MB-72690: Fixed issue where meta file reader was nil (#2372)

Likith101 · web-flow · commit 10c5afcd32cf · 2026-07-06T20:31:02.000+05:30
- meta file reader is expected to never be nil. Fixed unhandled case of
opening older segments
diff --git a/index_meta.go b/index_meta.go
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ func openIndexMeta(path string) (*indexMeta, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, ErrorIndexMetaCorrupt
 		}
+	} else {
+		fileReader, err = util.NewFileReader("", []byte(indexMetaPath))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 	im.fileReader = fileReader
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ func openIndexMeta(path string) (*indexMeta, error) {`
`114`	`114`	`if err != nil {`
`115`	`115`	`return nil, ErrorIndexMetaCorrupt`
`116`	`116`	`}`
	`117`	`+ } else {`
	`118`	`+ fileReader, err = util.NewFileReader("", []byte(indexMetaPath))`
	`119`	`+ if err != nil {`
	`120`	`+ return nil, err`
	`121`	`+ }`
`117`	`122`	`}`
`118`	`123`	`im.fileReader = fileReader`
`119`	`124`