viirya commented on code in PR #40043: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/40043#discussion_r1488661881
########## java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseVariableWidthVector.java: ########## @@ -476,11 +507,12 @@ private void allocateBytes(final long valueBufferSize, final int valueCount) { } /* allocate offset buffer */ - private void allocateOffsetBuffer(final long size) { + private ArrowBuf allocateOffsetBuffer(final long size) { Review Comment: Okay, I got your point. I don't familiar with Java Arrow buffer allocation mechanism. I traced how it is allocated now so the ref count is increased automatically once it is allocated. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org