Github user Ben-Zvi commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/761#discussion_r103067184
  
    --- Diff: 
exec/java-exec/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/physical/impl/xsort/managed/ExternalSortBatch.java
 ---
    @@ -219,7 +220,18 @@
     
       private BatchSchema schema;
     
    +  /**
    +   * Incoming batches buffered in memory prior to spilling
    +   * or an in-memory merge.
    +   */
    +
       private LinkedList<BatchGroup.InputBatch> bufferedBatches = 
Lists.newLinkedList();
    +
    +  /**
    +   * Spilled runs consisting of a large number of spilled
    +   * in-memory batches.
    --- End diff --
    
    "spilled in-memory" is an oxymoron :-) 


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