Hadoop combiner sort phase
sorter.sort(MapOutputBuffer.this, kvstart, endPosition, reporter);

sorter.sort(MapOutputBuffer.this, kvstart, endPosition, reporter);
    // some fields
    for (int i = 0; i < partitions; ++i) {
        // check if configured
        if (combinerRunner == null) {
          // spill directly
        } else {
            combinerRunner.combine(kvIter, combineCollector);
        }
    }