lidavidm commented on code in PR #40043: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/40043#discussion_r1488751985
########## 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: This works for the other buffers of the vector because the vector holds the buffer, so when the vector itself is closed it decrements the refcounts of the buffers, so they reach 0. But for the buffer which we allocate on the fly here, that is not true. -- 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