if (get_ldev_if_state(device, D_ATTACHING)) {
                struct request_queue * const b = device->ldev->backing_bdev->bd_disk->queue;
+               struct drbd_connection *connection = first_peer_device(device)->connection;
+
+               if (blk_queue_discard(b) &&
+                   (connection->cstate < C_CONNECTED || connection->agreed_features & FF_TRIM)) {
+                       /* inherit from backing queue */
+                       q->limits.discard_zeroes_data = 1;
+                       /* For now, don't allow more than one activity log extent worth of data
+                        * to be discarded in one go. We may need to rework drbd_al_begin_io()
+                        * to allow for even larger discard ranges */
+                       q->limits.max_discard_sectors = DRBD_MAX_DISCARD_SECTORS;
+
+                       queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, q);
+                       /* REALLY? Is stacking secdiscard "legal"? */
+                       if (blk_queue_secdiscard(b))
+                               queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_SECDISCARD, q);
+               } else {
+                       q->limits.max_discard_sectors = 0;
+                       queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, q);
+                       queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_SECDISCARD, q);
+               }
 
                blk_queue_stack_limits(q, b);
 
 
 #include "drbd_int.h"
 #include "drbd_protocol.h"
 #include "drbd_req.h"
-
 #include "drbd_vli.h"
 
+#define PRO_FEATURES (FF_TRIM)
+
 struct packet_info {
        enum drbd_packet cmd;
        unsigned int size;
                put_ldev(device);
        }
 
+       device->peer_max_bio_size = be32_to_cpu(p->max_bio_size);
+       drbd_reconsider_max_bio_size(device);
+       /* Leave drbd_reconsider_max_bio_size() before drbd_determine_dev_size().
+          In case we cleared the QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD from our queue in
+          drbd_reconsider_max_bio_size(), we can be sure that after
+          drbd_determine_dev_size() no REQ_DISCARDs are in the queue. */
+
        ddsf = be16_to_cpu(p->dds_flags);
        if (get_ldev(device)) {
                dd = drbd_determine_dev_size(device, ddsf, NULL);
                drbd_set_my_capacity(device, p_size);
        }
 
-       device->peer_max_bio_size = be32_to_cpu(p->max_bio_size);
-       drbd_reconsider_max_bio_size(device);
-
        if (get_ldev(device)) {
                if (device->ldev->known_size != drbd_get_capacity(device->ldev->backing_bdev)) {
                        device->ldev->known_size = drbd_get_capacity(device->ldev->backing_bdev);
        memset(p, 0, sizeof(*p));
        p->protocol_min = cpu_to_be32(PRO_VERSION_MIN);
        p->protocol_max = cpu_to_be32(PRO_VERSION_MAX);
+       p->feature_flags = cpu_to_be32(PRO_FEATURES);
        return conn_send_command(connection, sock, P_CONNECTION_FEATURES, sizeof(*p), NULL, 0);
 }
 
                goto incompat;
 
        connection->agreed_pro_version = min_t(int, PRO_VERSION_MAX, p->protocol_max);
+       connection->agreed_features = PRO_FEATURES & be32_to_cpu(p->feature_flags);
 
        drbd_info(connection, "Handshake successful: "
             "Agreed network protocol version %d\n", connection->agreed_pro_version);
 
+       drbd_info(connection, "Agreed to%ssupport TRIM on protocol level\n",
+                 connection->agreed_features & FF_TRIM ? " " : " not ");
+
        return 1;
 
  incompat: