diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 608fb5c..f996363 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -4625,6 +4625,7 @@ void ceph_mdsc_close_sessions(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&mdsc->cap_reclaim_work);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mdsc->delayed_work); /* cancel timer */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mdsc->metric.delayed_work); /* cancel timer */
 
 	dout("stopped\n");
 }
@@ -4667,6 +4668,7 @@ static void ceph_mdsc_stop(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc)
 {
 	dout("stop\n");
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mdsc->delayed_work); /* cancel timer */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mdsc->metric.delayed_work); /* cancel timer */
 	if (mdsc->mdsmap)
 		ceph_mdsmap_destroy(mdsc->mdsmap);
 	kfree(mdsc->sessions);
@@ -4824,6 +4826,7 @@ void ceph_mdsc_handle_mdsmap(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, struct ceph_msg *msg)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
 	schedule_delayed(mdsc);
+	metric_schedule_delayed(&mdsc->metric);
 	return;
 
 bad_unlock:
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index bcb3892..3c65ac1 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ enum ceph_feature_type {
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_LAZY_CAP_WANTED,
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MULTI_RECONNECT,
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_DELEG_INO,
+	CEPHFS_FEATURE_METRIC_COLLECT,
 
-	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MAX = CEPHFS_FEATURE_DELEG_INO,
+	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MAX = CEPHFS_FEATURE_METRIC_COLLECT,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ enum ceph_feature_type {
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_LAZY_CAP_WANTED,		\
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MULTI_RECONNECT,		\
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_DELEG_INO,		\
+	CEPHFS_FEATURE_METRIC_COLLECT,		\
 						\
 	CEPHFS_FEATURE_MAX,			\
 }
diff --git a/fs/ceph/metric.c b/fs/ceph/metric.c
index 9217f35..4267b46 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/metric.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/metric.c
@@ -1,10 +1,150 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#include <linux/ceph/ceph_debug.h>
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
 #include <linux/math64.h>
 
 #include "metric.h"
+#include "mds_client.h"
+
+static bool ceph_mdsc_send_metrics(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
+				   struct ceph_mds_session *s,
+				   u64 nr_caps)
+{
+	struct ceph_metric_head *head;
+	struct ceph_metric_cap *cap;
+	struct ceph_metric_read_latency *read;
+	struct ceph_metric_write_latency *write;
+	struct ceph_metric_metadata_latency *meta;
+	struct ceph_client_metric *m = &mdsc->metric;
+	struct ceph_msg *msg;
+	struct timespec64 ts;
+	s64 sum, total;
+	s32 items = 0;
+	s32 len;
+
+	len = sizeof(*head) + sizeof(*cap) + sizeof(*read) + sizeof(*write)
+	      + sizeof(*meta);
+
+	msg = ceph_msg_new(CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_METRICS, len, GFP_NOFS, true);
+	if (!msg) {
+		pr_err("send metrics to mds%d, failed to allocate message\n",
+		       s->s_mds);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	head = msg->front.iov_base;
+
+	/* encode the cap metric */
+	cap = (struct ceph_metric_cap *)(head + 1);
+	cap->type = cpu_to_le32(CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_CAP_INFO);
+	cap->ver = 1;
+	cap->compat = 1;
+	cap->data_len = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(*cap) - 10);
+	cap->hit = cpu_to_le64(percpu_counter_sum(&mdsc->metric.i_caps_hit));
+	cap->mis = cpu_to_le64(percpu_counter_sum(&mdsc->metric.i_caps_mis));
+	cap->total = cpu_to_le64(nr_caps);
+	items++;
+
+	/* encode the read latency metric */
+	read = (struct ceph_metric_read_latency *)(cap + 1);
+	read->type = cpu_to_le32(CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_READ_LATENCY);
+	read->ver = 1;
+	read->compat = 1;
+	read->data_len = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(*read) - 10);
+	total = m->total_reads;
+	sum = m->read_latency_sum;
+	jiffies_to_timespec64(sum, &ts);
+	read->sec = cpu_to_le32(ts.tv_sec);
+	read->nsec = cpu_to_le32(ts.tv_nsec);
+	items++;
+
+	/* encode the write latency metric */
+	write = (struct ceph_metric_write_latency *)(read + 1);
+	write->type = cpu_to_le32(CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_WRITE_LATENCY);
+	write->ver = 1;
+	write->compat = 1;
+	write->data_len = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(*write) - 10);
+	total = m->total_writes;
+	sum = m->write_latency_sum;
+	jiffies_to_timespec64(sum, &ts);
+	write->sec = cpu_to_le32(ts.tv_sec);
+	write->nsec = cpu_to_le32(ts.tv_nsec);
+	items++;
+
+	/* encode the metadata latency metric */
+	meta = (struct ceph_metric_metadata_latency *)(write + 1);
+	meta->type = cpu_to_le32(CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_METADATA_LATENCY);
+	meta->ver = 1;
+	meta->compat = 1;
+	meta->data_len = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(*meta) - 10);
+	total = m->total_metadatas;
+	sum = m->metadata_latency_sum;
+	jiffies_to_timespec64(sum, &ts);
+	meta->sec = cpu_to_le32(ts.tv_sec);
+	meta->nsec = cpu_to_le32(ts.tv_nsec);
+	items++;
+
+	put_unaligned_le32(items, &head->num);
+	msg->front.iov_len = cpu_to_le32(len);
+	msg->hdr.version = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	msg->hdr.compat_version = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	msg->hdr.front_len = cpu_to_le32(msg->front.iov_len);
+	dout("client%llu send metrics to mds%d\n",
+	     ceph_client_gid(mdsc->fsc->client), s->s_mds);
+	ceph_con_send(&s->s_con, msg);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void metric_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ceph_client_metric *m =
+		container_of(work, struct ceph_client_metric, delayed_work.work);
+	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
+		container_of(m, struct ceph_mds_client, metric);
+	struct ceph_mds_session *s;
+	u64 nr_caps = 0;
+	bool ret;
+	int i;
+
+	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
+	for (i = 0; i < mdsc->max_sessions; i++) {
+		s = __ceph_lookup_mds_session(mdsc, i);
+		if (!s)
+			continue;
+		nr_caps += s->s_nr_caps;
+		ceph_put_mds_session(s);
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < mdsc->max_sessions; i++) {
+		s = __ceph_lookup_mds_session(mdsc, i);
+		if (!s)
+			continue;
+		if (!check_session_state(mdsc, s)) {
+			ceph_put_mds_session(s);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Skip it if MDS doesn't support the metric collection,
+		 * or the MDS will close the session's socket connection
+		 * directly when it get this message.
+		 */
+		if (!test_bit(CEPHFS_FEATURE_METRIC_COLLECT, &s->s_features))
+			continue;
+
+		/* Only send the metric once in any available session */
+		ret = ceph_mdsc_send_metrics(mdsc, s, nr_caps);
+		ceph_put_mds_session(s);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex);
+
+	metric_schedule_delayed(&mdsc->metric);
+}
 
 int ceph_metric_init(struct ceph_client_metric *m)
 {
@@ -51,6 +191,8 @@ int ceph_metric_init(struct ceph_client_metric *m)
 	m->total_metadatas = 0;
 	m->metadata_latency_sum = 0;
 
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&m->delayed_work, metric_delayed_work);
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_i_caps_mis:
diff --git a/fs/ceph/metric.h b/fs/ceph/metric.h
index ccd8128..5a1f8b9 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/metric.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/metric.h
@@ -6,6 +6,71 @@
 #include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
 
+extern bool enable_send_metrics;
+
+enum ceph_metric_type {
+	CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_CAP_INFO,
+	CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_READ_LATENCY,
+	CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_WRITE_LATENCY,
+	CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_METADATA_LATENCY,
+	CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_DENTRY_LEASE,
+
+	CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_MAX = CLIENT_METRIC_TYPE_DENTRY_LEASE,
+};
+
+/* metric caps header */
+struct ceph_metric_cap {
+	__le32 type;     /* ceph metric type */
+
+	__u8  ver;
+	__u8  compat;
+
+	__le32 data_len; /* length of sizeof(hit + mis + total) */
+	__le64 hit;
+	__le64 mis;
+	__le64 total;
+} __packed;
+
+/* metric read latency header */
+struct ceph_metric_read_latency {
+	__le32 type;     /* ceph metric type */
+
+	__u8  ver;
+	__u8  compat;
+
+	__le32 data_len; /* length of sizeof(sec + nsec) */
+	__le32 sec;
+	__le32 nsec;
+} __packed;
+
+/* metric write latency header */
+struct ceph_metric_write_latency {
+	__le32 type;     /* ceph metric type */
+
+	__u8  ver;
+	__u8  compat;
+
+	__le32 data_len; /* length of sizeof(sec + nsec) */
+	__le32 sec;
+	__le32 nsec;
+} __packed;
+
+/* metric metadata latency header */
+struct ceph_metric_metadata_latency {
+	__le32 type;     /* ceph metric type */
+
+	__u8  ver;
+	__u8  compat;
+
+	__le32 data_len; /* length of sizeof(sec + nsec) */
+	__le32 sec;
+	__le32 nsec;
+} __packed;
+
+struct ceph_metric_head {
+	__le32 num;	/* the number of metrics that will be sent */
+} __packed;
+
 /* This is the global metrics */
 struct ceph_client_metric {
 	atomic64_t            total_dentries;
@@ -35,8 +100,21 @@ struct ceph_client_metric {
 	ktime_t metadata_latency_sq_sum;
 	ktime_t metadata_latency_min;
 	ktime_t metadata_latency_max;
+
+	struct delayed_work delayed_work;  /* delayed work */
 };
 
+static inline void metric_schedule_delayed(struct ceph_client_metric *m)
+{
+	/* per second as default */
+	unsigned int hz = round_jiffies_relative(HZ * enable_send_metrics);
+
+	if (!enable_send_metrics)
+		return;
+
+	schedule_delayed_work(&m->delayed_work, hz);
+}
+
 extern int ceph_metric_init(struct ceph_client_metric *m);
 extern void ceph_metric_destroy(struct ceph_client_metric *m);
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index c9784eb1..49f20ea 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #include <linux/ceph/auth.h>
 #include <linux/ceph/debugfs.h>
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(ceph_fsc_lock);
+static LIST_HEAD(ceph_fsc_list);
+
 /*
  * Ceph superblock operations
  *
@@ -691,6 +694,10 @@ static struct ceph_fs_client *create_fs_client(struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt,
 	if (!fsc->wb_pagevec_pool)
 		goto fail_cap_wq;
 
+	mutex_lock(&ceph_fsc_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&fsc->list, &ceph_fsc_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&ceph_fsc_lock);
+
 	return fsc;
 
 fail_cap_wq:
@@ -717,6 +724,10 @@ static void destroy_fs_client(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
 {
 	dout("destroy_fs_client %p\n", fsc);
 
+	mutex_lock(&ceph_fsc_lock);
+	list_del(&fsc->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&ceph_fsc_lock);
+
 	ceph_mdsc_destroy(fsc);
 	destroy_workqueue(fsc->inode_wq);
 	destroy_workqueue(fsc->cap_wq);
@@ -1282,6 +1293,37 @@ static void __exit exit_ceph(void)
 	destroy_caches();
 }
 
+static int param_set_metrics(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = param_set_bool(val, kp);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("Failed to parse sending metrics switch value '%s'\n",
+		       val);
+		return ret;
+	} else if (enable_send_metrics) {
+		// wake up all the mds clients
+		mutex_lock(&ceph_fsc_lock);
+		list_for_each_entry(fsc, &ceph_fsc_list, list) {
+			metric_schedule_delayed(&fsc->mdsc->metric);
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&ceph_fsc_lock);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_metrics = {
+	.set = param_set_metrics,
+	.get = param_get_bool,
+};
+
+bool enable_send_metrics = true;
+module_param_cb(enable_send_metrics, &param_ops_metrics, &enable_send_metrics, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_send_metrics, "Enable sending perf metrics to ceph cluster (default: on)");
+
 module_init(init_ceph);
 module_exit(exit_ceph);
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 5a6cdd3..05edc9a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ struct ceph_mount_options {
 struct ceph_fs_client {
 	struct super_block *sb;
 
+	struct list_head list;
+
 	struct ceph_mount_options *mount_options;
 	struct ceph_client *client;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/ceph_fs.h b/include/linux/ceph/ceph_fs.h
index ebf5ba6..455e9b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/ceph_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/ceph_fs.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ struct ceph_dir_layout {
 #define CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_REQUEST         24
 #define CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_REQUEST_FORWARD 25
 #define CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_REPLY           26
+#define CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_METRICS         29
 #define CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_CAPS            0x310
 #define CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_LEASE           0x311
 #define CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_SNAP            0x312
