Github user rxin commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/7680#discussion_r35503799
  
    --- Diff: 
sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/UnsafeExternalRowSorter.java
 ---
    @@ -141,10 +141,13 @@ public InternalRow next() {
                   numFields,
                   sortedIterator.getRecordLength());
                 if (!hasNext()) {
    -              row.copy(); // so that we don't have dangling pointers to 
freed page
    +              UnsafeRow copy = row.copy(); // so that we don't have 
dangling pointers to freed page
    +              row.pointTo(null, 0, 0, 0); // so that we don't keep 
references to the base object
    --- End diff --
    
    why not just
    
    row = null ?


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