Github user viirya commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16603#discussion_r97908207 --- Diff: core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/memory/TaskMemoryManager.java --- @@ -144,23 +152,49 @@ public long acquireExecutionMemory(long required, MemoryConsumer consumer) { // spilling, avoid to have too many spilled files. if (got < required) { // Call spill() on other consumers to release memory + // Sort the consumers according their memory usage. So we avoid spilling the same consumer + // which is just spilled in last few times and re-spilling on it will produce many small + // spill files. + sortedConsumers.clear(); for (MemoryConsumer c: consumers) { if (c != consumer && c.getUsed() > 0 && c.getMode() == mode) { - try { - long released = c.spill(required - got, consumer); - if (released > 0) { - logger.debug("Task {} released {} from {} for {}", taskAttemptId, - Utils.bytesToString(released), c, consumer); - got += memoryManager.acquireExecutionMemory(required - got, taskAttemptId, mode); - if (got >= required) { - break; - } + Long key = c.getUsed(); + // If there is existing consumer using the same amount of memory, + // increasing the key. + while (sortedConsumers.containsKey(key)) { + key += 1; + } + sortedConsumers.put(key, c); + } + } + // Get the consumer using the least memory more than the remaining required memory. + Map.Entry<Long, MemoryConsumer> currentEntry = sortedConsumers.ceilingEntry(required - got); + if (currentEntry == null) { + // No consumer has used memory more than the remaining required memory. + // Get the consumer of largest used memory. + currentEntry = sortedConsumers.lastEntry(); + } + while (currentEntry != null) { --- End diff -- When entry this loop, `currentEntry` could be `null`.
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