This has a notable impact on systems with very large passwd files.

Before:
BenchmarkCurrent-12    	   30000	     42546 ns/op

After:
BenchmarkCurrent-12    	20000000	        77.5 ns/op

Saved in perf dashboard:
https://perf.golang.org/search?q=upload:20170206.1

Fixes #11625

Change-Id: Iebc9bf122cc64a4cab24ac06843c7b2bc450ded9
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/36391Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>