svn merge -c 1490704 FIXES: YARN-760. NodeManager throws AvroRuntimeException on failed start. Conributed by Niranjan Singh


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-2@1490706 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-271-branch-2-gd