[IMPALA-5084] Support variable-length rows in sorter

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.6.0
• Component/s: Backend
• Labels: resource-management
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Assignee: Tim Armstrong
• Reporter: Tim Armstrong
• Created: 16/Mar/17 22:49
• Updated: 15/Apr/17 00:12
• Resolved: 15/Apr/17 00:12

Description

See IMPALA-3208 for the context.

Sorter::Run changes:

• We can use a similar approach to that used for BufferedTupleStream as described in IMPALA-5085

Testing:
Needs end-to-end tests exercising all operators with large operators

Issue Links

• blocks: IMPALA-3208 Backend support for large rows