HADOOP-9618.  thread which detects GC pauses (Todd Lipcon via Colin Patrick McCabe)

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HADOOP-9683. [RPC v9] Wrap IpcConnectionContext in RPC headers (daryn)


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HDFS-4657.  Limit the number of blocks logged by the NN after a block report to a configurable value.  (Aaron Twinning Meyers via Colin Patrick McCabe)

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HDFS-4999. Fix TestShortCircuitLocalRead on branch-2. Contributed by Colin Patrick McCabe.

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