[BUG] Parquet reader can use an uninitialized required BINARY length under a null ancestor

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Fixes #23655.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved handling of null values when decoding required nested columns.
  • Ensured gaps in decoded data are correctly zero-filled when an ancestor field is null.
  • Preserved existing behavior for list data and cases without ancestor validity information.
  • Improved consistency when decoding nested data with inherited validity information.

Walkthrough

The Parquet decoder preserves ancestor validity fallback for required, non-repeated leaves without a leaf validity map. It applies the selected ancestor validity offset while zero-filling the leaf output buffer.

Changes

Parquet null-position filling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Ancestor validity fallback cpp/src/io/parquet/page_decode.cuh	zero_fill_null_positions_shared retains ancestor validity lookup, preserves leaf output addressing, and uses the selected validity offset for inherited null positions.

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When a required binary field has a null ancestor, validity handling can use unrelated bitmap bits and produce incorrect decoded values. The change is not merge-ready until this correctness risk is fixed or explicitly accepted.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the Parquet reader bug addressed by the changes.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly links the pull request to the reported Parquet reader bug.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The change addresses zero-filling required leaf lengths under null ancestors and preserves valid offsets and null sanitization for issue #23655.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to the Parquet page decoder behavior required to fix issue #23655.
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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/page_decode.cuh`:
- Line 1505: Preserve the ancestor validity-map start offset before level
decoding mutates ni.valid_map_offset, and use that saved value in the fallback
around the validity-map helper instead of the mutable final offset. Keep
leaf_ni’s existing offset behavior unchanged.

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Use the ancestor validity-map start offset.

ni.valid_map_offset is incremented while validity bits are emitted at Lines 866-872. This fallback runs after that processing, so Line 1505 selects the end offset instead of the offset for the current output range. The helper can read validity bits from later rows and zero-fill valid leaf values.

Save the selected ancestor offset before level decoding advances it, then pass that saved offset to this helper. Do not replace it with the mutable final offset here.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/page_decode.cuh` at line 1505, Preserve the ancestor
validity-map start offset before level decoding mutates ni.valid_map_offset, and
use that saved value in the fallback around the validity-map helper instead of
the mutable final offset. Keep leaf_ni’s existing offset behavior unchanged.