merge -c r1460064 from trunk to branch-2 for YARN-417. Addendum patch (Sandy Ryza via bikas)

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-2@1460065 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
Merge remote branch 'origin/branch-2' into branch-2-gd
Merge remote branch 'origin/branch-2-gd' into fb-YAHOO-276-branch-2-gd