ngsg commented on PR #5543:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/5543#issuecomment-2493236665

   @zabetak
   The null values in `BytesColumnVector` come from ORC code.
   
   In the ORC code, ORC reader reset only `vector[]`. [ORC 
code1](https://github.com/apache/orc/blob/9699c4cbc50bbcc13a5c61623c01763c8b9507c5/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/TreeReaderFactory.java#L2326-L2328)
   And if the new `ColumnVector` has `isRepeating=true`, the reader updates the 
first item only. [ORC 
code2](https://github.com/apache/orc/blob/9699c4cbc50bbcc13a5c61623c01763c8b9507c5/java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/TreeReaderFactory.java#L2390-L2396)
   So the previously used `start[]` and `length[]` are not updated nor reset.
   
   In my opinion, these null values are not a problem because it seems that 
`isRepeating=true` indicates that only `vector[0]` is valid and the other 
entries should be ignored.
   
https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/afe05b968026dfdda631de1e2b090665f0820ef3/storage-api/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/vector/ColumnVector.java#L71-L75


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