diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
index a3fe811bbdbc59bd6a393042fb9151281edfb850..1a94ac7fee867261fb4f879a4fa1dc568da71197 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
@@ -171,6 +171,17 @@ Files in /sys/fs/f2fs/<devname>
 			      conduct checkpoint to reclaim the prefree segments
 			      to free segments. By default, 100 segments, 200MB.
 
+ ipu_policy                   This parameter controls the policy of in-place
+                              updates in f2fs. There are five policies:
+                               0: F2FS_IPU_FORCE, 1: F2FS_IPU_SSR,
+                               2: F2FS_IPU_UTIL,  3: F2FS_IPU_SSR_UTIL,
+                               4: F2FS_IPU_DISABLE.
+
+ min_ipu_util                 This parameter controls the threshold to trigger
+                              in-place-updates. The number indicates percentage
+                              of the filesystem utilization, and used by
+                              F2FS_IPU_UTIL and F2FS_IPU_SSR_UTIL policies.
+
 ================================================================================
 USAGE
 ================================================================================
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 022ce324b1660add5617faae8241d1564949e401..1b05a628670aeb51e4191ee6e6d4728c9d7ad232 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ struct f2fs_sm_info {
 	struct list_head discard_list;		/* 4KB discard list */
 	int nr_discards;			/* # of discards in the list */
 	int max_discards;			/* max. discards to be issued */
+
+	unsigned int ipu_policy;	/* in-place-update policy */
+	unsigned int min_ipu_util;	/* in-place-update threshold */
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 0b2e8ceec9832cd46c8d2b74dfadb19d9ba47291..5b890ce74b1567455ef1670d0bf06f8856e021c5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -1799,6 +1799,8 @@ int build_segment_manager(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	sm_info->main_segments = le32_to_cpu(raw_super->segment_count_main);
 	sm_info->ssa_blkaddr = le32_to_cpu(raw_super->ssa_blkaddr);
 	sm_info->rec_prefree_segments = DEF_RECLAIM_PREFREE_SEGMENTS;
+	sm_info->ipu_policy = F2FS_IPU_DISABLE;
+	sm_info->min_ipu_util = DEF_MIN_IPU_UTIL;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sm_info->discard_list);
 	sm_info->nr_discards = 0;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index ea563760f4b748e2827b543c4fc7a6a869abe8f0..e9a10bdd7fed7c4bdd46b01fb25ec6de1bb10041 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -476,19 +476,51 @@ static inline int utilization(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 /*
  * Sometimes f2fs may be better to drop out-of-place update policy.
- * So, if fs utilization is over MIN_IPU_UTIL, then f2fs tries to write
- * data in the original place likewise other traditional file systems.
- * But, currently set 100 in percentage, which means it is disabled.
- * See below need_inplace_update().
+ * And, users can control the policy through sysfs entries.
+ * There are five policies with triggering conditions as follows.
+ * F2FS_IPU_FORCE - all the time,
+ * F2FS_IPU_SSR - if SSR mode is activated,
+ * F2FS_IPU_UTIL - if FS utilization is over threashold,
+ * F2FS_IPU_SSR_UTIL - if SSR mode is activated and FS utilization is over
+ *                     threashold,
+ * F2FS_IPUT_DISABLE - disable IPU. (=default option)
  */
-#define MIN_IPU_UTIL		100
+#define DEF_MIN_IPU_UTIL	70
+
+enum {
+	F2FS_IPU_FORCE,
+	F2FS_IPU_SSR,
+	F2FS_IPU_UTIL,
+	F2FS_IPU_SSR_UTIL,
+	F2FS_IPU_DISABLE,
+};
+
 static inline bool need_inplace_update(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	/* IPU can be done only for the user data */
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return false;
-	if (need_SSR(sbi) && utilization(sbi) > MIN_IPU_UTIL)
+
+	switch (SM_I(sbi)->ipu_policy) {
+	case F2FS_IPU_FORCE:
 		return true;
+	case F2FS_IPU_SSR:
+		if (need_SSR(sbi))
+			return true;
+		break;
+	case F2FS_IPU_UTIL:
+		if (utilization(sbi) > SM_I(sbi)->min_ipu_util)
+			return true;
+		break;
+	case F2FS_IPU_SSR_UTIL:
+		if (need_SSR(sbi) && utilization(sbi) > SM_I(sbi)->min_ipu_util)
+			return true;
+		break;
+	case F2FS_IPU_DISABLE:
+		break;
+	}
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 5c574fa1143cd7bc5b9e3c11c0e49793526263fa..f16da92a78994faae4c9409571492505adecf786 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ F2FS_RW_ATTR(GC_THREAD, f2fs_gc_kthread, gc_no_gc_sleep_time, no_gc_sleep_time);
 F2FS_RW_ATTR(GC_THREAD, f2fs_gc_kthread, gc_idle, gc_idle);
 F2FS_RW_ATTR(SM_INFO, f2fs_sm_info, reclaim_segments, rec_prefree_segments);
 F2FS_RW_ATTR(SM_INFO, f2fs_sm_info, max_small_discards, max_discards);
+F2FS_RW_ATTR(SM_INFO, f2fs_sm_info, ipu_policy, ipu_policy);
+F2FS_RW_ATTR(SM_INFO, f2fs_sm_info, min_ipu_util, min_ipu_util);
 
 #define ATTR_LIST(name) (&f2fs_attr_##name.attr)
 static struct attribute *f2fs_attrs[] = {
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ static struct attribute *f2fs_attrs[] = {
 	ATTR_LIST(gc_idle),
 	ATTR_LIST(reclaim_segments),
 	ATTR_LIST(max_small_discards),
+	ATTR_LIST(ipu_policy),
+	ATTR_LIST(min_ipu_util),
 	NULL,
 };