vibhatha commented on code in PR #40043: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/40043#discussion_r1495374771
########## 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: @viirya would it be possible to do a simple end-to-end experiment and log how the refcout varies in the original source vs the new change (at least the new change) and see what is actually happening. By doing this, maybe we could detect if we have some call cancelling out a mistake we made in the refcount. Is this a viable? -- 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