diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
index e089b836ed2..f9c77b99399 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@
   <!-- TODO: this layout is wrong. We need module specific bin files in module specific dirs -->
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/target/classes/bin</directory>
+      <directory>hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/target/native/target/usr/local/bin</directory>
       <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
-      <includes>
-        <include>container-executor</include>
-      </includes>
       <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
@@ -54,7 +51,6 @@
         <exclude>**/SecurityAuth.audit*</exclude>
       </excludes>
       <includes>
-        <include>assembly/**</include>
         <include>pom.xml</include>
         <include>build*.xml</include>
         <include>ivy.xml</include>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 1b83dd4e7f2..041ad65a6cc 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     MAPREDUCE-2836. Provide option to fail jobs when submitted to non-existent
     fair scheduler pools. (Ahmed Radwan via todd)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3171. normalize nodemanager native code compilation with common/hdfs 
+    native. (tucu)
+
   BUG FIXES
 
     MAPREDUCE-3166. [Rumen] Make Rumen use job history api instead of relying
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
index b3e30bddaef..7017342993c 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
@@ -47,72 +47,43 @@
             <version>1.0-beta-1</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
-                <id>clean</id>
-                <phase>clean</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <arguments>
-                    <argument>-i</argument>
-                  </arguments>
-                  <workDir>src/main/c/container-executor</workDir>
-                  <destDir>target</destDir>
-                </configuration>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>autoreconf</goal>
-                  <goal>make-clean</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-              <execution>
-                <id>make</id>
+                <id>compile</id>
                 <phase>compile</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <workDir>src/main/c/container-executor</workDir>
-                  <configureEnvironment>
-                    <property>
-                      <name>CFLAGS</name>
-                      <value>-DHADOOP_CONF_DIR=${container-executor.conf.dir}</value>
-                    </property>
-                  </configureEnvironment>
-                  <sources>
-                    <source>
-                      <directory>src/main/c/container-executor</directory>
-                    </source>
-                  </sources>
-                  <workDir>src/main/c/container-executor</workDir>
-                  <destDir>target</destDir>
-                  <prefix>${project.build.outputDirectory}</prefix>
-                </configuration>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>autoreconf</goal>
                   <goal>configure</goal>
-                  <goal>compile</goal>
+                  <goal>make-install</goal>
                 </goals>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>make-test</id>
+                <id>test</id>
                 <phase>test</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <workDir>src/main/c/container-executor</workDir>
-                  <configureEnvironment>
-                    <property>
-                      <name>CFLAGS</name>
-                      <value>-DHADOOP_CONF_DIR=${container-executor.conf.dir}</value>
-                    </property>
-                  </configureEnvironment>
-                  <sources>
-                    <source>
-                      <directory>src/main/c/container-executor</directory>
-                    </source>
-                  </sources>
-                  <workDir>src/main/c/container-executor</workDir>
-                  <destDir>target</destDir>
-                  <prefix>${project.build.outputDirectory}</prefix>
-                  <compileTarget>check</compileTarget>
-                </configuration>
                 <goals>
-                  <goal>compile</goal>
+                  <goal>test</goal>
                 </goals>
               </execution>
             </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <!-- autoreconf settings -->
+              <workDir>${project.build.directory}/native/container-executor</workDir>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>-i</argument>
+              </arguments>
+
+              <!-- configure settings -->
+              <configureEnvironment>
+                <property>
+                  <name>CFLAGS</name>
+                  <value>-DHADOOP_CONF_DIR=${container-executor.conf.dir}</value>
+                </property>
+              </configureEnvironment>
+              <configureWorkDir>${project.build.directory}/native/container-executor</configureWorkDir>
+              <prefix>/usr/local</prefix>
+
+              <!-- configure & make settings -->
+              <destDir>${project.build.directory}/native/target</destDir>
+
+            </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
@@ -191,6 +162,21 @@
               <goal>run</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <target>
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/native"/>
+                <copy toDir="${project.build.directory}/native">
+                  <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/main/native"/>
+                </copy>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/.gitignore b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 573db286fc6..00000000000
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
-aclocal.m4
-compile
-config.log
-config.status
-configure
-depcomp
-impl/.deps/
-impl/.dirstamp
-impl/configuration.o
-impl/main.o
-impl/container-executor.o
-install-sh
-libtool
-missing
-container-executor
-test/.deps/
-test-task-controller
-test/.dirstamp
-test/test-task-controller.o
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/.autom4te.cfg b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/.autom4te.cfg
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/.autom4te.cfg
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/.autom4te.cfg
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/.deps/container-executor.Po b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/.deps/container-executor.Po
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/.deps/container-executor.Po
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/.deps/container-executor.Po
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/Makefile.am b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/Makefile.am
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/Makefile.am
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/Makefile.am
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/configure.ac b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/configure.ac
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/configure.ac
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/configure.ac
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/configuration.c b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/configuration.c
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/configuration.c
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/configuration.c
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/configuration.h b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/configuration.h
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/configuration.h
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/configuration.h
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/container-executor.c b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/container-executor.c
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/container-executor.c
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/container-executor.c
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/container-executor.h b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/container-executor.h
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/container-executor.h
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/container-executor.h
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/main.c b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/main.c
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/impl/main.c
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/main.c
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/test/test-task-controller.c b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/test/test-task-controller.c
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/c/container-executor/test/test-task-controller.c
rename to hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/test/test-task-controller.c