Github user hvanhovell commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/7417#discussion_r34681979 --- Diff: sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/CartesianProduct.scala --- @@ -34,7 +34,15 @@ case class CartesianProduct(left: SparkPlan, right: SparkPlan) extends BinaryNod val leftResults = left.execute().map(_.copy()) val rightResults = right.execute().map(_.copy()) - leftResults.cartesian(rightResults).mapPartitions { iter => + val cartesianRdd = if (leftResults.partitions.size > rightResults.partitions.size) { + rightResults.cartesian(leftResults).mapPartitions { iter => + iter.map(tuple => (tuple._2, tuple._1)) + } + } else { + leftResults.cartesian(rightResults) + } + + cartesianRdd.mapPartitions { iter => val joinedRow = new JoinedRow --- End diff -- Quick question. Why not use the ```sizeInBytes```? I assume we want to move as little data as possible? Using ```sizeInBytes``` would be a bit more involved, since this would involve the planner, and (probably) adding a ```BuildSide``` parameter to ```CartesianProduct```...
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