svn merge -c 1489012 FIXES: MAPREDUCE-5268. Improve history server startup performance. Contributed by Karthik Kambatla


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Merge remote branch 'origin/branch-0.23' into branch-0.23-gd
Merge remote branch 'origin/branch-0.23-gd' into fb-HADOOP-7435-branch-0.23-gd