hzuo commented on code in PR #5554:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/5554#discussion_r1550489729


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arrow-ipc/src/reader.rs:
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@@ -428,14 +485,24 @@ impl<'a> ArrayReader<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Creates a record batch from binary data using the `crate::RecordBatch` 
indexes and the `Schema`
+/// Creates a record batch from binary data using the `crate::RecordBatch` 
indexes and the `Schema`.
+///
+/// If `require_alignment` is true, this function will return an error if any 
array data in the
+/// input `buf` is not properly aligned.
+/// Under the hood it will use [`arrow_data::ArrayDataBuilder::build`] to 
construct [`arrow_data::ArrayData`].
+///
+/// If `require_alignment` is false, this function will automatically allocate 
a new aligned buffer
+/// and copy over the data if any array data in the input `buf` is not 
properly aligned.
+/// (Properly aligned array data will remain zero-copy.)
+/// Under the hood it will use [`arrow_data::ArrayDataBuilder::build_aligned`] 
to construct [`arrow_data::ArrayData`].
 pub fn read_record_batch(
     buf: &Buffer,
     batch: crate::RecordBatch,
     schema: SchemaRef,
     dictionaries_by_id: &HashMap<i64, ArrayRef>,
     projection: Option<&[usize]>,
     metadata: &MetadataVersion,
+    require_alignment: bool,

Review Comment:
   okay pushed the above - lmk if you would prefer a different approach



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