WIP Reduce fetch phase heap consumption #127386
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WIP because even though this passes tests in its current form, it's a little flimsy :) I'll open a dependency for hardening the
RecyclerBytesStream
toReleasableBytesReference
transition to be merged before this one. For now I'd just like to get a CI run out of it :)This cuts the peak heap consumption for handling large fetch results by up to 50% by avoiding having all results as well as their serialized for on heap at the same time. A follow up can take this to its logical conclusion and pass the network buffer straight down into the actual fetch execution, avoiding the need to even allocate
SearchHits
in the first place or if taken yet another step further, it could even go as far as avoiding the need to allocate the individual hits in full.