diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/ceph_features.h b/include/linux/ceph/ceph_features.h
index 342f93dbe162..dad579b0c0e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/ceph_features.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/ceph_features.h
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@
 #define CEPH_FEATURE_MONNAMES       (1<<5)
 #define CEPH_FEATURE_RECONNECT_SEQ  (1<<6)
 #define CEPH_FEATURE_DIRLAYOUTHASH  (1<<7)
+/* bits 8-17 defined by user-space; not supported yet here */
+#define CEPH_FEATURE_CRUSH_TUNABLES (1<<18)
 
 /*
  * Features supported.
  */
 #define CEPH_FEATURES_SUPPORTED_DEFAULT  \
-	(CEPH_FEATURE_NOSRCADDR)
+	(CEPH_FEATURE_NOSRCADDR |	 \
+	 CEPH_FEATURE_CRUSH_TUNABLES)
 
 #define CEPH_FEATURES_REQUIRED_DEFAULT   \
 	(CEPH_FEATURE_NOSRCADDR)
diff --git a/include/linux/crush/crush.h b/include/linux/crush/crush.h
index 7c4750811b96..25baa287cff7 100644
--- a/include/linux/crush/crush.h
+++ b/include/linux/crush/crush.h
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ struct crush_map {
 	__s32 max_buckets;
 	__u32 max_rules;
 	__s32 max_devices;
+
+	/* choose local retries before re-descent */
+	__u32 choose_local_tries;
+	/* choose local attempts using a fallback permutation before
+	 * re-descent */
+	__u32 choose_local_fallback_tries;
+	/* choose attempts before giving up */ 
+	__u32 choose_total_tries;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/net/ceph/crush/mapper.c b/net/ceph/crush/mapper.c
index d7edc24333b8..35fce755ce10 100644
--- a/net/ceph/crush/mapper.c
+++ b/net/ceph/crush/mapper.c
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ static int crush_choose(const struct crush_map *map,
 	int item = 0;
 	int itemtype;
 	int collide, reject;
-	const unsigned int orig_tries = 5; /* attempts before we fall back to search */
 
 	dprintk("CHOOSE%s bucket %d x %d outpos %d numrep %d\n", recurse_to_leaf ? "_LEAF" : "",
 		bucket->id, x, outpos, numrep);
@@ -351,8 +350,9 @@ static int crush_choose(const struct crush_map *map,
 					reject = 1;
 					goto reject;
 				}
-				if (flocal >= (in->size>>1) &&
-				    flocal > orig_tries)
+				if (map->choose_local_fallback_tries > 0 &&
+				    flocal >= (in->size>>1) &&
+				    flocal > map->choose_local_fallback_tries)
 					item = bucket_perm_choose(in, x, r);
 				else
 					item = crush_bucket_choose(in, x, r);
@@ -422,13 +422,14 @@ reject:
 					ftotal++;
 					flocal++;
 
-					if (collide && flocal < 3)
+					if (collide && flocal <= map->choose_local_tries)
 						/* retry locally a few times */
 						retry_bucket = 1;
-					else if (flocal <= in->size + orig_tries)
+					else if (map->choose_local_fallback_tries > 0 &&
+						 flocal <= in->size + map->choose_local_fallback_tries)
 						/* exhaustive bucket search */
 						retry_bucket = 1;
-					else if (ftotal < 20)
+					else if (ftotal <= map->choose_total_tries)
 						/* then retry descent */
 						retry_descent = 1;
 					else
diff --git a/net/ceph/osdmap.c b/net/ceph/osdmap.c
index 9600674c2c39..3124b71a8883 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osdmap.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osdmap.c
@@ -135,6 +135,21 @@ bad:
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static int skip_name_map(void **p, void *end)
+{
+        int len;
+        ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, len ,bad);
+        while (len--) {
+                int strlen;
+                *p += sizeof(u32);
+                ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, strlen, bad);
+                *p += strlen;
+}
+        return 0;
+bad:
+        return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static struct crush_map *crush_decode(void *pbyval, void *end)
 {
 	struct crush_map *c;
@@ -143,6 +158,7 @@ static struct crush_map *crush_decode(void *pbyval, void *end)
 	void **p = &pbyval;
 	void *start = pbyval;
 	u32 magic;
+	u32 num_name_maps;
 
 	dout("crush_decode %p to %p len %d\n", *p, end, (int)(end - *p));
 
@@ -150,6 +166,11 @@ static struct crush_map *crush_decode(void *pbyval, void *end)
 	if (c == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+        /* set tunables to default values */
+        c->choose_local_tries = 2;
+        c->choose_local_fallback_tries = 5;
+        c->choose_total_tries = 19;
+
 	ceph_decode_need(p, end, 4*sizeof(u32), bad);
 	magic = ceph_decode_32(p);
 	if (magic != CRUSH_MAGIC) {
@@ -297,7 +318,25 @@ static struct crush_map *crush_decode(void *pbyval, void *end)
 	}
 
 	/* ignore trailing name maps. */
+        for (num_name_maps = 0; num_name_maps < 3; num_name_maps++) {
+                err = skip_name_map(p, end);
+                if (err < 0)
+                        goto done;
+        }
 
+        /* tunables */
+        ceph_decode_need(p, end, 3*sizeof(u32), done);
+        c->choose_local_tries = ceph_decode_32(p);
+        c->choose_local_fallback_tries =  ceph_decode_32(p);
+        c->choose_total_tries = ceph_decode_32(p);
+        dout("crush decode tunable choose_local_tries = %d",
+             c->choose_local_tries);
+        dout("crush decode tunable choose_local_fallback_tries = %d",
+             c->choose_local_fallback_tries);
+        dout("crush decode tunable choose_total_tries = %d",
+             c->choose_total_tries);
+
+done:
 	dout("crush_decode success\n");
 	return c;