diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 66d4aa8799b..7f986cafacd 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ void blk_set_default_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
 	lim->max_segment_size = MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE;
 	lim->max_sectors = BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS;
 	lim->max_hw_sectors = INT_MAX;
-	lim->max_discard_sectors = SAFE_MAX_SECTORS;
+	lim->max_discard_sectors = 0;
+	lim->discard_granularity = 0;
+	lim->discard_alignment = 0;
+	lim->discard_misaligned = 0;
 	lim->logical_block_size = lim->physical_block_size = lim->io_min = 512;
 	lim->bounce_pfn = (unsigned long)(BLK_BOUNCE_ANY >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	lim->alignment_offset = 0;
@@ -488,6 +491,16 @@ void blk_queue_stack_limits(struct request_queue *t, struct request_queue *b)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_stack_limits);
 
+static unsigned int lcm(unsigned int a, unsigned int b)
+{
+	if (a && b)
+		return (a * b) / gcd(a, b);
+	else if (b)
+		return b;
+
+	return a;
+}
+
 /**
  * blk_stack_limits - adjust queue_limits for stacked devices
  * @t:	the stacking driver limits (top)
@@ -502,6 +515,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_stack_limits);
 int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
 		     sector_t offset)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = 0;
+
 	t->max_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_sectors, b->max_sectors);
 	t->max_hw_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_hw_sectors, b->max_hw_sectors);
 	t->bounce_pfn = min_not_zero(t->bounce_pfn, b->bounce_pfn);
@@ -531,7 +548,13 @@ int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
 	if (offset &&
 	    (offset & (b->physical_block_size - 1)) != b->alignment_offset) {
 		t->misaligned = 1;
-		return -1;
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+
+	if (offset &&
+	    (offset & (b->discard_granularity - 1)) != b->discard_alignment) {
+		t->discard_misaligned = 1;
+		ret = -1;
 	}
 
 	/* If top has no alignment offset, inherit from bottom */
@@ -539,23 +562,26 @@ int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
 		t->alignment_offset =
 			b->alignment_offset & (b->physical_block_size - 1);
 
+	if (!t->discard_alignment)
+		t->discard_alignment =
+			b->discard_alignment & (b->discard_granularity - 1);
+
 	/* Top device aligned on logical block boundary? */
 	if (t->alignment_offset & (t->logical_block_size - 1)) {
 		t->misaligned = 1;
-		return -1;
+		ret = -1;
 	}
 
-	/* Find lcm() of optimal I/O size */
-	if (t->io_opt && b->io_opt)
-		t->io_opt = (t->io_opt * b->io_opt) / gcd(t->io_opt, b->io_opt);
-	else if (b->io_opt)
-		t->io_opt = b->io_opt;
+	/* Find lcm() of optimal I/O size and granularity */
+	t->io_opt = lcm(t->io_opt, b->io_opt);
+	t->discard_granularity = lcm(t->discard_granularity,
+				     b->discard_granularity);
 
 	/* Verify that optimal I/O size is a multiple of io_min */
 	if (t->io_min && t->io_opt % t->io_min)
-		return -1;
+		ret = -1;
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_stack_limits);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 8a6d81afb28..3147145edc1 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ static ssize_t queue_io_opt_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 	return queue_var_show(queue_io_opt(q), page);
 }
 
+static ssize_t queue_discard_granularity_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+{
+	return queue_var_show(q->limits.discard_granularity, page);
+}
+
+static ssize_t queue_discard_max_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+{
+	return queue_var_show(q->limits.max_discard_sectors << 9, page);
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 queue_max_sectors_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count)
 {
@@ -293,6 +303,16 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_io_opt_entry = {
 	.show = queue_io_opt_show,
 };
 
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_discard_granularity_entry = {
+	.attr = {.name = "discard_granularity", .mode = S_IRUGO },
+	.show = queue_discard_granularity_show,
+};
+
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_discard_max_entry = {
+	.attr = {.name = "discard_max_bytes", .mode = S_IRUGO },
+	.show = queue_discard_max_show,
+};
+
 static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_nonrot_entry = {
 	.attr = {.name = "rotational", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.show = queue_nonrot_show,
@@ -328,6 +348,8 @@ static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_physical_block_size_entry.attr,
 	&queue_io_min_entry.attr,
 	&queue_io_opt_entry.attr,
+	&queue_discard_granularity_entry.attr,
+	&queue_discard_max_entry.attr,
 	&queue_nonrot_entry.attr,
 	&queue_nomerges_entry.attr,
 	&queue_rq_affinity_entry.attr,
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 517e4332cb3..b11a4ad7d57 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -861,12 +861,23 @@ static ssize_t disk_alignment_offset_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", queue_alignment_offset(disk->queue));
 }
 
+static ssize_t disk_discard_alignment_show(struct device *dev,
+					   struct device_attribute *attr,
+					   char *buf)
+{
+	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", queue_discard_alignment(disk->queue));
+}
+
 static DEVICE_ATTR(range, S_IRUGO, disk_range_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(ext_range, S_IRUGO, disk_ext_range_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(removable, S_IRUGO, disk_removable_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(ro, S_IRUGO, disk_ro_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(size, S_IRUGO, part_size_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(alignment_offset, S_IRUGO, disk_alignment_offset_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(discard_alignment, S_IRUGO, disk_discard_alignment_show,
+		   NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(capability, S_IRUGO, disk_capability_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(stat, S_IRUGO, part_stat_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(inflight, S_IRUGO, part_inflight_show, NULL);
@@ -887,6 +898,7 @@ static struct attribute *disk_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_ro.attr,
 	&dev_attr_size.attr,
 	&dev_attr_alignment_offset.attr,
+	&dev_attr_discard_alignment.attr,
 	&dev_attr_capability.attr,
 	&dev_attr_stat.attr,
 	&dev_attr_inflight.attr,
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 7b685e10cba..64bc8998ac9 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@ ssize_t part_alignment_offset_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)p->alignment_offset);
 }
 
+ssize_t part_discard_alignment_show(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", p->discard_alignment);
+}
+
 ssize_t part_stat_show(struct device *dev,
 		       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -288,6 +295,8 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(partition, S_IRUGO, part_partition_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(start, S_IRUGO, part_start_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(size, S_IRUGO, part_size_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(alignment_offset, S_IRUGO, part_alignment_offset_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(discard_alignment, S_IRUGO, part_discard_alignment_show,
+		   NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(stat, S_IRUGO, part_stat_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(inflight, S_IRUGO, part_inflight_show, NULL);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
@@ -300,6 +309,7 @@ static struct attribute *part_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_start.attr,
 	&dev_attr_size.attr,
 	&dev_attr_alignment_offset.attr,
+	&dev_attr_discard_alignment.attr,
 	&dev_attr_stat.attr,
 	&dev_attr_inflight.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
@@ -403,6 +413,8 @@ struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 
 	p->start_sect = start;
 	p->alignment_offset = queue_sector_alignment_offset(disk->queue, start);
+	p->discard_alignment = queue_sector_discard_alignment(disk->queue,
+							      start);
 	p->nr_sects = len;
 	p->partno = partno;
 	p->policy = get_disk_ro(disk);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 39c601f783a..1cc02972fbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -312,12 +312,15 @@ struct queue_limits {
 	unsigned int		io_min;
 	unsigned int		io_opt;
 	unsigned int		max_discard_sectors;
+	unsigned int		discard_granularity;
+	unsigned int		discard_alignment;
 
 	unsigned short		logical_block_size;
 	unsigned short		max_hw_segments;
 	unsigned short		max_phys_segments;
 
 	unsigned char		misaligned;
+	unsigned char		discard_misaligned;
 	unsigned char		no_cluster;
 };
 
@@ -1121,6 +1124,21 @@ static inline int bdev_alignment_offset(struct block_device *bdev)
 	return q->limits.alignment_offset;
 }
 
+static inline int queue_discard_alignment(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	if (q->limits.discard_misaligned)
+		return -1;
+
+	return q->limits.discard_alignment;
+}
+
+static inline int queue_sector_discard_alignment(struct request_queue *q,
+						 sector_t sector)
+{
+	return ((sector << 9) - q->limits.discard_alignment)
+		& (q->limits.discard_granularity - 1);
+}
+
 static inline int queue_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	return q ? q->dma_alignment : 511;
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 297df45ffd0..c6c0c41af35 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct hd_struct {
 	sector_t start_sect;
 	sector_t nr_sects;
 	sector_t alignment_offset;
+	unsigned int discard_alignment;
 	struct device __dev;
 	struct kobject *holder_dir;
 	int policy, partno;