MAPREDUCE-4390. Backport MAPREDUCE-4678 and MAPREDUCE-4925 to branch-1. Contributed by Karthik Kambatla and Chris McConnell. (harsh)

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Reverting last commit due to improper commit message. Should be MAPREDUCE-4930, not MAPREDUCE-4390.

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