                        }
+                        Err(_e) => {
+                            // the watch send channel was dropped
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+            .map_err(|io_error| OpenDirectoryError::IoError {
+                io_error,
+                directory_path: path.to_path_buf(),
+            })?;
+        Ok(WatcherWrapper {
+            _watcher: Mutex::new(watcher),
+            watcher_router,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn watch(&mut self, watch_callback: WatchCallback) -> WatchHandle {
+        self.watcher_router.subscribe(watch_callback)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Directory storing data in files, read via mmap.
 ///
 /// The Mmap object are cached to limit the
@@ -152,21 +219,40 @@ struct MmapDirectoryInner {
     root_path: PathBuf,
     mmap_cache: RwLock<MmapCache>,
     _temp_directory: Option<TempDir>,
-    watcher: FileWatcher,
+    watcher: RwLock<Option<WatcherWrapper>>,
 }
 
 impl MmapDirectoryInner {
     fn new(root_path: PathBuf, temp_directory: Option<TempDir>) -> MmapDirectoryInner {
         MmapDirectoryInner {
+            root_path,
             mmap_cache: Default::default(),
             _temp_directory: temp_directory,
-            watcher: FileWatcher::new(&root_path.join(*META_FILEPATH)),
-            root_path: root_path,
+            watcher: RwLock::new(None),
         }
     }
 
-    fn watch(&self, callback: WatchCallback) -> crate::Result<WatchHandle> {
-        Ok(self.watcher.watch(callback))
+    fn watch(&self, watch_callback: WatchCallback) -> crate::Result<WatchHandle> {
+        // a lot of juggling here, to ensure we don't do anything that panics
+        // while the rwlock is held. That way we ensure that the rwlock cannot
+        // be poisoned.
+        //
+        // The downside is that we might create a watch wrapper that is not useful.
+        let need_initialization = self.watcher.read().unwrap().is_none();
+        if need_initialization {
+            let watch_wrapper = WatcherWrapper::new(&self.root_path)?;
+            let mut watch_wlock = self.watcher.write().unwrap();
+            // the watcher could have been initialized when we released the lock, and
+            // we do not want to lose the watched files that were set.
+            if watch_wlock.is_none() {
+                *watch_wlock = Some(watch_wrapper);
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(watch_wrapper) = self.watcher.write().unwrap().as_mut() {
+            Ok(watch_wrapper.watch(watch_callback))
+        } else {
+            unreachable!("At this point, watch wrapper is supposed to be initialized");
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -327,24 +413,6 @@ impl Deref for MmapArc {
 }
 unsafe impl StableDeref for MmapArc {}
 
-/// Writes a file in an atomic manner.
-pub(crate) fn atomic_write(path: &Path, content: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
-    // We create the temporary file in the same directory as the target file.
-    // Indeed the canonical temp directory and the target file might sit in different
-    // filesystem, in which case the atomic write may actually not work.
-    let parent_path = path.parent().ok_or_else(|| {
-        io::Error::new(
-            io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-            "Path {:?} does not have parent directory.",
-        )
-    })?;
-    let mut tempfile = tempfile::Builder::new().tempfile_in(&parent_path)?;
-    tempfile.write_all(content)?;
-    tempfile.flush()?;
-    tempfile.into_temp_path().persist(path)?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 impl Directory for MmapDirectory {
     fn open_read(&self, path: &Path) -> result::Result<FileSlice, OpenReadError> {
         debug!("Open Read {:?}", path);
@@ -388,9 +456,9 @@ impl Directory for MmapDirectory {
         }
     }
 
-    fn exists(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<bool, OpenReadError> {
+    fn exists(&self, path: &Path) -> bool {
         let full_path = self.resolve_path(path);
-        Ok(full_path.exists())
+        full_path.exists()
     }
 
     fn open_write(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<WritePtr, OpenWriteError> {
@@ -445,8 +513,12 @@ impl Directory for MmapDirectory {
 
     fn atomic_write(&self, path: &Path, content: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
         debug!("Atomic Write {:?}", path);
+        let mut tempfile = tempfile::Builder::new().tempfile_in(&self.inner.root_path)?;
+        tempfile.write_all(content)?;
+        tempfile.flush()?;
         let full_path = self.resolve_path(path);
-        atomic_write(&full_path, content)
+        tempfile.into_temp_path().persist(full_path)?;
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn acquire_lock(&self, lock: &Lock) -> Result<DirectoryLock, LockError> {
@@ -485,6 +557,8 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::Index;
     use crate::ReloadPolicy;
     use crate::{common::HasLen, indexer::LogMergePolicy};
+    use std::fs;
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_open_non_existent_path() {
@@ -573,6 +647,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(mmap_directory.get_cache_info().mmapped.len(), 0);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_watch_wrapper() {
+        let counter: Arc<AtomicUsize> = Default::default();
+        let counter_clone = counter.clone();
+        let tmp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let tmp_dirpath = tmp_dir.path().to_owned();
+        let mut watch_wrapper = WatcherWrapper::new(&tmp_dirpath).unwrap();
+        let tmp_file = tmp_dirpath.join(*META_FILEPATH);
+        let _handle = watch_wrapper.watch(Box::new(move || {
+            counter_clone.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        }));
+        let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded();
+        let _handle2 = watch_wrapper.watch(Box::new(move || {
+            let _ = sender.send(());
+        }));
+        assert_eq!(counter.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
+        fs::write(&tmp_file, b"whateverwilldo").unwrap();
+        assert!(receiver.recv().is_ok());
+        assert!(counter.load(Ordering::SeqCst) >= 1);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_mmap_released() {
         let mmap_directory = MmapDirectory::create_from_tempdir().unwrap();

src/directory/mod.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ mod mmap_directory;
 mod directory;
 mod directory_lock;
 mod file_slice;
-mod file_watcher;
 mod footer;
 mod managed_directory;
 mod owned_bytes;

src/directory/ram_directory.rs

@@ -177,15 +177,8 @@ impl Directory for RAMDirectory {
         self.fs.write().unwrap().delete(path)
     }
 
-    fn exists(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<bool, OpenReadError> {
-        Ok(self
-            .fs
-            .read()
-            .map_err(|e| OpenReadError::IOError {
-                io_error: io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()),
-                filepath: path.to_path_buf(),
-            })?
-            .exists(path))
+    fn exists(&self, path: &Path) -> bool {
+        self.fs.read().unwrap().exists(path)
     }
 
     fn open_write(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<WritePtr, OpenWriteError> {

src/directory/tests.rs

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ fn ram_directory_panics_if_flush_forgotten() {
 fn test_simple(directory: &dyn Directory) -> crate::Result<()> {
     let test_path: &'static Path = Path::new("some_path_for_test");
     let mut write_file = directory.open_write(test_path)?;
-    assert!(directory.exists(test_path).unwrap());
+    assert!(directory.exists(test_path));
     write_file.write_all(&[4])?;
     write_file.write_all(&[3])?;
     write_file.write_all(&[7, 3, 5])?;
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ fn test_simple(directory: &dyn Directory) -> crate::Result<()> {
     assert_eq!(read_file.as_slice(), &[4u8, 3u8, 7u8, 3u8, 5u8]);
     mem::drop(read_file);
     assert!(directory.delete(test_path).is_ok());
-    assert!(!directory.exists(test_path).unwrap());
+    assert!(!directory.exists(test_path));
     Ok(())
 }
 
 fn test_rewrite_forbidden(directory: &dyn Directory) -> crate::Result<()> {
     let test_path: &'static Path = Path::new("some_path_for_test");
     directory.open_write(test_path)?;
-    assert!(directory.exists(test_path).unwrap());
+    assert!(directory.exists(test_path));
     assert!(directory.open_write(test_path).is_err());
     assert!(directory.delete(test_path).is_ok());
     Ok(())
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ fn test_write_create_the_file(directory: &dyn Directory) {
     {
         assert!(directory.open_read(test_path).is_err());
         let _w = directory.open_write(test_path).unwrap();
-        assert!(directory.exists(test_path).unwrap());
+        assert!(directory.exists(test_path));
         assert!(directory.open_read(test_path).is_ok());
         assert!(directory.delete(test_path).is_ok());
     }
@@ -190,33 +190,38 @@ fn test_directory_delete(directory: &dyn Directory) -> crate::Result<()> {
 }
 
 fn test_watch(directory: &dyn Directory) {
+    let num_progress: Arc<AtomicUsize> = Default::default();
     let counter: Arc<AtomicUsize> = Default::default();
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded();
-    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(500);
-
-    let handle = directory
-        .watch(WatchCallback::new(move || {
-            let val = counter.fetch_add(1, SeqCst);
-            tx.send(val + 1).unwrap();
+    let counter_clone = counter.clone();
+    let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded();
+    let watch_callback = Box::new(move || {
+        counter_clone.fetch_add(1, SeqCst);
+    });
+    // This callback is used to synchronize watching in our unit test.
+    // We bind it to a variable because the callback is removed when that
+    // handle is dropped.
+    let watch_handle = directory.watch(watch_callback).unwrap();
+    let _progress_listener = directory
+        .watch(Box::new(move || {
+            let val = num_progress.fetch_add(1, SeqCst);
+            let _ = sender.send(val);
         }))
         .unwrap();
 
+    for i in 0..10 {
+        assert!(i <= counter.load(SeqCst));
+        assert!(directory
+            .atomic_write(Path::new("meta.json"), b"random_test_data_2")
+            .is_ok());
+        assert_eq!(receiver.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(500)), Ok(i));
+        assert!(i + 1 <= counter.load(SeqCst)); // notify can trigger more than once.
+    }
+    mem::drop(watch_handle);
     assert!(directory
-        .atomic_write(Path::new("meta.json"), b"foo")
+        .atomic_write(Path::new("meta.json"), b"random_test_data")
         .is_ok());
-    assert_eq!(rx.recv_timeout(timeout), Ok(1));
-
-    assert!(directory
-        .atomic_write(Path::new("meta.json"), b"bar")
-        .is_ok());
-    assert_eq!(rx.recv_timeout(timeout), Ok(2));
-
-    mem::drop(handle);
-
-    assert!(directory
-        .atomic_write(Path::new("meta.json"), b"qux")
-        .is_ok());
-    assert!(rx.recv_timeout(timeout).is_err());
+    assert!(receiver.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(500)).is_ok());
+    assert!(10 <= counter.load(SeqCst));
 }
 
 fn test_lock_non_blocking(directory: &dyn Directory) {

src/directory/watch_event_router.rs

@@ -4,20 +4,8 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::sync::Weak;
 
-/// Cloneable wrapper for callbacks registered when watching files of a `Directory`.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct WatchCallback(Arc<Box<dyn Fn() + Sync + Send>>);
-
-impl WatchCallback {
-    /// Wraps a `Fn()` to create a WatchCallback.
-    pub fn new<F: Fn() + Sync + Send + 'static>(op: F) -> Self {
-        WatchCallback(Arc::new(Box::new(op)))
-    }
-
-    fn call(&self) {
-        self.0()
-    }
-}
+/// Type alias for callbacks registered when watching files of a `Directory`.
+pub type WatchCallback = Box<dyn Fn() + Sync + Send>;
 
 /// Helper struct to implement the watch method in `Directory` implementations.
 ///
@@ -46,7 +34,7 @@ impl WatchHandle {
     ///
     /// This function is only useful when implementing a readonly directory.
     pub fn empty() -> WatchHandle {
-        WatchHandle::new(Arc::new(WatchCallback::new(|| {})))
+        WatchHandle::new(Arc::new(Box::new(|| {})))
     }
 }
 
@@ -59,13 +47,13 @@ impl WatchCallbackList {
         WatchHandle::new(watch_callback_arc)
     }
 
-    fn list_callback(&self) -> Vec<WatchCallback> {
-        let mut callbacks: Vec<WatchCallback> = vec![];
+    fn list_callback(&self) -> Vec<Arc<WatchCallback>> {
+        let mut callbacks = vec![];
         let mut router_wlock = self.router.write().unwrap();
         let mut i = 0;
         while i < router_wlock.len() {
             if let Some(watch) = router_wlock[i].upgrade() {
-                callbacks.push(watch.as_ref().clone());
+                callbacks.push(watch);
                 i += 1;
             } else {
                 router_wlock.swap_remove(i);
@@ -87,7 +75,7 @@ impl WatchCallbackList {
             .name("watch-callbacks".to_string())
             .spawn(move || {
                 for callback in callbacks {
-                    callback.call();
+                    callback();
                 }
                 let _ = sender.send(());
             });
@@ -103,7 +91,7 @@ impl WatchCallbackList {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::directory::{WatchCallback, WatchCallbackList};
+    use crate::directory::WatchCallbackList;
     use futures::executor::block_on;
     use std::mem;
     use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
@@ -114,7 +102,7 @@ mod tests {
         let watch_event_router = WatchCallbackList::default();
         let counter: Arc<AtomicUsize> = Default::default();
         let counter_clone = counter.clone();
-        let inc_callback = WatchCallback::new(move || {
+        let inc_callback = Box::new(move || {
             counter_clone.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
         });
         block_on(watch_event_router.broadcast());
@@ -142,7 +130,7 @@ mod tests {
         let counter: Arc<AtomicUsize> = Default::default();
         let inc_callback = |inc: usize| {
             let counter_clone = counter.clone();
-            WatchCallback::new(move || {
+            Box::new(move || {
                 counter_clone.fetch_add(inc, Ordering::SeqCst);
             })
         };
@@ -170,7 +158,7 @@ mod tests {
         let watch_event_router = WatchCallbackList::default();
         let counter: Arc<AtomicUsize> = Default::default();
         let counter_clone = counter.clone();
-        let inc_callback = WatchCallback::new(move || {
+        let inc_callback = Box::new(move || {
             counter_clone.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
         });
         let handle_a = watch_event_router.subscribe(inc_callback);

src/fastfield/bytes/mod.rs

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ mod tests {
         let term = Term::from_field_bytes(field, b"lucene".as_ref());
         let term_query = TermQuery::new(term, IndexRecordOption::Basic);
         let term_weight = term_query.specialized_weight(&searcher, true)?;
-        let term_scorer = term_weight.specialized_scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0), 1.0)?;
+        let term_scorer = term_weight.specialized_scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0), 1.0f32)?;
         assert_eq!(term_scorer.doc(), 0u32);
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ mod tests {
         let field = searcher.schema().get_field("string_bytes").unwrap();
         let term = Term::from_field_bytes(field, b"lucene".as_ref());
         let term_query = TermQuery::new(term, IndexRecordOption::Basic);
-        let term_weight_err = term_query.specialized_weight(&searcher, false);
+        let term_weight_res = term_query.specialized_weight(&searcher, false);
         assert!(matches!(
-            term_weight_err,
+            term_weight_res,
             Err(crate::TantivyError::SchemaError(_))
         ));
         Ok(())

src/fastfield/mod.rs

@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ mod bench {
         {
             let fast_fields_composite = CompositeFile::open(&file).unwrap();
             let data = fast_fields_composite.open_read(*FIELD).unwrap();
-            let fast_field_reader = FastFieldReader::<u64>::open(data).unwrap();
+            let fast_field_reader = FastFieldReader::<u64>::open(data);
 
             b.iter(|| {
                 let n = test::black_box(7000u32);
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ mod bench {
         {
             let fast_fields_composite = CompositeFile::open(&file).unwrap();
             let data = fast_fields_composite.open_read(*FIELD).unwrap();
-            let fast_field_reader = FastFieldReader::<u64>::open(data).unwrap();
+            let fast_field_reader = FastFieldReader::<u64>::open(data);
 
             b.iter(|| {
                 let n = test::black_box(1000u32);

src/fieldnorm/reader.rs

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl FieldNormReaders {
 ///
 /// This metric is important to compute the score of a
 /// document : a document having a query word in one its short fields
-/// (e.g. title)  is likely to be more relevant than in one of its longer field
+/// (e.g. title)is likely to be more relevant than in one of its longer field
 /// (e.g. body).
 ///
 /// tantivy encodes `fieldnorm` on one byte with some precision loss,
@@ -61,31 +61,31 @@ impl FieldNormReaders {
 /// precompute computationally expensive functions of the fieldnorm
 /// in a very short array.
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct FieldNormReader {
-    data: OwnedBytes,
+pub enum FieldNormReader {
+    ConstFieldNorm { fieldnorm_id: u8, num_docs: u32 },
+    OneByte(OwnedBytes),
 }
 
 impl FieldNormReader {
-    /// Creates a `FieldNormReader` with a constant fieldnorm.
-    pub fn constant(num_docs: u32, fieldnorm: u32) -> FieldNormReader {
-        let fieldnorm_id = fieldnorm_to_id(fieldnorm);
-        let field_norms_data = OwnedBytes::new(vec![fieldnorm_id; num_docs as usize]);
-        FieldNormReader::new(field_norms_data)
+    pub fn const_fieldnorm_id(fieldnorm_id: u8, num_docs: u32) -> FieldNormReader {
+        FieldNormReader::ConstFieldNorm {
+            fieldnorm_id,
+            num_docs,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Opens a field norm reader given its file.
     pub fn open(fieldnorm_file: FileSlice) -> crate::Result<Self> {
         let data = fieldnorm_file.read_bytes()?;
-        Ok(FieldNormReader::new(data))
-    }
-
-    fn new(data: OwnedBytes) -> Self {
-        FieldNormReader { data }
+        Ok(FieldNormReader::OneByte(data))
     }
 
     /// Returns the number of documents in this segment.
     pub fn num_docs(&self) -> u32 {
-        self.data.len() as u32
+        match self {
+            Self::ConstFieldNorm { num_docs, .. } => *num_docs,
+            FieldNormReader::OneByte(vals) => vals.len() as u32,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Returns the `fieldnorm` associated to a doc id.
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ impl FieldNormReader {
     ///
     /// The fieldnorm is effectively decoded from the
     /// `fieldnorm_id` by doing a simple table lookup.
+    #[inline(always)]
     pub fn fieldnorm(&self, doc_id: DocId) -> u32 {
         let fieldnorm_id = self.fieldnorm_id(doc_id);
         id_to_fieldnorm(fieldnorm_id)
@@ -105,7 +106,11 @@ impl FieldNormReader {
     /// Returns the `fieldnorm_id` associated to a document.
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn fieldnorm_id(&self, doc_id: DocId) -> u8 {
-        self.data.as_slice()[doc_id as usize]
+        match self {
+            FieldNormReader::ConstFieldNorm { fieldnorm_id, .. } => *fieldnorm_id,
+
+            FieldNormReader::OneByte(data) => data.as_slice()[doc_id as usize],
+        }
     }
 
     /// Converts a `fieldnorm_id` into a fieldnorm.
@@ -129,9 +134,7 @@ impl FieldNormReader {
             .map(FieldNormReader::fieldnorm_to_id)
             .collect::<Vec<u8>>();
         let field_norms_data = OwnedBytes::new(field_norms_id);
-        FieldNormReader {
-            data: field_norms_data,
-        }
+        FieldNormReader::OneByte(field_norms_data)
     }
 }
 

src/fieldnorm/writer.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use super::fieldnorm_to_id;
 use super::FieldNormsSerializer;
 use crate::schema::Field;
 use crate::schema::Schema;
-use std::{io, iter};
+use std::io;
 
 /// The `FieldNormsWriter` is in charge of tracking the fieldnorm byte
 /// of each document for each field with field norms.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::{io, iter};
 /// byte per document per field.
 pub struct FieldNormsWriter {
     fields: Vec<Field>,
-    fieldnorms_buffer: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    fieldnorms_buffer: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>>,
 }
 
 impl FieldNormsWriter {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ impl FieldNormsWriter {
         schema
             .fields()
             .filter_map(|(field, field_entry)| {
-                if field_entry.is_indexed() {
+                if field_entry.has_fieldnorms() {
                     Some(field)
                 } else {
                     None
@@ -36,17 +36,14 @@ impl FieldNormsWriter {
     /// specified in the schema.
     pub fn for_schema(schema: &Schema) -> FieldNormsWriter {
         let fields = FieldNormsWriter::fields_with_fieldnorm(schema);
-        let max_field = fields
-            .iter()
-            .map(Field::field_id)
-            .max()
-            .map(|max_field_id| max_field_id as usize + 1)
-            .unwrap_or(0);
+        let num_fields = schema.num_fields();
+        let mut fieldnorms_buffer: Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>> = vec![None; num_fields];
+        for field in &fields {
+            fieldnorms_buffer[field.field_id() as usize] = Some(Vec::new());
+        }
         FieldNormsWriter {
             fields,
-            fieldnorms_buffer: iter::repeat_with(Vec::new)
-                .take(max_field)
-                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            fieldnorms_buffer,
         }
     }
 
@@ -55,8 +52,10 @@ impl FieldNormsWriter {
     ///
     /// Will extend with 0-bytes for documents that have not been seen.
     pub fn fill_up_to_max_doc(&mut self, max_doc: DocId) {
-        for field in self.fields.iter() {
-            self.fieldnorms_buffer[field.field_id() as usize].resize(max_doc as usize, 0u8);
+        for buffer_opt in self.fieldnorms_buffer.iter_mut() {
+            if let Some(buffer) = buffer_opt {
+                buffer.resize(max_doc as usize, 0u8);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -69,21 +68,22 @@ impl FieldNormsWriter {
     /// * field     - the field being set
     /// * fieldnorm - the number of terms present in document `doc` in field `field`
     pub fn record(&mut self, doc: DocId, field: Field, fieldnorm: u32) {
-        let fieldnorm_buffer: &mut Vec<u8> = &mut self.fieldnorms_buffer[field.field_id() as usize];
-        assert!(
-            fieldnorm_buffer.len() <= doc as usize,
-            "Cannot register a given fieldnorm twice"
-        );
-        // we fill intermediary `DocId` as  having a fieldnorm of 0.
-        fieldnorm_buffer.resize(doc as usize + 1, 0u8);
-        fieldnorm_buffer[doc as usize] = fieldnorm_to_id(fieldnorm);
+        if let Some(fieldnorm_buffer) = self.fieldnorms_buffer[field.field_id() as usize].as_mut() {
+            assert!(
+                fieldnorm_buffer.len() <= doc as usize,
+                "Cannot register a given fieldnorm twice" // we fill intermediary `DocId` as  having a fieldnorm of 0.
+            );
+            fieldnorm_buffer.resize(doc as usize + 1, 0u8);
+            fieldnorm_buffer[doc as usize] = fieldnorm_to_id(fieldnorm);
+        }
     }
 
     /// Serialize the seen fieldnorm values to the serializer for all fields.
     pub fn serialize(&self, mut fieldnorms_serializer: FieldNormsSerializer) -> io::Result<()> {
         for &field in self.fields.iter() {
-            let fieldnorm_values: &[u8] = &self.fieldnorms_buffer[field.field_id() as usize][..];
-            fieldnorms_serializer.serialize_field(field, fieldnorm_values)?;
+            if let Some(buffer) = self.fieldnorms_buffer[field.field_id() as usize].as_ref() {
+                fieldnorms_serializer.serialize_field(field, &buffer[..])?;
+            }
         }
         fieldnorms_serializer.close()?;
         Ok(())

src/lib.rs

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ pub use self::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
 pub use crate::common::HasLen;
 pub use crate::common::{f64_to_u64, i64_to_u64, u64_to_f64, u64_to_i64};
 pub use crate::core::{Executor, SegmentComponent};
-pub use crate::core::{FieldSearcher, Index, IndexMeta, Searcher, Segment, SegmentId, SegmentMeta};
+pub use crate::core::{Index, IndexMeta, Searcher, Segment, SegmentId, SegmentMeta};
 pub use crate::core::{InvertedIndexReader, SegmentReader};
 pub use crate::directory::Directory;
 pub use crate::indexer::operation::UserOperation;

src/postings/mod.rs

@@ -15,15 +15,19 @@ mod stacker;
 mod term_info;
 
 pub(crate) use self::block_search::BlockSearcher;
-pub use self::block_segment_postings::BlockSegmentPostings;
-pub use self::postings::Postings;
+
 pub(crate) use self::postings_writer::MultiFieldPostingsWriter;
-pub use self::segment_postings::SegmentPostings;
 pub use self::serializer::{FieldSerializer, InvertedIndexSerializer};
+
+pub use self::postings::Postings;
 pub(crate) use self::skip::{BlockInfo, SkipReader};
-pub(crate) use self::stacker::compute_table_size;
 pub use self::term_info::TermInfo;
 
+pub use self::block_segment_postings::BlockSegmentPostings;
+pub use self::segment_postings::SegmentPostings;
+
+pub(crate) use self::stacker::compute_table_size;
+
 pub(crate) type UnorderedTermId = u64;
 
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "cargo-clippy", allow(clippy::enum_variant_names))]
@@ -47,13 +51,16 @@ pub mod tests {
     use crate::indexer::SegmentWriter;
     use crate::merge_policy::NoMergePolicy;
     use crate::query::Scorer;
+    use crate::schema::{Document, Schema, Term, INDEXED, STRING, TEXT};
     use crate::schema::{Field, TextOptions};
     use crate::schema::{IndexRecordOption, TextFieldIndexing};
-    use crate::schema::{Schema, Term, INDEXED, TEXT};
     use crate::tokenizer::{SimpleTokenizer, MAX_TOKEN_LEN};
     use crate::DocId;
     use crate::HasLen;
     use crate::Score;
+    use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+    use rand::rngs::StdRng;
+    use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
     use std::iter;
 
     #[test]
@@ -484,6 +491,53 @@ pub mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub static TERM_A: Lazy<Term> = Lazy::new(|| {
+        let field = Field::from_field_id(0);
+        Term::from_field_text(field, "a")
+    });
+    pub static TERM_B: Lazy<Term> = Lazy::new(|| {
+        let field = Field::from_field_id(0);
+        Term::from_field_text(field, "b")
+    });
+    pub static TERM_C: Lazy<Term> = Lazy::new(|| {
+        let field = Field::from_field_id(0);
+        Term::from_field_text(field, "c")
+    });
+    pub static TERM_D: Lazy<Term> = Lazy::new(|| {
+        let field = Field::from_field_id(0);
+        Term::from_field_text(field, "d")
+    });
+
+    pub static INDEX: Lazy<Index> = Lazy::new(|| {
+        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
+        let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", STRING);
+        let schema = schema_builder.build();
+
+        let mut rng: StdRng = StdRng::from_seed([1u8; 32]);
+
+        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
+        let posting_list_size = 1_000_000;
+        {
+            let mut index_writer = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
+            for _ in 0..posting_list_size {
+                let mut doc = Document::default();
+                if rng.gen_bool(1f64 / 15f64) {
+                    doc.add_text(text_field, "a");
+                }
+                if rng.gen_bool(1f64 / 10f64) {
+                    doc.add_text(text_field, "b");
+                }
+                if rng.gen_bool(1f64 / 5f64) {
+                    doc.add_text(text_field, "c");
+                }
+                doc.add_text(text_field, "d");
+                index_writer.add_document(doc);
+            }
+            assert!(index_writer.commit().is_ok());
+        }
+        index
+    });
+
     /// Wraps a given docset, and forward alls call but the
     /// `.skip_next(...)`. This is useful to test that a specialized
     /// implementation of `.skip_next(...)` is consistent
@@ -548,65 +602,15 @@ pub mod tests {
 
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "unstable"))]
 mod bench {
+
+    use super::tests::*;
     use crate::docset::TERMINATED;
     use crate::query::Intersection;
     use crate::schema::IndexRecordOption;
-    use crate::schema::{Document, Field, Schema, Term, STRING};
     use crate::tests;
     use crate::DocSet;
-    use crate::Index;
-    use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-    use rand::rngs::StdRng;
-    use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
     use test::{self, Bencher};
 
-    pub static TERM_A: Lazy<Term> = Lazy::new(|| {
-        let field = Field::from_field_id(0);
-        Term::from_field_text(field, "a")
-    });
-    pub static TERM_B: Lazy<Term> = Lazy::new(|| {
-        let field = Field::from_field_id(0);
-        Term::from_field_text(field, "b")
-    });
-    pub static TERM_C: Lazy<Term> = Lazy::new(|| {
-        let field = Field::from_field_id(0);
-        Term::from_field_text(field, "c")
-    });
-    pub static TERM_D: Lazy<Term> = Lazy::new(|| {
-        let field = Field::from_field_id(0);
-        Term::from_field_text(field, "d")
-    });
-
-    pub static INDEX: Lazy<Index> = Lazy::new(|| {
-        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-        let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", STRING);
-        let schema = schema_builder.build();
-
-        let mut rng: StdRng = StdRng::from_seed([1u8; 32]);
-
-        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
-        let posting_list_size = 1_000_000;
-        {
-            let mut index_writer = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
-            for _ in 0..posting_list_size {
-                let mut doc = Document::default();
-                if rng.gen_bool(1f64 / 15f64) {
-                    doc.add_text(text_field, "a");
-                }
-                if rng.gen_bool(1f64 / 10f64) {
-                    doc.add_text(text_field, "b");
-                }
-                if rng.gen_bool(1f64 / 5f64) {
-                    doc.add_text(text_field, "c");
-                }
-                doc.add_text(text_field, "d");
-                index_writer.add_document(doc);
-            }
-            assert!(index_writer.commit().is_ok());
-        }
-        index
-    });
-
     #[bench]
     fn bench_segment_postings(b: &mut Bencher) {
         let reader = INDEX.reader().unwrap();
@@ -616,9 +620,7 @@ mod bench {
         b.iter(|| {
             let mut segment_postings = segment_reader
                 .inverted_index(TERM_A.field())
-                .unwrap()
-                .read_postings(&*TERM_A, IndexRecordOption::Basic)
-                .unwrap()
+                .read_postings(&*TERM_A, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?
                 .unwrap();
             while segment_postings.advance() != TERMINATED {}
         });
@@ -632,25 +634,21 @@ mod bench {
         b.iter(|| {
             let segment_postings_a = segment_reader
                 .inverted_index(TERM_A.field())
-                .unwrap()
                 .read_postings(&*TERM_A, IndexRecordOption::Basic)
                 .unwrap()
                 .unwrap();
             let segment_postings_b = segment_reader
                 .inverted_index(TERM_B.field())
-                .unwrap()
                 .read_postings(&*TERM_B, IndexRecordOption::Basic)
                 .unwrap()
                 .unwrap();
             let segment_postings_c = segment_reader
                 .inverted_index(TERM_C.field())
-                .unwrap()
                 .read_postings(&*TERM_C, IndexRecordOption::Basic)
                 .unwrap()
                 .unwrap();
             let segment_postings_d = segment_reader
                 .inverted_index(TERM_D.field())
-                .unwrap()
                 .read_postings(&*TERM_D, IndexRecordOption::Basic)
                 .unwrap()
                 .unwrap();
@@ -672,7 +670,6 @@ mod bench {
 
         let mut segment_postings = segment_reader
             .inverted_index(TERM_A.field())
-            .unwrap()
             .read_postings(&*TERM_A, IndexRecordOption::Basic)
             .unwrap()
             .unwrap();
@@ -690,9 +687,7 @@ mod bench {
         b.iter(|| {
             let mut segment_postings = segment_reader
                 .inverted_index(TERM_A.field())
-                .unwrap()
                 .read_postings(&*TERM_A, IndexRecordOption::Basic)
-                .unwrap()
                 .unwrap();
             for doc in &existing_docs {
                 if segment_postings.seek(*doc) == TERMINATED {
@@ -731,9 +726,7 @@ mod bench {
             let n: u32 = test::black_box(17);
             let mut segment_postings = segment_reader
                 .inverted_index(TERM_A.field())
-                .unwrap()
                 .read_postings(&*TERM_A, IndexRecordOption::Basic)
-                .unwrap()
                 .unwrap();
             let mut s = 0u32;
             while segment_postings.doc() != TERMINATED {

src/postings/serializer.rs

@@ -177,16 +177,14 @@ impl<'a> FieldSerializer<'a> {
     }
 
     fn current_term_info(&self) -> TermInfo {
-        let positions_idx =
-            if let Some(positions_serializer) = self.positions_serializer_opt.as_ref() {
-                positions_serializer.positions_idx()
-            } else {
-                0u64
-            };
+        let positions_idx = self
+            .positions_serializer_opt
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(PositionSerializer::positions_idx)
+            .unwrap_or(0u64);
         TermInfo {
             doc_freq: 0,
-            postings_start_offset: self.postings_serializer.addr(),
-            postings_stop_offset: 0u64,
+            postings_offset: self.postings_serializer.addr(),
             positions_idx,
         }
     }
@@ -240,11 +238,10 @@ impl<'a> FieldSerializer<'a> {
     /// using `VInt` encoding.
     pub fn close_term(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
         if self.term_open {
-            self.postings_serializer
-                .close_term(self.current_term_info.doc_freq)?;
-            self.current_term_info.postings_stop_offset = self.postings_serializer.addr();
             self.term_dictionary_builder
                 .insert_value(&self.current_term_info)?;
+            self.postings_serializer
+                .close_term(self.current_term_info.doc_freq)?;
             self.term_open = false;
         }
         Ok(())
@@ -325,9 +322,8 @@ pub struct PostingsSerializer<W: Write> {
 
     bm25_weight: Option<BM25Weight>,
 
-    num_docs: u32, // Number of docs in the segment
     avg_fieldnorm: Score, // Average number of term in the field for that segment.
-                   // this value is used to compute the block wand information.
+                          // this value is used to compute the block wand information.
 }
 
 impl<W: Write> PostingsSerializer<W> {
@@ -337,10 +333,6 @@ impl<W: Write> PostingsSerializer<W> {
         mode: IndexRecordOption,
         fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
     ) -> PostingsSerializer<W> {
-        let num_docs = fieldnorm_reader
-            .as_ref()
-            .map(|fieldnorm_reader| fieldnorm_reader.num_docs())
-            .unwrap_or(0u32);
         PostingsSerializer {
             output_write: CountingWriter::wrap(write),
 
@@ -356,20 +348,25 @@ impl<W: Write> PostingsSerializer<W> {
             fieldnorm_reader,
             bm25_weight: None,
 
-            num_docs,
             avg_fieldnorm,
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the number of documents in the segment currently being serialized.
+    /// This function may return `None` if there are no fieldnorm for that field.
+    fn num_docs_in_segment(&self) -> Option<u32> {
+        self.fieldnorm_reader
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|reader| reader.num_docs())
+    }
+
     pub fn new_term(&mut self, term_doc_freq: u32) {
-        if self.mode.has_freq() && self.num_docs > 0 {
-            let bm25_weight = BM25Weight::for_one_term(
-                term_doc_freq as u64,
-                self.num_docs as u64,
-                self.avg_fieldnorm,
-            );
-            self.bm25_weight = Some(bm25_weight);
+        if self.mode.has_freq() {
+            return;
         }
+        self.bm25_weight = self.num_docs_in_segment().map(|num_docs| {
+            BM25Weight::for_one_term(term_doc_freq as u64, num_docs as u64, self.avg_fieldnorm)
+        });
     }
 
     fn write_block(&mut self) {

src/postings/term_info.rs

@@ -7,50 +7,35 @@ use std::io;
 pub struct TermInfo {
     /// Number of documents in the segment containing the term
     pub doc_freq: u32,
-    /// Start offset of the posting list within the postings (`.idx`) file.
-    pub postings_start_offset: u64,
-    /// Stop offset of the posting list within the postings (`.idx`) file.
-    /// The byte range is `[start_offset..stop_offset)`.
-    pub postings_stop_offset: u64,
+    /// Start offset within the postings (`.idx`) file.
+    pub postings_offset: u64,
     /// Start offset of the first block within the position (`.pos`) file.
     pub positions_idx: u64,
 }
 
-impl TermInfo {
-    pub(crate) fn posting_num_bytes(&self) -> u32 {
-        let num_bytes = self.postings_stop_offset - self.postings_start_offset;
-        assert!(num_bytes <= std::u32::MAX as u64);
-        num_bytes as u32
-    }
-}
-
 impl FixedSize for TermInfo {
     /// Size required for the binary serialization of a `TermInfo` object.
     /// This is large, but in practise, `TermInfo` are encoded in blocks and
     /// only the first `TermInfo` of a block is serialized uncompressed.
     /// The subsequent `TermInfo` are delta encoded and bitpacked.
-    const SIZE_IN_BYTES: usize = 2 * u32::SIZE_IN_BYTES + 2 * u64::SIZE_IN_BYTES;
+    const SIZE_IN_BYTES: usize = u32::SIZE_IN_BYTES + 2 * u64::SIZE_IN_BYTES;
 }
 
 impl BinarySerializable for TermInfo {
     fn serialize<W: io::Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> io::Result<()> {
         self.doc_freq.serialize(writer)?;
-        self.postings_start_offset.serialize(writer)?;
-        self.posting_num_bytes().serialize(writer)?;
+        self.postings_offset.serialize(writer)?;
         self.positions_idx.serialize(writer)?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
     fn deserialize<R: io::Read>(reader: &mut R) -> io::Result<Self> {
         let doc_freq = u32::deserialize(reader)?;
-        let postings_start_offset = u64::deserialize(reader)?;
-        let postings_num_bytes = u32::deserialize(reader)?;
-        let postings_stop_offset = postings_start_offset + u64::from(postings_num_bytes);
+        let postings_offset = u64::deserialize(reader)?;
         let positions_idx = u64::deserialize(reader)?;
         Ok(TermInfo {
             doc_freq,
-            postings_start_offset,
-            postings_stop_offset,
+            postings_offset,
             positions_idx,
         })
     }

src/query/boolean_query/block_wand.rs

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn nearly_equals(left: Score, right: Score) -> bool {
-        (left - right).abs() < 0.0001 * (left + right).abs()
+        (left - right).abs() < 0.000001 * (left + right).abs()
     }
 
     fn compute_checkpoints_for_each_pruning(
@@ -424,116 +424,9 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_fn_reproduce_proptest() {
-        let postings_lists = &[
-            vec![
-                (0, 1),
-                (1, 1),
-                (2, 1),
-                (3, 1),
-                (4, 1),
-                (6, 1),
-                (7, 7),
-                (8, 1),
-                (10, 1),
-                (12, 1),
-                (13, 1),
-                (14, 1),
-                (15, 1),
-                (16, 1),
-                (19, 1),
-                (20, 1),
-                (21, 1),
-                (22, 1),
-                (24, 1),
-                (25, 1),
-                (26, 1),
-                (28, 1),
-                (30, 1),
-                (31, 1),
-                (33, 1),
-                (34, 1),
-                (35, 1),
-                (36, 95),
-                (37, 1),
-                (39, 1),
-                (41, 1),
-                (44, 1),
-                (46, 1),
-            ],
-            vec![
-                (0, 5),
-                (2, 1),
-                (4, 1),
-                (5, 84),
-                (6, 47),
-                (7, 26),
-                (8, 50),
-                (9, 34),
-                (11, 73),
-                (12, 11),
-                (13, 51),
-                (14, 45),
-                (15, 18),
-                (18, 60),
-                (19, 80),
-                (20, 63),
-                (23, 79),
-                (24, 69),
-                (26, 35),
-                (28, 82),
-                (29, 19),
-                (30, 2),
-                (31, 7),
-                (33, 40),
-                (34, 1),
-                (35, 33),
-                (36, 27),
-                (37, 24),
-                (38, 65),
-                (39, 32),
-                (40, 85),
-                (41, 1),
-                (42, 69),
-                (43, 11),
-                (45, 45),
-                (47, 97),
-            ],
-            vec![
-                (2, 1),
-                (4, 1),
-                (7, 94),
-                (8, 1),
-                (9, 1),
-                (10, 1),
-                (12, 1),
-                (15, 1),
-                (22, 1),
-                (23, 1),
-                (26, 1),
-                (27, 1),
-                (32, 1),
-                (33, 1),
-                (34, 1),
-                (36, 96),
-                (39, 1),
-                (41, 1),
-            ],
-        ];
-        let fieldnorms = &[
-            685, 239, 780, 564, 664, 827, 5, 56, 930, 887, 263, 665, 167, 127, 120, 919, 292, 92,
-            489, 734, 814, 724, 700, 304, 128, 779, 311, 877, 774, 15, 866, 368, 894, 371, 982,
-            502, 507, 669, 680, 76, 594, 626, 578, 331, 170, 639, 665, 186,
-        ][..];
-        test_block_wand_aux(postings_lists, fieldnorms);
-    }
-
     proptest! {
         #![proptest_config(ProptestConfig::with_cases(500))]
-        #[ignore]
         #[test]
-        #[ignore]
         fn test_block_wand_three_term_scorers((posting_lists, fieldnorms) in gen_term_scorers(3)) {
             test_block_wand_aux(&posting_lists[..], &fieldnorms[..]);
         }

src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs

@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ mod tests {
         ));
         let query = BooleanQuery::from(vec![(Occur::Should, term_a), (Occur::Should, term_b)]);
         let explanation = query.explain(&searcher, DocAddress(0, 0u32))?;
-        assert_nearly_equals!(explanation.value(), 0.6931472);
+        assert_nearly_equals!(explanation.value(), 0.6931472f32);
         Ok(())
     }
 }

src/query/term_query/mod.rs

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ mod tests {
         let searcher = index.reader()?.searcher();
         {
             let explanation = term_query.explain(&searcher, DocAddress(0u32, 1u32))?;
-            assert_nearly_equals!(explanation.value(), 0.6931472);
+            assert_nearly_equals!(explanation.value(), 0.6931472f32);
         }
         {
             let explanation_err = term_query.explain(&searcher, DocAddress(0u32, 0u32));

src/query/term_query/term_query.rs

@@ -92,14 +92,18 @@ impl TermQuery {
         searcher: &Searcher,
         scoring_enabled: bool,
     ) -> crate::Result<TermWeight> {
-        let term = self.term.clone();
-        let field_entry = searcher.schema().get_field_entry(term.field());
+        let field_entry = searcher
+            .schema()
+            .get_field_entry(self.term.field());
         if !field_entry.is_indexed() {
-            return Err(crate::TantivyError::SchemaError(format!(
-                "Field {:?} is not indexed",
-                field_entry.name()
-            )));
+            let error_msg = format!("Field {:?} is not indexed.", field_entry.name());
+            return Err(crate::TantivyError::SchemaError(error_msg));
         }
+        let has_fieldnorms = searcher
+            .schema()
+            .get_field_entry(self.term.field())
+            .has_fieldnorms();
+        let term = self.term.clone();
         let bm25_weight = BM25Weight::for_terms(searcher, &[term])?;
         let index_record_option = if scoring_enabled {
             self.index_record_option
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ impl TermQuery {
             self.term.clone(),
             index_record_option,
             bm25_weight,
-            scoring_enabled,
+            has_fieldnorms,
         ))
     }
 }

src/query/term_query/term_weight.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub struct TermWeight {
     term: Term,
     index_record_option: IndexRecordOption,
     similarity_weight: BM25Weight,
-    scoring_enabled: bool,
+    has_fieldnorms: bool,
 }
 
 impl Weight for TermWeight {
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ impl TermWeight {
         term: Term,
         index_record_option: IndexRecordOption,
         similarity_weight: BM25Weight,
-        scoring_enabled: bool,
+        has_fieldnorms: bool,
     ) -> TermWeight {
         TermWeight {
             term,
             index_record_option,
             similarity_weight,
-            scoring_enabled,
+            has_fieldnorms,
         }
     }
 
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ impl TermWeight {
     ) -> crate::Result<TermScorer> {
         let field = self.term.field();
         let inverted_index = reader.inverted_index(field)?;
-        let fieldnorm_reader = if self.scoring_enabled {
+        let fieldnorm_reader = if self.has_fieldnorms {
             reader.get_fieldnorms_reader(field)?
         } else {
-            FieldNormReader::constant(reader.max_doc(), 1)
+            FieldNormReader::const_fieldnorm_id(1u8, reader.num_docs())
         };
         let similarity_weight = self.similarity_weight.boost_by(boost);
         let postings_opt: Option<SegmentPostings> =

src/reader/mod.rs

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ mod pool;
 pub use self::pool::LeasedItem;
 use self::pool::Pool;
 use crate::core::Segment;
+use crate::directory::Directory;
 use crate::directory::WatchHandle;
 use crate::directory::META_LOCK;
-use crate::directory::{Directory, WatchCallback};
 use crate::Index;
 use crate::Searcher;
 use crate::SegmentReader;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl IndexReaderBuilder {
                 let watch_handle = inner_reader_arc
                     .index
                     .directory()
-                    .watch(WatchCallback::new(callback))?;
+                    .watch(Box::new(callback))?;
                 watch_handle_opt = Some(watch_handle);
             }
         }

src/schema/field_entry.rs

@@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ impl FieldEntry {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn has_fieldnorms(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.field_type {
+            FieldType::Str(ref options) => options
+                .get_indexing_options()
+                .map(|options| options.fieldnorms())
+                .unwrap_or(false),
+            FieldType::U64(ref options)
+            | FieldType::I64(ref options)
+            | FieldType::F64(ref options)
+            | FieldType::Date(ref options) => options.index_option().has_fieldnorms(),
+            FieldType::HierarchicalFacet => false,
+            FieldType::Bytes(ref _options) => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns true iff the field is a int (signed or unsigned) fast field
     pub fn is_fast(&self) -> bool {
         match self.field_type {
@@ -272,7 +287,8 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for FieldEntry {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::schema::TEXT;
+    use crate::schema::{Schema, STRING, TEXT};
+    use crate::Index;
     use serde_json;
 
     #[test]
@@ -291,7 +307,8 @@ mod tests {
   "options": {
     "indexing": {
       "record": "position",
-      "tokenizer": "default"
+      "tokenizer": "default",
+      "fieldnorms": true
     },
     "stored": false
   }
@@ -309,4 +326,19 @@ mod tests {
             _ => panic!("expected FieldType::Str"),
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_fieldnorms() -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
+        let text = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", STRING);
+        let schema = schema_builder.build();
+        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
+        let mut index_writer = index.writer_for_tests()?;
+        index_writer.add_document(doc!(text=>"abc"));
+        index_writer.commit()?;
+        let searcher = index.reader()?.searcher();
+        let err = searcher.segment_reader(0u32).get_fieldnorms_reader(text);
+        assert!(matches!(err, Err(crate::TantivyError::SchemaError(_))));
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }

src/schema/int_options.rs

@@ -14,10 +14,50 @@ pub enum Cardinality {
     MultiValues,
 }
 
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum IntOptionIndex {
+    #[serde(rename = "no_index")]
+    NoIndex,
+    #[serde(rename = "index_no_fieldnorms")]
+    IndexNoFieldnorms,
+    #[serde(rename = "index_with_fieldnorms")]
+    IndexWithFieldnorms,
+}
+
+impl BitOr<IntOptionIndex> for IntOptionIndex {
+    type Output = IntOptionIndex;
+
+    fn bitor(self, other: IntOptionIndex) -> IntOptionIndex {
+        match (self, other) {
+            (_, Self::IndexWithFieldnorms) | (Self::IndexWithFieldnorms, _) => {
+                Self::IndexWithFieldnorms
+            }
+            (_, Self::IndexNoFieldnorms) | (Self::IndexNoFieldnorms, _) => Self::IndexNoFieldnorms,
+            (Self::NoIndex, Self::NoIndex) => Self::NoIndex,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl IntOptionIndex {
+    pub fn is_indexed(&self) -> bool {
+        match *self {
+            Self::NoIndex => false,
+            Self::IndexNoFieldnorms | Self::IndexWithFieldnorms => true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn has_fieldnorms(&self) -> bool {
+        match *self {
+            Self::NoIndex | Self::IndexNoFieldnorms => false,
+            Self::IndexWithFieldnorms => true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Define how an u64, i64, of f64 field should be handled by tantivy.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct IntOptions {
-    indexed: bool,
+    indexed: IntOptionIndex,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     fast: Option<Cardinality>,
     stored: bool,
@@ -31,7 +71,7 @@ impl IntOptions {
 
     /// Returns true iff the value is indexed.
     pub fn is_indexed(&self) -> bool {
-        self.indexed
+        self.indexed.is_indexed()
     }
 
     /// Returns true iff the value is a fast field.
@@ -48,12 +88,21 @@ impl IntOptions {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn index_option(&self) -> &IntOptionIndex {
+        &self.indexed
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_indexed(mut self) -> IntOptions {
+        self.indexed = IntOptionIndex::IndexWithFieldnorms;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Set the field as indexed.
     ///
     /// Setting an integer as indexed will generate
     /// a posting list for each value taken by the integer.
-    pub fn set_indexed(mut self) -> IntOptions {
-        self.indexed = true;
+    pub fn set_index_option(mut self, int_option_index: IntOptionIndex) -> IntOptions {
+        self.indexed = int_option_index;
         self
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +129,7 @@ impl IntOptions {
 impl Default for IntOptions {
     fn default() -> IntOptions {
         IntOptions {
-            indexed: false,
+            indexed: IntOptionIndex::NoIndex,
             stored: false,
             fast: None,
         }
@@ -96,7 +145,7 @@ impl From<()> for IntOptions {
 impl From<FastFlag> for IntOptions {
     fn from(_: FastFlag) -> Self {
         IntOptions {
-            indexed: false,
+            indexed: IntOptionIndex::NoIndex,
             stored: false,
             fast: Some(Cardinality::SingleValue),
         }
@@ -106,7 +155,7 @@ impl From<FastFlag> for IntOptions {
 impl From<StoredFlag> for IntOptions {
     fn from(_: StoredFlag) -> Self {
         IntOptions {
-            indexed: false,
+            indexed: IntOptionIndex::NoIndex,
             stored: true,
             fast: None,
         }
@@ -116,7 +165,7 @@ impl From<StoredFlag> for IntOptions {
 impl From<IndexedFlag> for IntOptions {
     fn from(_: IndexedFlag) -> Self {
         IntOptions {
-            indexed: true,
+            indexed: IntOptionIndex::IndexWithFieldnorms,
             stored: false,
             fast: None,
         }

src/schema/schema.rs

@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ impl Schema {
         &self.0.fields[field.field_id() as usize]
     }
 
+    pub fn num_fields(&self) -> usize {
+        self.0.fields.len()
+    }
+
     /// Return the field name for a given `Field`.
     pub fn get_field_name(&self, field: Field) -> &str {
         self.get_field_entry(field).name()
@@ -444,7 +448,8 @@ mod tests {
     "options": {
       "indexing": {
         "record": "position",
-        "tokenizer": "default"
+        "tokenizer": "default",
+        "fieldnorms": true
       },
       "stored": false
     }
@@ -455,7 +460,8 @@ mod tests {
     "options": {
       "indexing": {
         "record": "basic",
-        "tokenizer": "raw"
+        "tokenizer": "raw",
+        "fieldnorms": false
       },
       "stored": false
     }
@@ -464,7 +470,7 @@ mod tests {
     "name": "count",
     "type": "u64",
     "options": {
-      "indexed": false,
+      "indexed": "no_index",
       "fast": "single",
       "stored": true
     }
@@ -473,7 +479,7 @@ mod tests {
     "name": "popularity",
     "type": "i64",
     "options": {
-      "indexed": false,
+      "indexed": "no_index",
       "fast": "single",
       "stored": true
     }
@@ -482,7 +488,7 @@ mod tests {
     "name": "score",
     "type": "f64",
     "options": {
-      "indexed": true,
+      "indexed": "index_with_fieldnorms",
       "fast": "single",
       "stored": false
     }
@@ -747,7 +753,8 @@ mod tests {
     "options": {
       "indexing": {
         "record": "position",
-        "tokenizer": "default"
+        "tokenizer": "default",
+        "fieldnorms": true
       },
       "stored": false
     }
@@ -756,7 +763,7 @@ mod tests {
     "name": "popularity",
     "type": "i64",
     "options": {
-      "indexed": false,
+      "indexed": "no_index",
       "fast": "single",
       "stored": true
     }
@@ -777,7 +784,8 @@ mod tests {
     "options": {
       "indexing": {
         "record": "basic",
-        "tokenizer": "raw"
+        "tokenizer": "raw",
+        "fieldnorms": false
       },
       "stored": true
     }
@@ -786,7 +794,7 @@ mod tests {
     "name": "_timestamp",
     "type": "date",
     "options": {
-      "indexed": true,
+      "indexed": "index_with_fieldnorms",
       "fast": "single",
       "stored": true
     }
@@ -797,7 +805,8 @@ mod tests {
     "options": {
       "indexing": {
         "record": "position",
-        "tokenizer": "default"
+        "tokenizer": "default",
+        "fieldnorms": true
       },
       "stored": false
     }
@@ -806,7 +815,7 @@ mod tests {
     "name": "popularity",
     "type": "i64",
     "options": {
-      "indexed": false,
+      "indexed": "no_index",
       "fast": "single",
       "stored": true
     }

src/schema/text_options.rs

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ impl Default for TextOptions {
 pub struct TextFieldIndexing {
     record: IndexRecordOption,
     tokenizer: Cow<'static, str>,
+    fieldnorms: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for TextFieldIndexing {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ impl Default for TextFieldIndexing {
         TextFieldIndexing {
             tokenizer: Cow::Borrowed("default"),
             record: IndexRecordOption::Basic,
+            fieldnorms: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -78,6 +80,15 @@ impl TextFieldIndexing {
         &self.tokenizer
     }
 
+    pub fn set_fieldnorms(mut self, fieldnorms: bool) -> TextFieldIndexing {
+        self.fieldnorms = fieldnorms;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn fieldnorms(&self) -> bool {
+        self.fieldnorms
+    }
+
     /// Sets which information should be indexed with the tokens.
     ///
     /// See [IndexRecordOption](./enum.IndexRecordOption.html) for more detail.
@@ -99,6 +110,7 @@ pub const STRING: TextOptions = TextOptions {
     indexing: Some(TextFieldIndexing {
         tokenizer: Cow::Borrowed("raw"),
         record: IndexRecordOption::Basic,
+        fieldnorms: false,
     }),
     stored: false,
 };
@@ -108,6 +120,7 @@ pub const TEXT: TextOptions = TextOptions {
     indexing: Some(TextFieldIndexing {
         tokenizer: Cow::Borrowed("default"),
         record: IndexRecordOption::WithFreqsAndPositions,
+        fieldnorms: true,
     }),
     stored: false,
 };

src/store/index/block.rs

@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-use crate::common::VInt;
-use crate::store::index::{Checkpoint, CHECKPOINT_PERIOD};
-use crate::DocId;
-use std::io;
-
-/// Represents a block of checkpoints.
-///
-/// The DocStore index checkpoints are organized into block
-/// for code-readability and compression purpose.
-///
-/// A block can be of any size.
-pub struct CheckpointBlock {
-    pub checkpoints: Vec<Checkpoint>,
-}
-
-impl Default for CheckpointBlock {
-    fn default() -> CheckpointBlock {
-        CheckpointBlock {
-            checkpoints: Vec::with_capacity(2 * CHECKPOINT_PERIOD),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl CheckpointBlock {
-    /// If non-empty returns [start_doc, end_doc)
-    /// for the overall block.
-    pub fn doc_interval(&self) -> Option<(DocId, DocId)> {
-        let start_doc_opt = self
-            .checkpoints
-            .first()
-            .cloned()
-            .map(|checkpoint| checkpoint.start_doc);
-        let end_doc_opt = self
-            .checkpoints
-            .last()
-            .cloned()
-            .map(|checkpoint| checkpoint.end_doc);
-        match (start_doc_opt, end_doc_opt) {
-            (Some(start_doc), Some(end_doc)) => Some((start_doc, end_doc)),
-            _ => None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Adding another checkpoint in the block.
-    pub fn push(&mut self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) {
-        self.checkpoints.push(checkpoint);
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the number of checkpoints in the block.
-    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.checkpoints.len()
-    }
-
-    pub fn get(&self, idx: usize) -> Checkpoint {
-        self.checkpoints[idx]
-    }
-
-    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
-        self.checkpoints.clear();
-    }
-
-    pub fn serialize(&mut self, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>) {
-        VInt(self.checkpoints.len() as u64).serialize_into_vec(buffer);
-        if self.checkpoints.is_empty() {
-            return;
-        }
-        VInt(self.checkpoints[0].start_doc as u64).serialize_into_vec(buffer);
-        VInt(self.checkpoints[0].start_offset as u64).serialize_into_vec(buffer);
-        for checkpoint in &self.checkpoints {
-            let delta_doc = checkpoint.end_doc - checkpoint.start_doc;
-            VInt(delta_doc as u64).serialize_into_vec(buffer);
-            VInt(checkpoint.end_offset - checkpoint.start_offset).serialize_into_vec(buffer);
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn deserialize(&mut self, data: &mut &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
-        if data.is_empty() {
-            return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, ""));
-        }
-        self.checkpoints.clear();
-        let len = VInt::deserialize_u64(data)? as usize;
-        if len == 0 {
-            return Ok(());
-        }
-        let mut doc = VInt::deserialize_u64(data)? as DocId;
-        let mut start_offset = VInt::deserialize_u64(data)?;
-        for _ in 0..len {
-            let num_docs = VInt::deserialize_u64(data)? as DocId;
-            let block_num_bytes = VInt::deserialize_u64(data)?;
-            self.checkpoints.push(Checkpoint {
-                start_doc: doc,
-                end_doc: doc + num_docs,
-                start_offset,
-                end_offset: start_offset + block_num_bytes,
-            });
-            doc += num_docs;
-            start_offset += block_num_bytes;
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use crate::store::index::block::CheckpointBlock;
-    use crate::store::index::Checkpoint;
-    use crate::DocId;
-    use std::io;
-
-    fn test_aux_ser_deser(checkpoints: &[Checkpoint]) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let mut block = CheckpointBlock::default();
-        for &checkpoint in checkpoints {
-            block.push(checkpoint);
-        }
-        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-        block.serialize(&mut buffer);
-        let mut block_deser = CheckpointBlock::default();
-        let checkpoint = Checkpoint {
-            start_doc: 0,
-            end_doc: 1,
-            start_offset: 2,
-            end_offset: 3,
-        };
-        block_deser.push(checkpoint); // < check that value is erased before deser
-        let mut data = &buffer[..];
-        block_deser.deserialize(&mut data)?;
-        assert!(data.is_empty());
-        assert_eq!(checkpoints, &block_deser.checkpoints[..]);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_block_serialize_empty() -> io::Result<()> {
-        test_aux_ser_deser(&[])
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_block_serialize_simple() -> io::Result<()> {
-        let checkpoints = vec![Checkpoint {
-            start_doc: 10,
-            end_doc: 12,
-            start_offset: 100,
-            end_offset: 120,
-        }];
-        test_aux_ser_deser(&checkpoints)
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_block_serialize() -> io::Result<()> {
-        let offsets: Vec<u64> = (0..11).map(|i| i * i * i).collect();
-        let mut checkpoints = vec![];
-        let mut start_doc = 0;
-        for i in 0..10 {
-            let end_doc = (i * i) as DocId;
-            checkpoints.push(Checkpoint {
-                start_doc,
-                end_doc,
-                start_offset: offsets[i],
-                end_offset: offsets[i + 1],
-            });
-            start_doc = end_doc;
-        }
-        test_aux_ser_deser(&checkpoints)
-    }
-}

src/store/index/mod.rs

@@ -1,230 +0,0 @@
-const CHECKPOINT_PERIOD: usize = 8;
-
-use std::fmt;
-mod block;
-mod skip_index;
-mod skip_index_builder;
-
-use crate::DocId;
-
-pub use self::skip_index::SkipIndex;
-pub use self::skip_index_builder::SkipIndexBuilder;
-
-/// A checkpoint contains meta-information about
-/// a block. Either a block of documents, or another block
-/// of checkpoints.
-///
-/// All of the intervals here defined are semi-open.
-/// The checkpoint describes that the block within the bytes
-/// `[start_offset..end_offset)` spans over the docs
-/// `[start_doc..end_doc)`.
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct Checkpoint {
-    pub start_doc: DocId,
-    pub end_doc: DocId,
-    pub start_offset: u64,
-    pub end_offset: u64,
-}
-
-impl fmt::Debug for Checkpoint {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "(doc=[{}..{}), bytes=[{}..{}))",
-            self.start_doc, self.end_doc, self.start_offset, self.end_offset
-        )
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-
-    use std::io;
-
-    use proptest::strategy::{BoxedStrategy, Strategy};
-
-    use crate::directory::OwnedBytes;
-    use crate::store::index::Checkpoint;
-    use crate::DocId;
-
-    use super::{SkipIndex, SkipIndexBuilder};
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_skip_index_empty() -> io::Result<()> {
-        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-        let skip_index_builder: SkipIndexBuilder = SkipIndexBuilder::new();
-        skip_index_builder.write(&mut output)?;
-        let skip_index: SkipIndex = SkipIndex::from(OwnedBytes::new(output));
-        let mut skip_cursor = skip_index.checkpoints();
-        assert!(skip_cursor.next().is_none());
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_skip_index_single_el() -> io::Result<()> {
-        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-        let mut skip_index_builder: SkipIndexBuilder = SkipIndexBuilder::new();
-        let checkpoint = Checkpoint {
-            start_doc: 0,
-            end_doc: 2,
-            start_offset: 0,
-            end_offset: 3,
-        };
-        skip_index_builder.insert(checkpoint);
-        skip_index_builder.write(&mut output)?;
-        let skip_index: SkipIndex = SkipIndex::from(OwnedBytes::new(output));
-        let mut skip_cursor = skip_index.checkpoints();
-        assert_eq!(skip_cursor.next(), Some(checkpoint));
-        assert_eq!(skip_cursor.next(), None);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_skip_index() -> io::Result<()> {
-        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-        let checkpoints = vec![
-            Checkpoint {
-                start_doc: 0,
-                end_doc: 3,
-                start_offset: 4,
-                end_offset: 9,
-            },
-            Checkpoint {
-                start_doc: 3,
-                end_doc: 4,
-                start_offset: 9,
-                end_offset: 25,
-            },
-            Checkpoint {
-                start_doc: 4,
-                end_doc: 6,
-                start_offset: 25,
-                end_offset: 49,
-            },
-            Checkpoint {
-                start_doc: 6,
-                end_doc: 8,
-                start_offset: 49,
-                end_offset: 81,
-            },
-            Checkpoint {
-                start_doc: 8,
-                end_doc: 10,
-                start_offset: 81,
-                end_offset: 100,
-            },
-        ];
-
-        let mut skip_index_builder: SkipIndexBuilder = SkipIndexBuilder::new();
-        for &checkpoint in &checkpoints {
-            skip_index_builder.insert(checkpoint);
-        }
-        skip_index_builder.write(&mut output)?;
-
-        let skip_index: SkipIndex = SkipIndex::from(OwnedBytes::new(output));
-        assert_eq!(
-            &skip_index.checkpoints().collect::<Vec<_>>()[..],
-            &checkpoints[..]
-        );
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn offset_test(doc: DocId) -> u64 {
-        (doc as u64) * (doc as u64)
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_skip_index_long() -> io::Result<()> {
-        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-        let checkpoints: Vec<Checkpoint> = (0..1000)
-            .map(|i| Checkpoint {
-                start_doc: i,
-                end_doc: i + 1,
-                start_offset: offset_test(i),
-                end_offset: offset_test(i + 1),
-            })
-            .collect();
-        let mut skip_index_builder = SkipIndexBuilder::new();
-        for checkpoint in &checkpoints {
-            skip_index_builder.insert(*checkpoint);
-        }
-        skip_index_builder.write(&mut output)?;
-        assert_eq!(output.len(), 4035);
-        let resulting_checkpoints: Vec<Checkpoint> = SkipIndex::from(OwnedBytes::new(output))
-            .checkpoints()
-            .collect();
-        assert_eq!(&resulting_checkpoints, &checkpoints);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn integrate_delta(mut vals: Vec<u64>) -> Vec<u64> {
-        let mut prev = 0u64;
-        for val in vals.iter_mut() {
-            let new_val = *val + prev;
-            prev = new_val;
-            *val = new_val;
-        }
-        vals
-    }
-
-    // Generates a sequence of n valid checkpoints, with n < max_len.
-    fn monotonic_checkpoints(max_len: usize) -> BoxedStrategy<Vec<Checkpoint>> {
-        (1..max_len)
-            .prop_flat_map(move |len: usize| {
-                (
-                    proptest::collection::vec(1u64..20u64, len as usize).prop_map(integrate_delta),
-                    proptest::collection::vec(1u64..26u64, len as usize).prop_map(integrate_delta),
-                )
-                    .prop_map(|(docs, offsets)| {
-                        (0..docs.len() - 1)
-                            .map(move |i| Checkpoint {
-                                start_doc: docs[i] as DocId,
-                                end_doc: docs[i + 1] as DocId,
-                                start_offset: offsets[i],
-                                end_offset: offsets[i + 1],
-                            })
-                            .collect::<Vec<Checkpoint>>()
-                    })
-            })
-            .boxed()
-    }
-
-    fn seek_manual<I: Iterator<Item = Checkpoint>>(
-        checkpoints: I,
-        target: DocId,
-    ) -> Option<Checkpoint> {
-        checkpoints
-            .into_iter()
-            .filter(|checkpoint| checkpoint.end_doc > target)
-            .next()
-    }
-
-    fn test_skip_index_aux(skip_index: SkipIndex, checkpoints: &[Checkpoint]) {
-        if let Some(last_checkpoint) = checkpoints.last() {
-            for doc in 0u32..last_checkpoint.end_doc {
-                let expected = seek_manual(skip_index.checkpoints(), doc);
-                assert_eq!(expected, skip_index.seek(doc), "Doc {}", doc);
-            }
-            assert!(skip_index.seek(last_checkpoint.end_doc).is_none());
-        }
-    }
-
-    use proptest::prelude::*;
-
-    proptest! {
-        #![proptest_config(ProptestConfig::with_cases(20))]
-        #[test]
-        fn test_proptest_skip(checkpoints in monotonic_checkpoints(100)) {
-             let mut skip_index_builder = SkipIndexBuilder::new();
-             for checkpoint in checkpoints.iter().cloned() {
-                 skip_index_builder.insert(checkpoint);
-             }
-             let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-             skip_index_builder.write(&mut buffer).unwrap();
-             let skip_index = SkipIndex::from(OwnedBytes::new(buffer));
-             let iter_checkpoints: Vec<Checkpoint> = skip_index.checkpoints().collect();
-             assert_eq!(&checkpoints[..], &iter_checkpoints[..]);
-             test_skip_index_aux(skip_index, &checkpoints[..]);
-         }
-    }
-}

src/store/index/skip_index.rs

@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-use crate::common::{BinarySerializable, VInt};
-use crate::directory::OwnedBytes;
-use crate::store::index::block::CheckpointBlock;
-use crate::store::index::Checkpoint;
-use crate::DocId;
-
-pub struct LayerCursor<'a> {
-    remaining: &'a [u8],
-    block: CheckpointBlock,
-    cursor: usize,
-}
-
-impl<'a> Iterator for LayerCursor<'a> {
-    type Item = Checkpoint;
-
-    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Checkpoint> {
-        if self.cursor == self.block.len() {
-            if self.remaining.is_empty() {
-                return None;
-            }
-            let (block_mut, remaining_mut) = (&mut self.block, &mut self.remaining);
-            if let Err(_) = block_mut.deserialize(remaining_mut) {
-                return None;
-            }
-            self.cursor = 0;
-        }
-        let res = Some(self.block.get(self.cursor));
-        self.cursor += 1;
-        res
-    }
-}
-
-struct Layer {
-    data: OwnedBytes,
-}
-
-impl Layer {
-    fn cursor<'a>(&'a self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Checkpoint> + 'a {
-        self.cursor_at_offset(0u64)
-    }
-
-    fn cursor_at_offset<'a>(&'a self, start_offset: u64) -> impl Iterator<Item = Checkpoint> + 'a {
-        let data = &self.data.as_slice();
-        LayerCursor {
-            remaining: &data[start_offset as usize..],
-            block: CheckpointBlock::default(),
-            cursor: 0,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn seek_start_at_offset(&self, target: DocId, offset: u64) -> Option<Checkpoint> {
-        self.cursor_at_offset(offset)
-            .filter(|checkpoint| checkpoint.end_doc > target)
-            .next()
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct SkipIndex {
-    layers: Vec<Layer>,
-}
-
-impl SkipIndex {
-    pub(crate) fn checkpoints<'a>(&'a self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Checkpoint> + 'a {
-        self.layers
-            .last()
-            .into_iter()
-            .flat_map(|layer| layer.cursor())
-    }
-
-    pub fn seek(&self, target: DocId) -> Option<Checkpoint> {
-        let first_layer_len = self
-            .layers
-            .first()
-            .map(|layer| layer.data.len() as u64)
-            .unwrap_or(0u64);
-        let mut cur_checkpoint = Checkpoint {
-            start_doc: 0u32,
-            end_doc: 1u32,
-            start_offset: 0u64,
-            end_offset: first_layer_len,
-        };
-        for layer in &self.layers {
-            if let Some(checkpoint) =
-                layer.seek_start_at_offset(target, cur_checkpoint.start_offset)
-            {
-                cur_checkpoint = checkpoint;
-            } else {
-                return None;
-            }
-        }
-        Some(cur_checkpoint)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<OwnedBytes> for SkipIndex {
-    fn from(mut data: OwnedBytes) -> SkipIndex {
-        let offsets: Vec<u64> = Vec::<VInt>::deserialize(&mut data)
-            .unwrap()
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|el| el.0)
-            .collect();
-        let mut start_offset = 0;
-        let mut layers = Vec::new();
-        for end_offset in offsets {
-            layers.push(Layer {
-                data: data.slice(start_offset as usize, end_offset as usize),
-            });
-            start_offset = end_offset;
-        }
-        SkipIndex { layers }
-    }
-}

src/store/index/skip_index_builder.rs

@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-use crate::common::{BinarySerializable, VInt};
-use crate::store::index::block::CheckpointBlock;
-use crate::store::index::{Checkpoint, CHECKPOINT_PERIOD};
-use std::io;
-use std::io::Write;
-
-// Each skip contains iterator over pairs (last doc in block, offset to start of block).
-
-struct LayerBuilder {
-    buffer: Vec<u8>,
-    pub block: CheckpointBlock,
-}
-
-impl LayerBuilder {
-    fn finish(self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        self.buffer
-    }
-
-    fn new() -> LayerBuilder {
-        LayerBuilder {
-            buffer: Vec::new(),
-            block: CheckpointBlock::default(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Serializes the block, and return a checkpoint representing
-    /// the entire block.
-    ///
-    /// If the block was empty to begin with, simply return None.
-    fn flush_block(&mut self) -> Option<Checkpoint> {
-        self.block.doc_interval().map(|(start_doc, end_doc)| {
-            let start_offset = self.buffer.len() as u64;
-            self.block.serialize(&mut self.buffer);
-            let end_offset = self.buffer.len() as u64;
-            self.block.clear();
-            Checkpoint {
-                start_doc,
-                end_doc,
-                start_offset,
-                end_offset,
-            }
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn push(&mut self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) {
-        self.block.push(checkpoint);
-    }
-
-    fn insert(&mut self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) -> Option<Checkpoint> {
-        self.push(checkpoint);
-        let emit_skip_info = (self.block.len() % CHECKPOINT_PERIOD) == 0;
-        if emit_skip_info {
-            self.flush_block()
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct SkipIndexBuilder {
-    layers: Vec<LayerBuilder>,
-}
-
-impl SkipIndexBuilder {
-    pub fn new() -> SkipIndexBuilder {
-        SkipIndexBuilder { layers: Vec::new() }
-    }
-
-    fn get_layer(&mut self, layer_id: usize) -> &mut LayerBuilder {
-        if layer_id == self.layers.len() {
-            let layer_builder = LayerBuilder::new();
-            self.layers.push(layer_builder);
-        }
-        &mut self.layers[layer_id]
-    }
-
-    pub fn insert(&mut self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) {
-        let mut skip_pointer = Some(checkpoint);
-        for layer_id in 0.. {
-            if let Some(checkpoint) = skip_pointer {
-                skip_pointer = self.get_layer(layer_id).insert(checkpoint);
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn write<W: Write>(mut self, output: &mut W) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let mut last_pointer = None;
-        for skip_layer in self.layers.iter_mut() {
-            if let Some(checkpoint) = last_pointer {
-                skip_layer.push(checkpoint);
-            }
-            last_pointer = skip_layer.flush_block();
-        }
-        let layer_buffers: Vec<Vec<u8>> = self
-            .layers
-            .into_iter()
-            .rev()
-            .map(|layer| layer.finish())
-            .collect();
-
-        let mut layer_offset = 0;
-        let mut layer_sizes = Vec::new();
-        for layer_buffer in &layer_buffers {
-            layer_offset += layer_buffer.len() as u64;
-            layer_sizes.push(VInt(layer_offset));
-        }
-        layer_sizes.serialize(output)?;
-        for layer_buffer in layer_buffers {
-            output.write_all(&layer_buffer[..])?;
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}

src/store/mod.rs

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ and should rely on either
 
 !*/
 
-mod index;
 mod reader;
+mod skiplist;
 mod writer;
 pub use self::reader::StoreReader;
 pub use self::writer::StoreWriter;

src/store/reader.rs

@@ -1,91 +1,69 @@
 use super::decompress;
-use super::index::SkipIndex;
+use super::skiplist::SkipList;
 use crate::common::VInt;
 use crate::common::{BinarySerializable, HasLen};
 use crate::directory::{FileSlice, OwnedBytes};
 use crate::schema::Document;
 use crate::space_usage::StoreSpaceUsage;
-use crate::store::index::Checkpoint;
 use crate::DocId;
-use lru::LruCache;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::io;
 use std::mem::size_of;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-
-const LRU_CACHE_CAPACITY: usize = 100;
-
-type Block = Arc<Vec<u8>>;
-
-type BlockCache = Arc<Mutex<LruCache<u64, Block>>>;
 
 /// Reads document off tantivy's [`Store`](./index.html)
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct StoreReader {
     data: FileSlice,
-    cache: BlockCache,
-    cache_hits: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
-    cache_misses: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
-    skip_index: Arc<SkipIndex>,
-    space_usage: StoreSpaceUsage,
+    offset_index_file: OwnedBytes,
+    current_block_offset: RefCell<usize>,
+    current_block: RefCell<Vec<u8>>,
+    max_doc: DocId,
 }
 
 impl StoreReader {
     /// Opens a store reader
+    // TODO rename open
     pub fn open(store_file: FileSlice) -> io::Result<StoreReader> {
-        let (data_file, offset_index_file) = split_file(store_file)?;
-        let index_data = offset_index_file.read_bytes()?;
-        let space_usage = StoreSpaceUsage::new(data_file.len(), offset_index_file.len());
-        let skip_index = SkipIndex::from(index_data);
+        let (data_file, offset_index_file, max_doc) = split_file(store_file)?;
         Ok(StoreReader {
             data: data_file,
-            cache: Arc::new(Mutex::new(LruCache::new(LRU_CACHE_CAPACITY))),
-            cache_hits: Default::default(),
-            cache_misses: Default::default(),
-            skip_index: Arc::new(skip_index),
-            space_usage,
+            offset_index_file: offset_index_file.read_bytes()?,
+            current_block_offset: RefCell::new(usize::max_value()),
+            current_block: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
+            max_doc,
         })
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn block_checkpoints<'a>(&'a self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Checkpoint> + 'a {
-        self.skip_index.checkpoints()
+    pub(crate) fn block_index(&self) -> SkipList<'_, u64> {
+        SkipList::from(self.offset_index_file.as_slice())
     }
 
-    fn block_checkpoint(&self, doc_id: DocId) -> Option<Checkpoint> {
-        self.skip_index.seek(doc_id)
+    fn block_offset(&self, doc_id: DocId) -> (DocId, u64) {
+        self.block_index()
+            .seek(u64::from(doc_id) + 1)
+            .map(|(doc, offset)| (doc as DocId, offset))
+            .unwrap_or((0u32, 0u64))
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn block_data(&self) -> io::Result<OwnedBytes> {
         self.data.read_bytes()
     }
 
-    fn compressed_block(&self, checkpoint: &Checkpoint) -> io::Result<OwnedBytes> {
-        self.data
-            .slice(
-                checkpoint.start_offset as usize,
-                checkpoint.end_offset as usize,
-            )
-            .read_bytes()
+    fn compressed_block(&self, addr: usize) -> io::Result<OwnedBytes> {
+        let (block_len_bytes, block_body) = self.data.slice_from(addr).split(4);
+        let block_len = u32::deserialize(&mut block_len_bytes.read_bytes()?)?;
+        block_body.slice_to(block_len as usize).read_bytes()
     }
 
-    fn read_block(&self, checkpoint: &Checkpoint) -> io::Result<Block> {
-        if let Some(block) = self.cache.lock().unwrap().get(&checkpoint.start_offset) {
-            self.cache_hits.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-            return Ok(block.clone());
+    fn read_block(&self, block_offset: usize) -> io::Result<()> {
+        if block_offset != *self.current_block_offset.borrow() {
+            let mut current_block_mut = self.current_block.borrow_mut();
+            current_block_mut.clear();
+            let compressed_block = self.compressed_block(block_offset)?;
+            decompress(compressed_block.as_slice(), &mut current_block_mut)?;
+            *self.current_block_offset.borrow_mut() = block_offset;
         }
-
-        self.cache_misses.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-
-        let compressed_block = self.compressed_block(checkpoint)?;
-        let mut decompressed_block = vec![];
-        decompress(compressed_block.as_slice(), &mut decompressed_block)?;
-
-        let block = Arc::new(decompressed_block);
-        self.cache
-            .lock()
-            .unwrap()
-            .put(checkpoint.start_offset, block.clone());
-
-        Ok(block)
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Reads a given document.
@@ -96,15 +74,14 @@ impl StoreReader {
     /// It should not be called to score documents
     /// for instance.
     pub fn get(&self, doc_id: DocId) -> crate::Result<Document> {
-        let checkpoint = self.block_checkpoint(doc_id).ok_or_else(|| {
-            crate::TantivyError::InvalidArgument(format!("Failed to lookup Doc #{}.", doc_id))
-        })?;
-        let mut cursor = &self.read_block(&checkpoint)?[..];
-        for _ in checkpoint.start_doc..doc_id {
+        let (first_doc_id, block_offset) = self.block_offset(doc_id);
+        self.read_block(block_offset as usize)?;
+        let current_block_mut = self.current_block.borrow_mut();
+        let mut cursor = &current_block_mut[..];
+        for _ in first_doc_id..doc_id {
             let doc_length = VInt::deserialize(&mut cursor)?.val() as usize;
             cursor = &cursor[doc_length..];
         }
-
         let doc_length = VInt::deserialize(&mut cursor)?.val() as usize;
         cursor = &cursor[..doc_length];
         Ok(Document::deserialize(&mut cursor)?)
@@ -112,93 +89,21 @@ impl StoreReader {
 
     /// Summarize total space usage of this store reader.
     pub fn space_usage(&self) -> StoreSpaceUsage {
-        self.space_usage.clone()
+        StoreSpaceUsage::new(self.data.len(), self.offset_index_file.len())
     }
 }
 
-fn split_file(data: FileSlice) -> io::Result<(FileSlice, FileSlice)> {
-    let (data, footer_len_bytes) = data.split_from_end(size_of::<u64>());
-    let serialized_offset: OwnedBytes = footer_len_bytes.read_bytes()?;
+fn split_file(data: FileSlice) -> io::Result<(FileSlice, FileSlice, DocId)> {
+    let data_len = data.len();
+    let footer_offset = data_len - size_of::<u64>() - size_of::<u32>();
+    let serialized_offset: OwnedBytes = data.slice(footer_offset, data_len).read_bytes()?;
     let mut serialized_offset_buf = serialized_offset.as_slice();
-    let offset = u64::deserialize(&mut serialized_offset_buf)? as usize;
-    Ok(data.split(offset))
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use crate::schema::Document;
-    use crate::schema::Field;
-    use crate::{directory::RAMDirectory, store::tests::write_lorem_ipsum_store, Directory};
-    use std::path::Path;
-
-    fn get_text_field<'a>(doc: &'a Document, field: &'a Field) -> Option<&'a str> {
-        doc.get_first(*field).and_then(|f| f.text())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_store_lru_cache() -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let directory = RAMDirectory::create();
-        let path = Path::new("store");
-        let writer = directory.open_write(path)?;
-        let schema = write_lorem_ipsum_store(writer, 500);
-        let title = schema.get_field("title").unwrap();
-        let store_file = directory.open_read(path)?;
-        let store = StoreReader::open(store_file)?;
-
-        assert_eq!(store.cache.lock().unwrap().len(), 0);
-        assert_eq!(store.cache_hits.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-        assert_eq!(store.cache_misses.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-
-        let doc = store.get(0)?;
-        assert_eq!(get_text_field(&doc, &title), Some("Doc 0"));
-
-        assert_eq!(store.cache.lock().unwrap().len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(store.cache_hits.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-        assert_eq!(store.cache_misses.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-        assert_eq!(
-            store
-                .cache
-                .lock()
-                .unwrap()
-                .peek_lru()
-                .map(|(&k, _)| k as usize),
-            Some(0)
-        );
-
-        let doc = store.get(499)?;
-        assert_eq!(get_text_field(&doc, &title), Some("Doc 499"));
-
-        assert_eq!(store.cache.lock().unwrap().len(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(store.cache_hits.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-        assert_eq!(store.cache_misses.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            store
-                .cache
-                .lock()
-                .unwrap()
-                .peek_lru()
-                .map(|(&k, _)| k as usize),
-            Some(0)
-        );
-
-        let doc = store.get(0)?;
-        assert_eq!(get_text_field(&doc, &title), Some("Doc 0"));
-
-        assert_eq!(store.cache.lock().unwrap().len(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(store.cache_hits.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-        assert_eq!(store.cache_misses.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
-        assert_eq!(
-            store
-                .cache
-                .lock()
-                .unwrap()
-                .peek_lru()
-                .map(|(&k, _)| k as usize),
-            Some(18806)
-        );
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
+    let offset = u64::deserialize(&mut serialized_offset_buf)?;
+    let offset = offset as usize;
+    let max_doc = u32::deserialize(&mut serialized_offset_buf)?;
+    Ok((
+        data.slice(0, offset),
+        data.slice(offset, footer_offset),
+        max_doc,
+    ))
 }

src/store/skiplist/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
+mod skiplist;
+mod skiplist_builder;
+
+pub use self::skiplist::SkipList;
+pub use self::skiplist_builder::SkipListBuilder;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+    use super::{SkipList, SkipListBuilder};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist() {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<u32> = SkipListBuilder::new(8);
+        skip_list_builder.insert(2, &3).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        let mut skip_list: SkipList<'_, u32> = SkipList::from(output.as_slice());
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next(), Some((2, 3)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist2() {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<u32> = SkipListBuilder::new(8);
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        let mut skip_list: SkipList<'_, u32> = SkipList::from(output.as_slice());
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next(), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist3() {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<()> = SkipListBuilder::new(2);
+        skip_list_builder.insert(2, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(3, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(5, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(7, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(9, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        let mut skip_list: SkipList<'_, ()> = SkipList::from(output.as_slice());
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (2, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (3, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (5, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (7, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (9, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next(), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist4() {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<()> = SkipListBuilder::new(2);
+        skip_list_builder.insert(2, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(3, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(5, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(7, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(9, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        let mut skip_list: SkipList<'_, ()> = SkipList::from(output.as_slice());
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (2, ()));
+        skip_list.seek(5);
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (5, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (7, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (9, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next(), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist5() {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<()> = SkipListBuilder::new(4);
+        skip_list_builder.insert(2, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(3, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(5, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(6, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        let mut skip_list: SkipList<'_, ()> = SkipList::from(output.as_slice());
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (2, ()));
+        skip_list.seek(6);
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (6, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next(), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist6() {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<()> = SkipListBuilder::new(2);
+        skip_list_builder.insert(2, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(3, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(5, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(7, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.insert(9, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        let mut skip_list: SkipList<'_, ()> = SkipList::from(output.as_slice());
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (2, ()));
+        skip_list.seek(10);
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next(), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist7() {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<()> = SkipListBuilder::new(4);
+        for i in 0..1000 {
+            skip_list_builder.insert(i, &()).unwrap();
+        }
+        skip_list_builder.insert(1004, &()).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        let mut skip_list: SkipList<'_, ()> = SkipList::from(output.as_slice());
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (0, ()));
+        skip_list.seek(431);
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (431, ()));
+        skip_list.seek(1003);
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next().unwrap(), (1004, ()));
+        assert_eq!(skip_list.next(), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist8() {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<u64> = SkipListBuilder::new(8);
+        skip_list_builder.insert(2, &3).unwrap();
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(output.len(), 11);
+        assert_eq!(output[0], 1u8 + 128u8);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist9() {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<u64> = SkipListBuilder::new(4);
+        for i in 0..4 * 4 * 4 {
+            skip_list_builder.insert(i, &i).unwrap();
+        }
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(output.len(), 774);
+        assert_eq!(output[0], 4u8 + 128u8);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist10() {
+        // checking that void gets serialized to nothing.
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<()> = SkipListBuilder::new(4);
+        for i in 0..((4 * 4 * 4) - 1) {
+            skip_list_builder.insert(i, &()).unwrap();
+        }
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(output.len(), 230);
+        assert_eq!(output[0], 128u8 + 3u8);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skiplist11() {
+        // checking that void gets serialized to nothing.
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let mut skip_list_builder: SkipListBuilder<()> = SkipListBuilder::new(4);
+        for i in 0..(4 * 4) {
+            skip_list_builder.insert(i, &()).unwrap();
+        }
+        skip_list_builder.write::<Vec<u8>>(&mut output).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(output.len(), 65);
+        assert_eq!(output[0], 128u8 + 3u8);
+    }
+}

src/store/skiplist/skiplist.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+use crate::common::{BinarySerializable, VInt};
+use std::cmp::max;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+static EMPTY: [u8; 0] = [];
+
+struct Layer<'a, T> {
+    data: &'a [u8],
+    cursor: &'a [u8],
+    next_id: Option<u64>,
+    _phantom_: PhantomData<T>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: BinarySerializable> Iterator for Layer<'a, T> {
+    type Item = (u64, T);
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(u64, T)> {
+        if let Some(cur_id) = self.next_id {
+            let cur_val = T::deserialize(&mut self.cursor).unwrap();
+            self.next_id = VInt::deserialize_u64(&mut self.cursor).ok();
+            Some((cur_id, cur_val))
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: BinarySerializable> From<&'a [u8]> for Layer<'a, T> {
+    fn from(data: &'a [u8]) -> Layer<'a, T> {
+        let mut cursor = data;
+        let next_id = VInt::deserialize_u64(&mut cursor).ok();
+        Layer {
+            data,
+            cursor,
+            next_id,
+            _phantom_: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: BinarySerializable> Layer<'a, T> {
+    fn empty() -> Layer<'a, T> {
+        Layer {
+            data: &EMPTY,
+            cursor: &EMPTY,
+            next_id: None,
+            _phantom_: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn seek_offset(&mut self, offset: usize) {
+        self.cursor = &self.data[offset..];
+        self.next_id = VInt::deserialize_u64(&mut self.cursor).ok();
+    }
+
+    // Returns the last element (key, val)
+    // such that (key < doc_id)
+    //
+    // If there is no such element anymore,
+    // returns None.
+    //
+    // If the element exists, it will be returned
+    // at the next call to `.next()`.
+    fn seek(&mut self, key: u64) -> Option<(u64, T)> {
+        let mut result: Option<(u64, T)> = None;
+        loop {
+            if let Some(next_id) = self.next_id {
+                if next_id < key {
+                    if let Some(v) = self.next() {
+                        result = Some(v);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct SkipList<'a, T: BinarySerializable> {
+    data_layer: Layer<'a, T>,
+    skip_layers: Vec<Layer<'a, u64>>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: BinarySerializable> Iterator for SkipList<'a, T> {
+    type Item = (u64, T);
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(u64, T)> {
+        self.data_layer.next()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: BinarySerializable> SkipList<'a, T> {
+    pub fn seek(&mut self, key: u64) -> Option<(u64, T)> {
+        let mut next_layer_skip: Option<(u64, u64)> = None;
+        for skip_layer in &mut self.skip_layers {
+            if let Some((_, offset)) = next_layer_skip {
+                skip_layer.seek_offset(offset as usize);
+            }
+            next_layer_skip = skip_layer.seek(key);
+        }
+        if let Some((_, offset)) = next_layer_skip {
+            self.data_layer.seek_offset(offset as usize);
+        }
+        self.data_layer.seek(key)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: BinarySerializable> From<&'a [u8]> for SkipList<'a, T> {
+    fn from(mut data: &'a [u8]) -> SkipList<'a, T> {
+        let offsets: Vec<u64> = Vec::<VInt>::deserialize(&mut data)
+            .unwrap()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|el| el.0)
+            .collect();
+        let num_layers = offsets.len();
+        let layers_data: &[u8] = data;
+        let data_layer: Layer<'a, T> = if num_layers == 0 {
+            Layer::empty()
+        } else {
+            let first_layer_data: &[u8] = &layers_data[..offsets[0] as usize];
+            Layer::from(first_layer_data)
+        };
+        let skip_layers = (0..max(1, num_layers) - 1)
+            .map(|i| (offsets[i] as usize, offsets[i + 1] as usize))
+            .map(|(start, stop)| Layer::from(&layers_data[start..stop]))
+            .collect();
+        SkipList {
+            skip_layers,
+            data_layer,
+        }
+    }
+}

src/store/skiplist/skiplist_builder.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+use crate::common::{is_power_of_2, BinarySerializable, VInt};
+use std::io;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+struct LayerBuilder<T: BinarySerializable> {
+    period_mask: usize,
+    buffer: Vec<u8>,
+    len: usize,
+    _phantom_: PhantomData<T>,
+}
+
+impl<T: BinarySerializable> LayerBuilder<T> {
+    fn written_size(&self) -> usize {
+        self.buffer.len()
+    }
+
+    fn write(&self, output: &mut dyn Write) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        output.write_all(&self.buffer)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn with_period(period: usize) -> LayerBuilder<T> {
+        assert!(is_power_of_2(period), "The period has to be a power of 2.");
+        LayerBuilder {
+            period_mask: (period - 1),
+            buffer: Vec::new(),
+            len: 0,
+            _phantom_: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn insert(&mut self, key: u64, value: &T) -> io::Result<Option<(u64, u64)>> {
+        self.len += 1;
+        let offset = self.written_size() as u64;
+        VInt(key).serialize_into_vec(&mut self.buffer);
+        value.serialize(&mut self.buffer)?;
+        let emit_skip_info = (self.period_mask & self.len) == 0;
+        if emit_skip_info {
+            Ok(Some((key, offset)))
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct SkipListBuilder<T: BinarySerializable> {
+    period: usize,
+    data_layer: LayerBuilder<T>,
+    skip_layers: Vec<LayerBuilder<u64>>,
+}
+
+impl<T: BinarySerializable> SkipListBuilder<T> {
+    pub fn new(period: usize) -> SkipListBuilder<T> {
+        SkipListBuilder {
+            period,
+            data_layer: LayerBuilder::with_period(period),
+            skip_layers: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get_skip_layer(&mut self, layer_id: usize) -> &mut LayerBuilder<u64> {
+        if layer_id == self.skip_layers.len() {
+            let layer_builder = LayerBuilder::with_period(self.period);
+            self.skip_layers.push(layer_builder);
+        }
+        &mut self.skip_layers[layer_id]
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, key: u64, dest: &T) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let mut skip_pointer = self.data_layer.insert(key, dest)?;
+        for layer_id in 0.. {
+            if let Some((skip_doc_id, skip_offset)) = skip_pointer {
+                skip_pointer = self
+                    .get_skip_layer(layer_id)
+                    .insert(skip_doc_id, &skip_offset)?;
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn write<W: Write>(self, output: &mut W) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let mut size: u64 = self.data_layer.buffer.len() as u64;
+        let mut layer_sizes = vec![VInt(size)];
+        for layer in self.skip_layers.iter().rev() {
+            size += layer.buffer.len() as u64;
+            layer_sizes.push(VInt(size));
+        }
+        layer_sizes.serialize(output)?;
+        self.data_layer.write(output)?;
+        for layer in self.skip_layers.iter().rev() {
+            layer.write(output)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}

src/store/writer.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 use super::compress;
-use super::index::SkipIndexBuilder;
+use super::skiplist::SkipListBuilder;
 use super::StoreReader;
 use crate::common::CountingWriter;
 use crate::common::{BinarySerializable, VInt};
 use crate::directory::TerminatingWrite;
 use crate::directory::WritePtr;
 use crate::schema::Document;
-use crate::store::index::Checkpoint;
 use crate::DocId;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@ const BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 16_384;
 ///
 pub struct StoreWriter {
     doc: DocId,
-    first_doc_in_block: DocId,
-    offset_index_writer: SkipIndexBuilder,
+    offset_index_writer: SkipListBuilder<u64>,
     writer: CountingWriter<WritePtr>,
     intermediary_buffer: Vec<u8>,
     current_block: Vec<u8>,
@@ -37,8 +35,7 @@ impl StoreWriter {
     pub fn new(writer: WritePtr) -> StoreWriter {
         StoreWriter {
             doc: 0,
-            first_doc_in_block: 0,
-            offset_index_writer: SkipIndexBuilder::new(),
+            offset_index_writer: SkipListBuilder::new(4),
             writer: CountingWriter::wrap(writer),
             intermediary_buffer: Vec::new(),
             current_block: Vec::new(),
@@ -71,9 +68,11 @@ impl StoreWriter {
     pub fn stack(&mut self, store_reader: &StoreReader) -> io::Result<()> {
         if !self.current_block.is_empty() {
             self.write_and_compress_block()?;
+            self.offset_index_writer
+                .insert(u64::from(self.doc), &(self.writer.written_bytes() as u64))?;
         }
-        let doc_shift = self.doc;
-        let start_shift = self.writer.written_bytes() as u64;
+        let doc_offset = self.doc;
+        let start_offset = self.writer.written_bytes() as u64;
 
         // just bulk write all of the block of the given reader.
         self.writer
@@ -81,33 +80,22 @@ impl StoreWriter {
 
         // concatenate the index of the `store_reader`, after translating
         // its start doc id and its start file offset.
-        for mut checkpoint in store_reader.block_checkpoints() {
-            checkpoint.start_doc += doc_shift;
-            checkpoint.end_doc += doc_shift;
-            checkpoint.start_offset += start_shift;
-            checkpoint.end_offset += start_shift;
-            self.offset_index_writer.insert(checkpoint);
-            self.doc = checkpoint.end_doc;
+        for (next_doc_id, block_addr) in store_reader.block_index() {
+            self.doc = doc_offset + next_doc_id as u32;
+            self.offset_index_writer
+                .insert(u64::from(self.doc), &(start_offset + block_addr))?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
 
     fn write_and_compress_block(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        assert!(self.doc > 0);
         self.intermediary_buffer.clear();
         compress(&self.current_block[..], &mut self.intermediary_buffer)?;
-        let start_offset = self.writer.written_bytes();
+        (self.intermediary_buffer.len() as u32).serialize(&mut self.writer)?;
         self.writer.write_all(&self.intermediary_buffer)?;
-        let end_offset = self.writer.written_bytes();
-        let end_doc = self.doc;
-        self.offset_index_writer.insert(Checkpoint {
-            start_doc: self.first_doc_in_block,
-            end_doc,
-            start_offset,
-            end_offset,
-        });
+        self.offset_index_writer
+            .insert(u64::from(self.doc), &(self.writer.written_bytes() as u64))?;
         self.current_block.clear();
-        self.first_doc_in_block = self.doc;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -122,6 +110,7 @@ impl StoreWriter {
         let header_offset: u64 = self.writer.written_bytes() as u64;
         self.offset_index_writer.write(&mut self.writer)?;
         header_offset.serialize(&mut self.writer)?;
+        self.doc.serialize(&mut self.writer)?;
         self.writer.terminate()
     }
 }

src/termdict/merger.rs

@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ impl<'a> TermMerger<'a> {
 
     pub(crate) fn matching_segments<'b: 'a>(
         &'b self,
-    ) -> impl 'b + Iterator<Item = (usize, TermOrdinal)> {
-        self.current_streamers
-            .iter()
-            .map(|heap_item| (heap_item.segment_ord, heap_item.streamer.term_ord()))
+    ) -> Box<dyn 'b + Iterator<Item = (usize, TermOrdinal)>> {
+        Box::new(
+            self.current_streamers
+                .iter()
+                .map(|heap_item| (heap_item.segment_ord, heap_item.streamer.term_ord())),
+        )
     }
 
     fn advance_segments(&mut self) {

src/termdict/mod.rs

@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@ mod tests {
 
     const BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 1_500;
 
-    fn make_term_info(term_ord: u64) -> TermInfo {
-        let offset = |term_ord: u64| term_ord * 100 + term_ord * term_ord;
+    fn make_term_info(val: u64) -> TermInfo {
         TermInfo {
-            doc_freq: term_ord as u32,
-            postings_start_offset: offset(term_ord),
-            postings_stop_offset: offset(term_ord + 1),
-            positions_idx: offset(term_ord) * 2u64,
+            doc_freq: val as u32,
+            positions_idx: val * 2u64,
+            postings_offset: val * 3u64,
         }
     }
 
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ mod tests {
             // term requires more than 16bits
             term_dictionary_builder.insert("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy", &make_term_info(1))?;
             term_dictionary_builder.insert("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", &make_term_info(2))?;
-            term_dictionary_builder.insert("abr", &make_term_info(3))?;
+            term_dictionary_builder.insert("abr", &make_term_info(2))?;
             term_dictionary_builder.finish()?
         };
         let term_dict_file = FileSlice::from(buffer);
@@ -213,7 +211,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(kv_stream.value(), &make_term_info(2));
         assert!(kv_stream.advance());
         assert_eq!(kv_stream.key(), "abr".as_bytes());
-        assert_eq!(kv_stream.value(), &make_term_info(3));
         assert!(!kv_stream.advance());
         Ok(())
     }

src/termdict/term_info_store.rs

@@ -55,32 +55,22 @@ impl TermInfoBlockMeta {
         self.doc_freq_nbits + self.postings_offset_nbits + self.positions_idx_nbits
     }
 
-    // Here inner_offset is the offset within the block, WITHOUT the first term_info.
-    // In other word, term_info #1,#2,#3 gets inner_offset 0,1,2... While term_info #0
-    // is encoded without bitpacking.
     fn deserialize_term_info(&self, data: &[u8], inner_offset: usize) -> TermInfo {
-        assert!(inner_offset < BLOCK_LEN - 1);
         let num_bits = self.num_bits() as usize;
+        let mut cursor = num_bits * inner_offset;
 
-        let posting_start_addr = num_bits * inner_offset;
-        // the stop offset is the start offset of the next term info.
-        let posting_stop_addr = posting_start_addr + num_bits;
-        let doc_freq_addr = posting_start_addr + self.postings_offset_nbits as usize;
-        let positions_idx_addr = doc_freq_addr + self.doc_freq_nbits as usize;
+        let doc_freq = extract_bits(data, cursor, self.doc_freq_nbits) as u32;
+        cursor += self.doc_freq_nbits as usize;
 
-        let postings_start_offset = self.ref_term_info.postings_start_offset
-            + extract_bits(data, posting_start_addr, self.postings_offset_nbits);
-        let postings_stop_offset = self.ref_term_info.postings_start_offset
-            + extract_bits(data, posting_stop_addr, self.postings_offset_nbits);
-        let doc_freq = extract_bits(data, doc_freq_addr, self.doc_freq_nbits) as u32;
-        let positions_idx = self.ref_term_info.positions_idx
-            + extract_bits(data, positions_idx_addr, self.positions_idx_nbits);
+        let postings_offset = extract_bits(data, cursor, self.postings_offset_nbits);
+        cursor += self.postings_offset_nbits as usize;
+
+        let positions_idx = extract_bits(data, cursor, self.positions_idx_nbits);
 
         TermInfo {
             doc_freq,
-            postings_start_offset,
-            postings_stop_offset,
-            positions_idx,
+            postings_offset: postings_offset + self.ref_term_info.postings_offset,
+            positions_idx: positions_idx + self.ref_term_info.positions_idx,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -162,17 +152,16 @@ fn bitpack_serialize<W: Write>(
     term_info_block_meta: &TermInfoBlockMeta,
     term_info: &TermInfo,
 ) -> io::Result<()> {
-    bit_packer.write(
-        term_info.postings_start_offset,
-        term_info_block_meta.postings_offset_nbits,
-        write,
-    )?;
     bit_packer.write(
         u64::from(term_info.doc_freq),
         term_info_block_meta.doc_freq_nbits,
         write,
     )?;
-
+    bit_packer.write(
+        term_info.postings_offset,
+        term_info_block_meta.postings_offset_nbits,
+        write,
+    )?;
     bit_packer.write(
         term_info.positions_idx,
         term_info_block_meta.positions_idx_nbits,
@@ -192,27 +181,23 @@ impl TermInfoStoreWriter {
     }
 
     fn flush_block(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        if self.term_infos.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         let mut bit_packer = BitPacker::new();
         let ref_term_info = self.term_infos[0].clone();
-
-        let last_term_info = if let Some(last_term_info) = self.term_infos.last().cloned() {
-            last_term_info
-        } else {
-            return Ok(());
-        };
-        let postings_stop_offset =
-            last_term_info.postings_stop_offset - ref_term_info.postings_start_offset;
         for term_info in &mut self.term_infos[1..] {
-            term_info.postings_start_offset -= ref_term_info.postings_start_offset;
+            term_info.postings_offset -= ref_term_info.postings_offset;
             term_info.positions_idx -= ref_term_info.positions_idx;
         }
 
         let mut max_doc_freq: u32 = 0u32;
-        let max_postings_offset: u64 = postings_stop_offset;
-        let max_positions_idx: u64 = last_term_info.positions_idx;
-
+        let mut max_postings_offset: u64 = 0u64;
+        let mut max_positions_idx: u64 = 0u64;
         for term_info in &self.term_infos[1..] {
             max_doc_freq = cmp::max(max_doc_freq, term_info.doc_freq);
+            max_postings_offset = cmp::max(max_postings_offset, term_info.postings_offset);
+            max_positions_idx = cmp::max(max_positions_idx, term_info.positions_idx);
         }
 
         let max_doc_freq_nbits: u8 = compute_num_bits(u64::from(max_doc_freq));
@@ -237,12 +222,6 @@ impl TermInfoStoreWriter {
             )?;
         }
 
-        bit_packer.write(
-            postings_stop_offset,
-            term_info_block_meta.postings_offset_nbits,
-            &mut self.buffer_term_infos,
-        )?;
-
         // Block need end up at the end of a byte.
         bit_packer.flush(&mut self.buffer_term_infos)?;
         self.term_infos.clear();
@@ -251,7 +230,6 @@ impl TermInfoStoreWriter {
     }
 
     pub fn write_term_info(&mut self, term_info: &TermInfo) -> io::Result<()> {
-        assert!(term_info.postings_stop_offset >= term_info.postings_start_offset);
         self.num_terms += 1u64;
         self.term_infos.push(term_info.clone());
         if self.term_infos.len() >= BLOCK_LEN {
@@ -311,11 +289,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_term_info_block_meta_serialization() {
         let term_info_block_meta = TermInfoBlockMeta {
-            offset: 2009u64,
+            offset: 2009,
             ref_term_info: TermInfo {
                 doc_freq: 512,
-                postings_start_offset: 51,
-                postings_stop_offset: 57u64,
+                postings_offset: 51,
                 positions_idx: 3584,
             },
             doc_freq_nbits: 10,
@@ -333,12 +310,10 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_pack() -> crate::Result<()> {
         let mut store_writer = TermInfoStoreWriter::new();
         let mut term_infos = vec![];
-        let offset = |i| (i * 13 + i * i) as u64;
         for i in 0..1000 {
             let term_info = TermInfo {
                 doc_freq: i as u32,
-                postings_start_offset: offset(i),
-                postings_stop_offset: offset(i + 1),
+                postings_offset: (i / 10) as u64,
                 positions_idx: (i * 7) as u64,
             };
             store_writer.write_term_info(&term_info)?;
@@ -348,12 +323,7 @@ mod tests {
         store_writer.serialize(&mut buffer)?;
         let term_info_store = TermInfoStore::open(FileSlice::from(buffer))?;
         for i in 0..1000 {
-            assert_eq!(
-                term_info_store.get(i as u64),
-                term_infos[i],
-                "term info {}",
-                i
-            );
+            assert_eq!(term_info_store.get(i as u64), term_infos[i]);
         }
         Ok(())
     }

tests/failpoints/mod.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fn test_failpoints_managed_directory_gc_if_delete_fails() {
         .unwrap()
         .terminate()
         .unwrap();
-    assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path).unwrap());
+    assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path));
     // triggering gc and setting the delete operation to fail.
     //
     // We are checking that the gc operation is not removing the
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ fn test_failpoints_managed_directory_gc_if_delete_fails() {
     // lock file.
     fail::cfg("RAMDirectory::delete", "1*off->1*return").unwrap();
     assert!(managed_directory.garbage_collect(Default::default).is_ok());
-    assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path).unwrap());
+    assert!(managed_directory.exists(test_path));
 
     // running the gc a second time should remove the file.
     assert!(managed_directory.garbage_collect(Default::default).is_ok());
     assert!(
-        !managed_directory.exists(test_path).unwrap(),
+        !managed_directory.exists(test_path),
         "The file should have been deleted"
     );
 }