Improve ExternalSorter ResourcesExhausted Error Message#20226
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Which issue does this PR close?
Rationale for this change
What changes are included in this PR?
When there is not enough memory to continue external sort, either increasing the
memory limitor decreasingsort_spill_reservation_bytesneed to be applied. It can be useful to guide the user with clearer error message by highlighting required configs for the consistency because expected settings are as follows:Current:
New:
Are these changes tested?
A new UT case has been added to cover this use-case and it has been tested locally successfully.
For updated snapshot files:
Following integration tests have been successful by DataFusion Test Pipeline:
Ref: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/actions/runs/21811797863/job/62925363536?pr=20226
Are there any user-facing changes?
Yes, improving legacy
ExternalSorterResourcesExhaustedError Message.