diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TestTaskImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TestTaskImpl.java
index 656e49e6e70..c0cfc072284 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TestTaskImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/TestTaskImpl.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.SystemClock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.resourcetracker.InlineDispatcher;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.InlineDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Records;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 7d4706177c9..01f1bcbe45c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
 
     YARN-302. Fair scheduler assignmultiple should default to false. (sandyr via tucu)
 
+    YARN-372. Move InlineDispatcher from hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager to
+    hadoop-yarn-common (sseth via hitesh)
+
 Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07 
 
     YARN-9. Rename YARN_HOME to HADOOP_YARN_HOME. (vinodkv via acmurthy)
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/InlineDispatcher.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/InlineDispatcher.java
similarity index 92%
rename from hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/InlineDispatcher.java
rename to hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/InlineDispatcher.java
index d771a61d864..eb1aa9dc990 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/InlineDispatcher.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/event/InlineDispatcher.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 * limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.resourcetracker;
+package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.Event;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
 
+@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
 public class InlineDispatcher extends AsyncDispatcher {
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(InlineDispatcher.class);
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public EventHandler getEventHandler() {
     return new TestEventHandler();
   }
   
-  static class EmptyEventHandler implements EventHandler<Event> {
+  public static class EmptyEventHandler implements EventHandler<Event> {
     @Override
     public void handle(Event event) {
       //do nothing      
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMNodeTransitions.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMNodeTransitions.java
index 9ae8bf02902..6c14008626a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMNodeTransitions.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMNodeTransitions.java
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.InlineDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.records.HeartbeatResponse;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.resourcetracker.InlineDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNodeCleanContainerEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNodeEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNodeEventType;
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/TestNMExpiry.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/TestNMExpiry.java
index 1c4b6f9e0cc..6ec3f5403b9 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/TestNMExpiry.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/TestNMExpiry.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.Dispatcher;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.InlineDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factories.RecordFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factory.providers.RecordFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.NodeHeartbeatRequest;
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/TestRMNMRPCResponseId.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/TestRMNMRPCResponseId.java
index a7a52c29ab6..7d7f99d054e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/TestRMNMRPCResponseId.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/resourcetracker/TestRMNMRPCResponseId.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.Dispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.Event;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.InlineDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factories.RecordFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factory.providers.RecordFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.NodeHeartbeatRequest;
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/TestRMAppAttemptTransitions.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/TestRMAppAttemptTransitions.java
index 25a4b968fd1..c907df389b5 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/TestRMAppAttemptTransitions.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/TestRMAppAttemptTransitions.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.AsyncDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.InlineDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ApplicationMasterService;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.RMContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.RMContextImpl;
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.amlauncher.AMLauncherEventType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.amlauncher.ApplicationMasterLauncher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.recovery.RMStateStore;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.resourcetracker.InlineDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMApp;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMAppEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMAppEventType;
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/TestFifoScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/TestFifoScheduler.java
index 97310093cbb..c4dbe876c78 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/TestFifoScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/TestFifoScheduler.java
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.AsyncDispatcher;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.InlineDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.Application;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.RMContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.RMContextImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.Task;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.resource.Resources;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.resourcetracker.InlineDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.QueueMetrics;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.ResourceScheduler;