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[SPARK-51559][SQL] Make max broadcast table size configurable#54566

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What changes were proposed in this pull request?

This PR is a backport of #50327 to spark 4.0.x versions, as it is good to have.

Why are the changes needed?

This PR introduces a new configuration: spark.sql.maxBroadcastTableSize, This would allow users to broadcast larger tables (>8GB) when necessary to be more flexible.

Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?

How was this patch tested?

Existing UTs

Was this patch authored or co-authored using generative AI tooling?

No

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@dongjoon-hyun @viirya @cloud-fan @sunchao Could you provide your thoughts on this backport?

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@dongjoon-hyun @pan3793 Gentle ping!

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pan3793 commented Mar 3, 2026

@pratham76 it's an improvement/feature, not a bug, we generally don't backport for this case.

for more details, please read "Policy on backporting bug fixes" section in https://spark.apache.org/committers.html

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Thanks for the info, closing this PR

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