maropu commented on a change in pull request #29871:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/29871#discussion_r495953275



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File path: 
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CostBasedJoinReorder.scala
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@@ -206,13 +206,15 @@ object JoinReorderDP extends PredicateHelper with Logging 
{
       filters: Option[JoinGraphInfo]): JoinPlanMap = {
 
     val nextLevel = new JoinPlanMap
-    var k = 0
     val lev = existingLevels.length - 1
+    var k = lev
     // Build plans for the next level from plans at level k (one side of the 
join) and level
     // lev - k (the other side of the join).
-    // For the lower level k, we only need to search from 0 to lev - k, 
because when building
+    // For the higher level k, we only need to search from lev to lev - k, 
because when building
     // a join from A and B, both A J B and B J A are handled.
-    while (k <= lev - k) {
+    // Start searching from highest level to make sure that optimally ordered 
input doesn't get
+    // reordered into another plan with the same cost.

Review comment:
       Could you describe more about why we need to change this search ~order~ 
strategy for making this rule idempotent? If how to update next-level join 
plans is a root cause, we cannot simply modify the update logic below when 
different plans having the same cost found?
   
   
https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/d15f504a5e8bd8acfb6dc1ee138f7d92ff211396/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CostBasedJoinReorder.scala#L227-L233




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