diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-cache.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-cache.c
index 000fcad38136..29a23111b31c 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-cache.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-cache.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ int pblk_write_to_cache(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio, unsigned long flags)
 		bio_advance(bio, PBLK_EXPOSED_PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
+	atomic64_add(nr_entries, &pblk->user_wa);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	atomic_long_add(nr_entries, &pblk->inflight_writes);
 	atomic_long_add(nr_entries, &pblk->req_writes);
@@ -117,6 +119,8 @@ int pblk_write_gc_to_cache(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_gc_rq *gc_rq)
 	WARN_ONCE(gc_rq->secs_to_gc != valid_entries,
 					"pblk: inconsistent GC write\n");
 
+	atomic64_add(valid_entries, &pblk->gc_wa);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	atomic_long_add(valid_entries, &pblk->inflight_writes);
 	atomic_long_add(valid_entries, &pblk->recov_gc_writes);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 155e42a26293..22e61cd4f801 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -1630,11 +1630,16 @@ void pblk_line_close_meta(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
 	struct pblk_emeta *emeta = line->emeta;
 	struct line_emeta *emeta_buf = emeta->buf;
+	struct wa_counters *wa = emeta_to_wa(lm, emeta_buf);
 
 	/* No need for exact vsc value; avoid a big line lock and take aprox. */
 	memcpy(emeta_to_vsc(pblk, emeta_buf), l_mg->vsc_list, lm->vsc_list_len);
 	memcpy(emeta_to_bb(emeta_buf), line->blk_bitmap, lm->blk_bitmap_len);
 
+	wa->user = cpu_to_le64(atomic64_read(&pblk->user_wa));
+	wa->pad = cpu_to_le64(atomic64_read(&pblk->pad_wa));
+	wa->gc = cpu_to_le64(atomic64_read(&pblk->gc_wa));
+
 	emeta_buf->nr_valid_lbas = cpu_to_le64(line->nr_valid_lbas);
 	emeta_buf->crc = cpu_to_le32(pblk_calc_emeta_crc(pblk, emeta_buf));
 
@@ -1837,6 +1842,7 @@ void pblk_update_map_dev(struct pblk *pblk, sector_t lba,
 #endif
 	/* Invalidate and discard padded entries */
 	if (lba == ADDR_EMPTY) {
+		atomic64_inc(&pblk->pad_wa);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 		atomic_long_inc(&pblk->padded_wb);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 93d671ca518e..7eedc5daebc8 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ static unsigned int calc_emeta_len(struct pblk *pblk)
 
 	/* Round to sector size so that lba_list starts on its own sector */
 	lm->emeta_sec[1] = DIV_ROUND_UP(
-			sizeof(struct line_emeta) + lm->blk_bitmap_len,
-			geo->sec_size);
+			sizeof(struct line_emeta) + lm->blk_bitmap_len +
+			sizeof(struct wa_counters), geo->sec_size);
 	lm->emeta_len[1] = lm->emeta_sec[1] * geo->sec_size;
 
 	/* Round to sector size so that vsc_list starts on its own sector */
@@ -991,6 +991,13 @@ static void *pblk_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
 	if (flags & NVM_TARGET_FACTORY)
 		pblk_setup_uuid(pblk);
 
+	atomic64_set(&pblk->user_wa, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&pblk->pad_wa, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&pblk->gc_wa, 0);
+	pblk->user_rst_wa = 0;
+	pblk->pad_rst_wa = 0;
+	pblk->gc_rst_wa = 0;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->inflight_writes, 0);
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->padded_writes, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c
index 7445e6430c52..04e08d76ea5f 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ static void pblk_map_page_data(struct pblk *pblk, unsigned int sentry,
 			lba_list[paddr] = cpu_to_le64(w_ctx->lba);
 			if (lba_list[paddr] != addr_empty)
 				line->nr_valid_lbas++;
+			else
+				atomic64_inc(&pblk->pad_wa);
 		} else {
 			lba_list[paddr] = meta_list[i].lba = addr_empty;
 			__pblk_map_invalidate(pblk, line, paddr);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c
index ec8fc314646b..7044b5599cc4 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c
@@ -622,6 +622,9 @@ unsigned int pblk_rb_read_to_bio(struct pblk_rb *rb, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 		}
 	}
 
+	atomic64_add(pad, &((struct pblk *)
+			(container_of(rb, struct pblk, rwb)))->pad_wa);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	atomic_long_add(pad, &((struct pblk *)
 			(container_of(rb, struct pblk, rwb)))->padded_writes);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index a30fe203d454..e75a1af2eebe 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -845,6 +845,29 @@ static int pblk_recov_check_line_version(struct pblk *pblk,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void pblk_recov_wa_counters(struct pblk *pblk,
+				   struct line_emeta *emeta)
+{
+	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
+	struct line_header *header = &emeta->header;
+	struct wa_counters *wa = emeta_to_wa(lm, emeta);
+
+	/* WA counters were introduced in emeta version 0.2 */
+	if (header->version_major > 0 || header->version_minor >= 2) {
+		u64 user = le64_to_cpu(wa->user);
+		u64 pad = le64_to_cpu(wa->pad);
+		u64 gc = le64_to_cpu(wa->gc);
+
+		atomic64_set(&pblk->user_wa, user);
+		atomic64_set(&pblk->pad_wa, pad);
+		atomic64_set(&pblk->gc_wa, gc);
+
+		pblk->user_rst_wa = user;
+		pblk->pad_rst_wa = pad;
+		pblk->gc_rst_wa = gc;
+	}
+}
+
 struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 {
 	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
@@ -965,6 +988,8 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 		if (pblk_recov_check_line_version(pblk, line->emeta->buf))
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+		pblk_recov_wa_counters(pblk, line->emeta->buf);
+
 		if (pblk_recov_l2p_from_emeta(pblk, line))
 			pblk_recov_l2p_from_oob(pblk, line);
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c
index 620bab853579..4804bbd32d5f 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c
@@ -298,6 +298,49 @@ static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_get_sec_per_write(struct pblk *pblk, char *page)
 	return snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", pblk->sec_per_write);
 }
 
+static ssize_t pblk_get_write_amp(u64 user, u64 gc, u64 pad,
+				  char *page)
+{
+	int sz;
+
+	sz = snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE,
+			"user:%lld gc:%lld pad:%lld WA:",
+			user, gc, pad);
+
+	if (!user) {
+		sz += snprintf(page + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz, "NaN\n");
+	} else {
+		u64 wa_int, wa_frac, wa_frac_int;
+
+		wa_int = user + gc + pad;
+		sector_div(wa_int, user);
+
+		wa_frac_int = (user + gc + pad) * 100000;
+		sector_div(wa_frac_int, user);
+		div_u64_rem(wa_frac_int, 100000, (u32 *)&wa_frac);
+
+		sz += snprintf(page + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz, "%lld.%05lld\n",
+							wa_int, wa_frac);
+	}
+
+	return sz;
+}
+
+static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_get_write_amp_mileage(struct pblk *pblk, char *page)
+{
+	return pblk_get_write_amp(atomic64_read(&pblk->user_wa),
+		atomic64_read(&pblk->gc_wa), atomic64_read(&pblk->pad_wa),
+		page);
+}
+
+static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_get_write_amp_trip(struct pblk *pblk, char *page)
+{
+	return pblk_get_write_amp(
+		atomic64_read(&pblk->user_wa) - pblk->user_rst_wa,
+		atomic64_read(&pblk->gc_wa) - pblk->gc_rst_wa,
+		atomic64_read(&pblk->pad_wa) - pblk->pad_rst_wa, page);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_stats_debug(struct pblk *pblk, char *page)
 {
@@ -360,6 +403,30 @@ static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_set_sec_per_write(struct pblk *pblk,
 	return len;
 }
 
+static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_set_write_amp_trip(struct pblk *pblk,
+			const char *page, size_t len)
+{
+	size_t c_len;
+	int reset_value;
+
+	c_len = strcspn(page, "\n");
+	if (c_len >= len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (kstrtouint(page, 0, &reset_value))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (reset_value !=  0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	pblk->user_rst_wa = atomic64_read(&pblk->user_wa);
+	pblk->pad_rst_wa = atomic64_read(&pblk->pad_wa);
+	pblk->gc_rst_wa = atomic64_read(&pblk->gc_wa);
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+
 static struct attribute sys_write_luns = {
 	.name = "write_luns",
 	.mode = 0444,
@@ -410,6 +477,16 @@ static struct attribute sys_max_sec_per_write = {
 	.mode = 0644,
 };
 
+static struct attribute sys_write_amp_mileage = {
+	.name = "write_amp_mileage",
+	.mode = 0444,
+};
+
+static struct attribute sys_write_amp_trip = {
+	.name = "write_amp_trip",
+	.mode = 0644,
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 static struct attribute sys_stats_debug_attr = {
 	.name = "stats",
@@ -428,6 +505,8 @@ static struct attribute *pblk_attrs[] = {
 	&sys_stats_ppaf_attr,
 	&sys_lines_attr,
 	&sys_lines_info_attr,
+	&sys_write_amp_mileage,
+	&sys_write_amp_trip,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	&sys_stats_debug_attr,
 #endif
@@ -457,6 +536,10 @@ static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 		return pblk_sysfs_lines_info(pblk, buf);
 	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "max_sec_per_write") == 0)
 		return pblk_sysfs_get_sec_per_write(pblk, buf);
+	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "write_amp_mileage") == 0)
+		return pblk_sysfs_get_write_amp_mileage(pblk, buf);
+	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "write_amp_trip") == 0)
+		return pblk_sysfs_get_write_amp_trip(pblk, buf);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "stats") == 0)
 		return pblk_sysfs_stats_debug(pblk, buf);
@@ -473,7 +556,8 @@ static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 		return pblk_sysfs_gc_force(pblk, buf, len);
 	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "max_sec_per_write") == 0)
 		return pblk_sysfs_set_sec_per_write(pblk, buf, len);
-
+	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "write_amp_trip") == 0)
+		return pblk_sysfs_set_write_amp_trip(pblk, buf, len);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
index fae2526f80b2..4b7d8618631f 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ enum {
 #define SMETA_VERSION_MINOR (1)
 
 #define EMETA_VERSION_MAJOR (0)
-#define EMETA_VERSION_MINOR (1)
+#define EMETA_VERSION_MINOR (2)
 
 struct line_header {
 	__le32 crc;
@@ -361,11 +361,13 @@ struct line_smeta {
 	__le64 lun_bitmap[];
 };
 
+
 /*
  * Metadata layout in media:
  *	First sector:
  *		1. struct line_emeta
  *		2. bad block bitmap (u64 * window_wr_lun)
+ *		3. write amplification counters
  *	Mid sectors (start at lbas_sector):
  *		3. nr_lbas (u64) forming lba list
  *	Last sectors (start at vsc_sector):
@@ -389,7 +391,15 @@ struct line_emeta {
 	__le32 next_id;		/* Line id for next line */
 	__le64 nr_lbas;		/* Number of lbas mapped in line */
 	__le64 nr_valid_lbas;	/* Number of valid lbas mapped in line */
-	__le64 bb_bitmap[];	/* Updated bad block bitmap for line */
+	__le64 bb_bitmap[];     /* Updated bad block bitmap for line */
+};
+
+
+/* Write amplification counters stored on media */
+struct wa_counters {
+	__le64 user;		/* Number of user written sectors */
+	__le64 gc;		/* Number of sectors written by GC*/
+	__le64 pad;		/* Number of padded sectors */
 };
 
 struct pblk_emeta {
@@ -519,10 +529,11 @@ struct pblk_line_meta {
 	unsigned int smeta_sec;		/* Sectors needed for smeta */
 
 	unsigned int emeta_len[4];	/* Lengths for emeta:
-					 *  [0]: Total length
-					 *  [1]: struct line_emeta length
-					 *  [2]: L2P portion length
-					 *  [3]: vsc list length
+					 *  [0]: Total
+					 *  [1]: struct line_emeta +
+					 *       bb_bitmap + struct wa_counters
+					 *  [2]: L2P portion
+					 *  [3]: vsc
 					 */
 	unsigned int emeta_sec[4];	/* Sectors needed for emeta. Same layout
 					 * as emeta_len
@@ -604,8 +615,19 @@ struct pblk {
 	int sec_per_write;
 
 	unsigned char instance_uuid[16];
+
+	/* Persistent write amplification counters, 4kb sector I/Os */
+	atomic64_t user_wa;		/* Sectors written by user */
+	atomic64_t gc_wa;		/* Sectors written by GC */
+	atomic64_t pad_wa;		/* Padded sectors written */
+
+	/* Reset values for delta write amplification measurements */
+	u64 user_rst_wa;
+	u64 gc_rst_wa;
+	u64 pad_rst_wa;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
-	/* All debug counters apply to 4kb sector I/Os */
+	/* Non-persistent debug counters, 4kb sector I/Os */
 	atomic_long_t inflight_writes;	/* Inflight writes (user and gc) */
 	atomic_long_t padded_writes;	/* Sectors padded due to flush/fua */
 	atomic_long_t padded_wb;	/* Sectors padded in write buffer */
@@ -900,6 +922,12 @@ static inline void *emeta_to_bb(struct line_emeta *emeta)
 	return emeta->bb_bitmap;
 }
 
+static inline void *emeta_to_wa(struct pblk_line_meta *lm,
+				struct line_emeta *emeta)
+{
+	return emeta->bb_bitmap + lm->blk_bitmap_len;
+}
+
 static inline void *emeta_to_lbas(struct pblk *pblk, struct line_emeta *emeta)
 {
 	return ((void *)emeta + pblk->lm.emeta_len[1]);
