Cherry pick implement take kernel for null arrays to active_release

arrow/src/compute/kernels/take.rs

@@ -280,6 +280,17 @@ where
                 .unwrap();
             Ok(Arc::new(take_fixed_size_binary(values, indices)?))
         }
+        DataType::Null => {
+            // Take applied to a null array produces a null array.
+            if values.len() >= indices.len() {
+                // If the existing null array is as big as the indices, we can use a slice of it
+                // to avoid allocating a new null array.
+                Ok(values.slice(0, indices.len()))
+            } else {
+                // If the existing null array isn't big enough, create a new one.
+                Ok(new_null_array(&DataType::Null, indices.len()))
+            }
+        }
         t => unimplemented!("Take not supported for data type {:?}", t),
     }
 }
@@ -1813,6 +1824,38 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_null_array_smaller_than_indices() {
+        let values = NullArray::new(2);
+        let indices = UInt32Array::from(vec![Some(0), None, Some(15)]);
+
+        let result = take(&values, &indices, None).unwrap();
+        let expected: ArrayRef = Arc::new(NullArray::new(3));
+        assert_eq!(&result, &expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_null_array_larger_than_indices() {
+        let values = NullArray::new(5);
+        let indices = UInt32Array::from(vec![Some(0), None, Some(15)]);
+
+        let result = take(&values, &indices, None).unwrap();
+        let expected: ArrayRef = Arc::new(NullArray::new(3));
+        assert_eq!(&result, &expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_null_array_indices_out_of_bounds() {
+        let values = NullArray::new(5);
+        let indices = UInt32Array::from(vec![Some(0), None, Some(15)]);
+
+        let result = take(&values, &indices, Some(TakeOptions { check_bounds: true }));
+        assert_eq!(
+            result.unwrap_err().to_string(),
+            "Compute error: Array index out of bounds, cannot get item at index 15 from 5 entries"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_take_dict() {
         let keys_builder = Int16Builder::new(8);