pitrou commented on code in PR #45498: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/45498#discussion_r1952193886
########## cpp/src/arrow/csv/parser.cc: ########## @@ -171,12 +186,26 @@ class ResizableValueDescWriter : public ValueDescWriter<ResizableValueDescWriter // faster CSV parsing code. class PresizedValueDescWriter : public ValueDescWriter<PresizedValueDescWriter> { public: + // The number of offsets being written will be `1 + num_rows * num_cols`, + // however we allow for one extraneous write in case of excessive columns, + // hence `2 + num_rows * num_cols` (see explanation in PushValue below). PresizedValueDescWriter(MemoryPool* pool, int32_t num_rows, int32_t num_cols) - : ValueDescWriter(pool, /*values_capacity=*/1 + num_rows * num_cols) {} + : ValueDescWriter(pool, /*values_capacity=*/2 + num_rows * num_cols) {} void PushValue(ParsedValueDesc v) { DCHECK_LT(values_size_, values_capacity_); - values_[values_size_++] = v; + values_[values_size_] = v; + // We must take care not to write past the buffer's end if the line being + // parsed has more than `num_cols` columns. The obvious solution of setting + // an error status hurts too much on benchmarks, which is why we instead + // cap `values_size_` to stay inside the buffer. + // + // Not setting an error immediately is not a problem since the `num_cols` + // mismatch is detected later in ParseLine. + // + // Note that we want `values_size_` to reflect the number of written values + // in the nominal case, which is why we choose a slightly larger `values_capacity_`. + values_size_ += (values_size_ != values_capacity_ - 1); Review Comment: We write a first offset when `values_writer.Start(parsed_writer);` is called. This is just like the offsets in a Arrow list or string array: there are `length + 1` offsets. -- 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