device-mapper thin provisioning doesn't DISCARD when removing devices

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Issue

If a file is removed on a thinly provisioned device the kernel correctly pass down DISCARD to the underlying device. However, this doesn't occur when entire thin provisioning devices are deleted.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5

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