pitrou commented on a change in pull request #8126: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/8126#discussion_r485028381
########## File path: cpp/src/arrow/buffer.cc ########## @@ -277,13 +277,18 @@ Result<std::unique_ptr<ResizableBuffer>> AllocateResizableBuffer(const int64_t s } Result<std::shared_ptr<Buffer>> AllocateBitmap(int64_t length, MemoryPool* pool) { - return AllocateBuffer(BitUtil::BytesForBits(length), pool); + ARROW_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto buf, AllocateBuffer(BitUtil::BytesForBits(length), pool)); + // Zero out any trailing bits + if (buf->size() > 0) { + buf->mutable_data()[buf->size() - 1] = 0; + } + return std::move(buf); } Result<std::shared_ptr<Buffer>> AllocateEmptyBitmap(int64_t length, MemoryPool* pool) { - ARROW_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto buf, AllocateBitmap(length, pool)); + ARROW_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto buf, AllocateBuffer(BitUtil::BytesForBits(length), pool)); Review comment: It's not much of a change either :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org