EmilyMatt commented on code in PR #22945:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/22945#discussion_r3412827406


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datafusion/physical-plan/src/sorts/multi_level_merge.rs:
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@@ -412,7 +438,24 @@ impl MultiLevelMergeBuilder {
                             );
                         }
 
-                        return Err(err);
+                        // buffer_len == 1 and we still can't seat the minimum 
of 2 streams.
+                        if number_of_spills_to_read_for_current_phase == 0 {
+                            // We couldn't even reserve a single stream - one 
record batch
+                            // is larger than the whole merge budget. That's 
the lone-batch
+                            // case, not the 2-stream merge skew we rescue 
here - surface it.
+                            return Err(err);
+                        }

Review Comment:
   Or aspiring to 2 on a level where it doesn't matter(1 huge string with 
everything else nulls, for example)



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