diff --git a/lucene/backward-codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50CompoundFormat.java b/lucene/backward-codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50CompoundFormat.java
index d473efa14a4..ca697b2948b 100644
--- a/lucene/backward-codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50CompoundFormat.java
+++ b/lucene/backward-codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50CompoundFormat.java
@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@ public final class Lucene50CompoundFormat extends CompoundFormat {
   public Lucene50CompoundFormat() {}
 
   @Override
-  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context)
-      throws IOException {
-    return new Lucene50CompoundReader(dir, si, context);
+  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si) throws IOException {
+    return new Lucene50CompoundReader(dir, si);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/lucene/backward-codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50CompoundReader.java b/lucene/backward-codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50CompoundReader.java
index d833ba7b342..8083a2de7d3 100644
--- a/lucene/backward-codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50CompoundReader.java
+++ b/lucene/backward-codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50CompoundReader.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.store.ChecksumIndexInput;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IOContext;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
+import org.apache.lucene.store.ReadAdvice;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.CollectionUtil;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.IOUtils;
 
@@ -57,8 +58,7 @@ final class Lucene50CompoundReader extends CompoundDirectory {
   /** Create a new CompoundFileDirectory. */
   // TODO: we should just pre-strip "entries" and append segment name up-front like simpletext?
   // this need not be a "general purpose" directory anymore (it only writes index files)
-  public Lucene50CompoundReader(Directory directory, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context)
-      throws IOException {
+  public Lucene50CompoundReader(Directory directory, SegmentInfo si) throws IOException {
     this.directory = directory;
     this.segmentName = si.name;
     String dataFileName =
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ final class Lucene50CompoundReader extends CompoundDirectory {
     }
     expectedLength += CodecUtil.footerLength();
 
-    handle = directory.openInput(dataFileName, context);
+    handle = directory.openInput(dataFileName, IOContext.DEFAULT.withReadAdvice(ReadAdvice.NORMAL));
     // DirectoryUtil.openInput(directory, dataFileName, context);
     try {
       CodecUtil.checkIndexHeader(
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ final class Lucene50CompoundReader extends CompoundDirectory {
               + entries.keySet()
               + ")");
     }
-    return handle.slice(name, entry.offset, entry.length);
+    return handle.slice(name, entry.offset, entry.length, context.readAdvice());
   }
 
   /** Returns an array of strings, one for each file in the directory. */
diff --git a/lucene/backward-codecs/src/test/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50RWCompoundFormat.java b/lucene/backward-codecs/src/test/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50RWCompoundFormat.java
index 2817b19828d..cfd269d9ddd 100644
--- a/lucene/backward-codecs/src/test/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50RWCompoundFormat.java
+++ b/lucene/backward-codecs/src/test/org/apache/lucene/backward_codecs/lucene50/Lucene50RWCompoundFormat.java
@@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ public final class Lucene50RWCompoundFormat extends CompoundFormat {
   public Lucene50RWCompoundFormat() {}
 
   @Override
-  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context)
-      throws IOException {
-    return new Lucene50CompoundReader(dir, si, context);
+  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si) throws IOException {
+    return new Lucene50CompoundReader(dir, si);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextCompoundFormat.java b/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextCompoundFormat.java
index bfb5888a56b..8cb48e36919 100644
--- a/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextCompoundFormat.java
+++ b/lucene/codecs/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/simpletext/SimpleTextCompoundFormat.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IOContext;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexOutput;
+import org.apache.lucene.store.ReadAdvice;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRefBuilder;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.StringHelper;
@@ -52,10 +53,10 @@ public class SimpleTextCompoundFormat extends CompoundFormat {
   public SimpleTextCompoundFormat() {}
 
   @Override
-  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context)
-      throws IOException {
+  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si) throws IOException {
     String dataFile = IndexFileNames.segmentFileName(si.name, "", DATA_EXTENSION);
-    final IndexInput in = dir.openInput(dataFile, context);
+    final IndexInput in =
+        dir.openInput(dataFile, IOContext.DEFAULT.withReadAdvice(ReadAdvice.NORMAL));
 
     BytesRefBuilder scratch = new BytesRefBuilder();
 
@@ -135,7 +136,11 @@ public class SimpleTextCompoundFormat extends CompoundFormat {
       public IndexInput openInput(String name, IOContext context) throws IOException {
         ensureOpen();
         int index = getIndex(name);
-        return in.slice(name, startOffsets[index], endOffsets[index] - startOffsets[index]);
+        return in.slice(
+            name,
+            startOffsets[index],
+            endOffsets[index] - startOffsets[index],
+            context.readAdvice());
       }
 
       @Override
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/CompoundFormat.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/CompoundFormat.java
index 371e192887b..6a7e75f267e 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/CompoundFormat.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/CompoundFormat.java
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ public abstract class CompoundFormat {
   // we can add 'producer' classes.
 
   /** Returns a Directory view (read-only) for the compound files in this segment */
-  public abstract CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(
-      Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context) throws IOException;
+  public abstract CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si)
+      throws IOException;
 
   /**
    * Packs the provided segment's files into a compound format. All files referenced by the provided
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90CompoundFormat.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90CompoundFormat.java
index fd9ec5f9c28..80b98e0a4c5 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90CompoundFormat.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90CompoundFormat.java
@@ -82,9 +82,8 @@ public final class Lucene90CompoundFormat extends CompoundFormat {
   public Lucene90CompoundFormat() {}
 
   @Override
-  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context)
-      throws IOException {
-    return new Lucene90CompoundReader(dir, si, context);
+  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si) throws IOException {
+    return new Lucene90CompoundReader(dir, si);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90CompoundReader.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90CompoundReader.java
index ee9c9ae40fa..8f6211bc959 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90CompoundReader.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90CompoundReader.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.store.ChecksumIndexInput;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IOContext;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
+import org.apache.lucene.store.ReadAdvice;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.CollectionUtil;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.IOUtils;
 
@@ -56,8 +57,7 @@ final class Lucene90CompoundReader extends CompoundDirectory {
   /** Create a new CompoundFileDirectory. */
   // TODO: we should just pre-strip "entries" and append segment name up-front like simpletext?
   // this need not be a "general purpose" directory anymore (it only writes index files)
-  public Lucene90CompoundReader(Directory directory, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context)
-      throws IOException {
+  public Lucene90CompoundReader(Directory directory, SegmentInfo si) throws IOException {
     this.directory = directory;
     this.segmentName = si.name;
     String dataFileName =
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ final class Lucene90CompoundReader extends CompoundDirectory {
                 .orElseGet(() -> CodecUtil.indexHeaderLength(Lucene90CompoundFormat.DATA_CODEC, ""))
             + CodecUtil.footerLength();
 
-    handle = directory.openInput(dataFileName, context);
+    handle = directory.openInput(dataFileName, IOContext.DEFAULT.withReadAdvice(ReadAdvice.NORMAL));
     try {
       CodecUtil.checkIndexHeader(
           handle, Lucene90CompoundFormat.DATA_CODEC, version, version, si.getId(), "");
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ final class Lucene90CompoundReader extends CompoundDirectory {
               + entries.keySet()
               + ")");
     }
-    return handle.slice(name, entry.offset, entry.length);
+    return handle.slice(name, entry.offset, entry.length, context.readAdvice());
   }
 
   /** Returns an array of strings, one for each file in the directory. */
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
index def9ef06fce..346da8a907e 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
@@ -1255,8 +1255,7 @@ public class IndexWriter
       return reader.read(si.info.dir, si.info, segmentSuffix, IOContext.READONCE);
     } else if (si.info.getUseCompoundFile()) {
       // cfs
-      try (Directory cfs =
-          codec.compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(si.info.dir, si.info, IOContext.DEFAULT)) {
+      try (Directory cfs = codec.compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(si.info.dir, si.info)) {
         return reader.read(cfs, si.info, "", IOContext.READONCE);
       }
     } else {
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/PendingSoftDeletes.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/PendingSoftDeletes.java
index 4147493353b..63c021660c7 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/PendingSoftDeletes.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/PendingSoftDeletes.java
@@ -226,12 +226,7 @@ final class PendingSoftDeletes extends PendingDeletes {
       // updates always outside of CFS
       Closeable toClose;
       if (segInfo.getUseCompoundFile()) {
-        toClose =
-            dir =
-                segInfo
-                    .getCodec()
-                    .compoundFormat()
-                    .getCompoundReader(segInfo.dir, segInfo, IOContext.READONCE);
+        toClose = dir = segInfo.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(segInfo.dir, segInfo);
       } else {
         toClose = null;
         dir = segInfo.dir;
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentCoreReaders.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentCoreReaders.java
index a29f734ea2f..7da6d77136c 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentCoreReaders.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentCoreReaders.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ final class SegmentCoreReaders {
 
     try {
       if (si.info.getUseCompoundFile()) {
-        cfsDir = cfsReader = codec.compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si.info, context);
+        cfsDir = cfsReader = codec.compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si.info);
       } else {
         cfsReader = null;
         cfsDir = dir;
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/IndexInput.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/IndexInput.java
index ee84d908838..38eb1dcbcee 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/IndexInput.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/IndexInput.java
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ public abstract class IndexInput extends DataInput implements Closeable {
    * CompoundFormat} implementations to honor the {@link ReadAdvice} of each file within the
    * compound file.
    *
+   * <p><b>NOTE</b>: it is only legal to call this method if this {@link IndexInput} has been open
+   * with {@link ReadAdvice#NORMAL}. However, this method accepts any {@link ReadAdvice} value but
+   * {@code null} as a read advice for the slice.
+   *
    * <p>The default implementation delegates to {@link #slice(String, long, long)} and ignores the
    * {@link ReadAdvice}.
    */
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/MemorySegmentIndexInput.java b/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/MemorySegmentIndexInput.java
index 8bb70ba009d..db6d19b0a7f 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/MemorySegmentIndexInput.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/MemorySegmentIndexInput.java
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ abstract class MemorySegmentIndexInput extends IndexInput
   public final MemorySegmentIndexInput slice(
       String sliceDescription, long offset, long length, ReadAdvice advice) throws IOException {
     MemorySegmentIndexInput slice = slice(sliceDescription, offset, length);
-    if (NATIVE_ACCESS.isPresent()) {
+    if (NATIVE_ACCESS.isPresent() && advice != ReadAdvice.NORMAL) {
+      // No need to madvise with a normal advice, since it's the OS' default.
       final NativeAccess nativeAccess = NATIVE_ACCESS.get();
       slice.advise(
           0,
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/MemorySegmentIndexInputProvider.java b/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/MemorySegmentIndexInputProvider.java
index 1e5a305219b..7cbe376678b 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/MemorySegmentIndexInputProvider.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/MemorySegmentIndexInputProvider.java
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ final class MemorySegmentIndexInputProvider
       // internal FileChannel logic)
       if (preload) {
         segment.load();
-      } else if (nativeAccess.filter(na -> segment.address() % na.getPageSize() == 0).isPresent()) {
+      } else if (readAdvice != ReadAdvice.NORMAL
+          && nativeAccess.filter(na -> segment.address() % na.getPageSize() == 0).isPresent()) {
+        // No need to madvise with ReadAdvice.NORMAL since it is the OS' default read advice.
         nativeAccess.get().madvise(segment, readAdvice);
       }
       segments[segNr] = segment;
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/PosixNativeAccess.java b/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/PosixNativeAccess.java
index 80c1665cdd1..05eb6157118 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/PosixNativeAccess.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java21/org/apache/lucene/store/PosixNativeAccess.java
@@ -122,10 +122,7 @@ final class PosixNativeAccess extends NativeAccess {
 
   @Override
   public void madvise(MemorySegment segment, ReadAdvice readAdvice) throws IOException {
-    final Integer advice = mapReadAdvice(readAdvice);
-    if (advice == null) {
-      return; // do nothing
-    }
+    final int advice = mapReadAdvice(readAdvice);
     madvise(segment, advice);
   }
 
@@ -156,7 +153,7 @@ final class PosixNativeAccess extends NativeAccess {
     }
   }
 
-  private Integer mapReadAdvice(ReadAdvice readAdvice) {
+  private int mapReadAdvice(ReadAdvice readAdvice) {
     return switch (readAdvice) {
       case NORMAL -> POSIX_MADV_NORMAL;
       case RANDOM -> POSIX_MADV_RANDOM;
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAllFilesHaveChecksumFooter.java b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAllFilesHaveChecksumFooter.java
index 3826962779a..9db1d305a74 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAllFilesHaveChecksumFooter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAllFilesHaveChecksumFooter.java
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ public class TestAllFilesHaveChecksumFooter extends LuceneTestCase {
       }
       if (si.info.getUseCompoundFile()) {
         try (Directory cfsDir =
-            si.info
-                .getCodec()
-                .compoundFormat()
-                .getCompoundReader(dir, si.info, newIOContext(random()))) {
+            si.info.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si.info)) {
           for (String cfsFile : cfsDir.listAll()) {
             checkFooter(cfsDir, cfsFile);
           }
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAllFilesHaveCodecHeader.java b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAllFilesHaveCodecHeader.java
index 76c3ee75f25..e8857791c3a 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAllFilesHaveCodecHeader.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestAllFilesHaveCodecHeader.java
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ public class TestAllFilesHaveCodecHeader extends LuceneTestCase {
       }
       if (si.info.getUseCompoundFile()) {
         try (Directory cfsDir =
-            si.info
-                .getCodec()
-                .compoundFormat()
-                .getCompoundReader(dir, si.info, newIOContext(random()))) {
+            si.info.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si.info)) {
           for (String cfsFile : cfsDir.listAll()) {
             checkHeader(cfsDir, cfsFile, namesToExtensions, si.info.getId());
           }
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterForceMerge.java b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterForceMerge.java
index 8186eda8462..52cd21630bc 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterForceMerge.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterForceMerge.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.document.LongPoint;
 import org.apache.lucene.document.StringField;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriterConfig.OpenMode;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
-import org.apache.lucene.store.IOContext;
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.analysis.MockAnalyzer;
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.analysis.MockTokenizer;
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.store.MockDirectoryWrapper;
@@ -244,10 +243,7 @@ public class TestIndexWriterForceMerge extends LuceneTestCase {
       }
       if (info.info.getUseCompoundFile()) {
         try (Directory cfs =
-            info.info
-                .getCodec()
-                .compoundFormat()
-                .getCompoundReader(dir, info.info, IOContext.DEFAULT)) {
+            info.info.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, info.info)) {
           for (String file : cfs.listAll()) {
             sb.append(
                 String.format(
diff --git a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/codecs/cranky/CrankyCompoundFormat.java b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/codecs/cranky/CrankyCompoundFormat.java
index bced58d2a6f..4e0ac271859 100644
--- a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/codecs/cranky/CrankyCompoundFormat.java
+++ b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/codecs/cranky/CrankyCompoundFormat.java
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ class CrankyCompoundFormat extends CompoundFormat {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context)
-      throws IOException {
-    return delegate.getCompoundReader(dir, si, context);
+  public CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si) throws IOException {
+    return delegate.getCompoundReader(dir, si);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/index/BaseCompoundFormatTestCase.java b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/index/BaseCompoundFormatTestCase.java
index b0e30ef2272..0fe563d7550 100644
--- a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/index/BaseCompoundFormatTestCase.java
+++ b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/index/BaseCompoundFormatTestCase.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
     SegmentInfo si = newSegmentInfo(dir, "_123");
     si.setFiles(Collections.emptySet());
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
     assertEquals(0, cfs.listAll().length);
     cfs.close();
     dir.close();
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
 
       si.setFiles(Collections.singleton(testfile));
       si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-      Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+      Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
 
       IndexInput expected = dir.openInput(testfile, newIOContext(random()));
       IndexInput actual = cfs.openInput(testfile, newIOContext(random()));
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
 
     si.setFiles(Arrays.asList(files));
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
 
     for (String file : files) {
       IndexInput expected = dir.openInput(file, newIOContext(random()));
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
 
     si.setFiles(Collections.singleton(testfile));
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
     assertEquals(1, cfs.listAll().length);
     cfs.close();
     cfs.close(); // second close should not throw exception
@@ -215,10 +215,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
     for (SegmentCommitInfo si : infos) {
       if (si.info.getUseCompoundFile()) {
         try (Directory cfsDir =
-            si.info
-                .getCodec()
-                .compoundFormat()
-                .getCompoundReader(dir, si.info, newIOContext(random()))) {
+            si.info.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si.info)) {
           for (String cfsFile : cfsDir.listAll()) {
             try (IndexInput cfsIn = cfsDir.openInput(cfsFile, IOContext.DEFAULT)) {
               assert cfsIn != null;
@@ -237,7 +234,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
     SegmentInfo si = newSegmentInfo(dir, "_123");
     si.setFiles(Collections.emptyList());
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
     expectThrows(
         UnsupportedOperationException.class,
         () -> {
@@ -260,7 +257,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
     SegmentInfo si = newSegmentInfo(dir, "_123");
     si.setFiles(Collections.emptyList());
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
     expectThrows(
         UnsupportedOperationException.class,
         () -> {
@@ -283,7 +280,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
     SegmentInfo si = newSegmentInfo(dir, "_123");
     si.setFiles(Collections.emptyList());
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
     expectThrows(
         UnsupportedOperationException.class,
         () -> {
@@ -306,7 +303,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
     SegmentInfo si = newSegmentInfo(dir, "_123");
     si.setFiles(Collections.emptyList());
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
     expectThrows(
         UnsupportedOperationException.class,
         () -> {
@@ -329,7 +326,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
     SegmentInfo si = newSegmentInfo(dir, "_123");
     si.setFiles(Collections.emptyList());
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
     expectThrows(
         UnsupportedOperationException.class,
         () -> {
@@ -374,7 +371,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
 
     si.setFiles(files);
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
 
     for (String file : files) {
       IndexInput check = dir.openInput(file, newIOContext(random()));
@@ -411,7 +408,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
 
     si.setFiles(files);
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
 
     final IndexInput[] ins = new IndexInput[FILE_COUNT];
     for (int fileIdx = 0; fileIdx < FILE_COUNT; fileIdx++) {
@@ -793,7 +790,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
 
     si.setFiles(files);
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
     return cfs;
   }
 
@@ -817,7 +814,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
 
     si.setFiles(Collections.singletonList(subFile));
     si.getCodec().compoundFormat().write(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+    Directory cfs = si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(dir, si);
     IndexInput in = cfs.openInput(subFile, IOContext.DEFAULT);
     String desc = in.toString();
     assertTrue(
@@ -899,7 +896,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCompoundFormatTestCase extends BaseIndexFileFormatTest
 
     ReadBytesDirectoryWrapper readTrackingDir = new ReadBytesDirectoryWrapper(dir);
     CompoundDirectory compoundDir =
-        si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(readTrackingDir, si, IOContext.DEFAULT);
+        si.getCodec().compoundFormat().getCompoundReader(readTrackingDir, si);
     compoundDir.checkIntegrity();
     Map<String, FixedBitSet> readBytes = readTrackingDir.getReadBytes();
     assertEquals(createdFiles, readBytes.keySet());
diff --git a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/MockDirectoryWrapper.java b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/MockDirectoryWrapper.java
index 2f30a8cda50..5f329209d80 100644
--- a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/MockDirectoryWrapper.java
+++ b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/MockDirectoryWrapper.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.store.IOContext;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexOutput;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Lock;
+import org.apache.lucene.store.ReadAdvice;
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestUtil;
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.util.ThrottledIndexOutput;
@@ -812,6 +813,8 @@ public class MockDirectoryWrapper extends BaseDirectoryWrapper {
           false);
     }
 
+    // record the read advice before randomizing the context
+    ReadAdvice readAdvice = context.readAdvice();
     context = LuceneTestCase.newIOContext(randomState, context);
     final boolean confined = context == IOContext.READONCE;
     if (name.startsWith(IndexFileNames.SEGMENTS) && confined == false) {
@@ -831,15 +834,15 @@ public class MockDirectoryWrapper extends BaseDirectoryWrapper {
         System.out.println(
             "MockDirectoryWrapper: using SlowClosingMockIndexInputWrapper for file " + name);
       }
-      ii = new SlowClosingMockIndexInputWrapper(this, name, delegateInput, confined);
+      ii = new SlowClosingMockIndexInputWrapper(this, name, delegateInput, readAdvice, confined);
     } else if (useSlowOpenClosers && randomInt == 1) {
       if (LuceneTestCase.VERBOSE) {
         System.out.println(
             "MockDirectoryWrapper: using SlowOpeningMockIndexInputWrapper for file " + name);
       }
-      ii = new SlowOpeningMockIndexInputWrapper(this, name, delegateInput, confined);
+      ii = new SlowOpeningMockIndexInputWrapper(this, name, delegateInput, readAdvice, confined);
     } else {
-      ii = new MockIndexInputWrapper(this, name, delegateInput, null, confined);
+      ii = new MockIndexInputWrapper(this, name, delegateInput, null, readAdvice, confined);
     }
     addFileHandle(ii, name, Handle.Input);
     return ii;
diff --git a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/MockIndexInputWrapper.java b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/MockIndexInputWrapper.java
index 87279008614..3171d8d2216 100644
--- a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/MockIndexInputWrapper.java
+++ b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/MockIndexInputWrapper.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.lucene.internal.tests.TestSecrets;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.FilterIndexInput;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
+import org.apache.lucene.store.ReadAdvice;
 
 /**
  * Used by MockDirectoryWrapper to create an input stream that keeps track of when it's been closed.
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public class MockIndexInputWrapper extends FilterIndexInput {
 
   // Which MockIndexInputWrapper we were cloned from, or null if we are not a clone:
   private final MockIndexInputWrapper parent;
+  private final ReadAdvice readAdvice;
   private final boolean confined;
   private final Thread thread;
 
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ public class MockIndexInputWrapper extends FilterIndexInput {
       String name,
       IndexInput delegate,
       MockIndexInputWrapper parent,
+      ReadAdvice readAdvice,
       boolean confined) {
     super("MockIndexInputWrapper(name=" + name + " delegate=" + delegate + ")", delegate);
 
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ public class MockIndexInputWrapper extends FilterIndexInput {
     this.parent = parent;
     this.name = name;
     this.dir = dir;
+    this.readAdvice = readAdvice;
     this.confined = confined;
     this.thread = Thread.currentThread();
   }
@@ -107,7 +111,8 @@ public class MockIndexInputWrapper extends FilterIndexInput {
     dir.inputCloneCount.incrementAndGet();
     IndexInput iiclone = in.clone();
     MockIndexInputWrapper clone =
-        new MockIndexInputWrapper(dir, name, iiclone, parent != null ? parent : this, confined);
+        new MockIndexInputWrapper(
+            dir, name, iiclone, parent != null ? parent : this, readAdvice, confined);
     // Pending resolution on LUCENE-686 we may want to
     // uncomment this code so that we also track that all
     // clones get closed:
@@ -135,7 +140,26 @@ public class MockIndexInputWrapper extends FilterIndexInput {
     IndexInput slice = in.slice(sliceDescription, offset, length);
     MockIndexInputWrapper clone =
         new MockIndexInputWrapper(
-            dir, sliceDescription, slice, parent != null ? parent : this, confined);
+            dir, sliceDescription, slice, parent != null ? parent : this, readAdvice, confined);
+    return clone;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public IndexInput slice(String sliceDescription, long offset, long length, ReadAdvice readAdvice)
+      throws IOException {
+    if (this.readAdvice != ReadAdvice.NORMAL) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          "slice() may only be called with a custom read advice on inputs that have been open with ReadAdvice.NORMAL");
+    }
+    ensureOpen();
+    if (dir.verboseClone) {
+      new Exception("slice: " + this).printStackTrace(System.out);
+    }
+    dir.inputCloneCount.incrementAndGet();
+    IndexInput slice = in.slice(sliceDescription, offset, length);
+    MockIndexInputWrapper clone =
+        new MockIndexInputWrapper(
+            dir, sliceDescription, slice, parent != null ? parent : this, readAdvice, confined);
     return clone;
   }
 
diff --git a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/SlowClosingMockIndexInputWrapper.java b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/SlowClosingMockIndexInputWrapper.java
index 1f9e61f5195..851860f1c64 100644
--- a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/SlowClosingMockIndexInputWrapper.java
+++ b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/SlowClosingMockIndexInputWrapper.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.lucene.tests.store;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.lucene.internal.tests.TestSecrets;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
+import org.apache.lucene.store.ReadAdvice;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.SuppressForbidden;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.ThreadInterruptedException;
 
@@ -35,8 +36,12 @@ class SlowClosingMockIndexInputWrapper extends MockIndexInputWrapper {
   }
 
   public SlowClosingMockIndexInputWrapper(
-      MockDirectoryWrapper dir, String name, IndexInput delegate, boolean confined) {
-    super(dir, name, delegate, null, confined);
+      MockDirectoryWrapper dir,
+      String name,
+      IndexInput delegate,
+      ReadAdvice readAdvice,
+      boolean confined) {
+    super(dir, name, delegate, null, readAdvice, confined);
   }
 
   @SuppressForbidden(reason = "Thread sleep")
diff --git a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/SlowOpeningMockIndexInputWrapper.java b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/SlowOpeningMockIndexInputWrapper.java
index 033785af9c7..0d75408ec8e 100644
--- a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/SlowOpeningMockIndexInputWrapper.java
+++ b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/tests/store/SlowOpeningMockIndexInputWrapper.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.lucene.tests.store;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.lucene.internal.tests.TestSecrets;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
+import org.apache.lucene.store.ReadAdvice;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.SuppressForbidden;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.ThreadInterruptedException;
 
@@ -35,9 +36,13 @@ class SlowOpeningMockIndexInputWrapper extends MockIndexInputWrapper {
 
   @SuppressForbidden(reason = "Thread sleep")
   public SlowOpeningMockIndexInputWrapper(
-      MockDirectoryWrapper dir, String name, IndexInput delegate, boolean confined)
+      MockDirectoryWrapper dir,
+      String name,
+      IndexInput delegate,
+      ReadAdvice readAdvice,
+      boolean confined)
       throws IOException {
-    super(dir, name, delegate, null, confined);
+    super(dir, name, delegate, null, readAdvice, confined);
     try {
       Thread.sleep(50);
     } catch (InterruptedException ie) {