static int fuse_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
        struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data;
+       struct fuse_conn *fc = ff->fm->fc;
 
        /* DAX mmap is superior to direct_io mmap */
        if (FUSE_IS_DAX(file_inode(file)))
                return fuse_dax_mmap(file, vma);
 
        if (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_DIRECT_IO) {
-               /* Can't provide the coherency needed for MAP_SHARED */
-               if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)
+               /* Can't provide the coherency needed for MAP_SHARED
+                * if FUSE_DIRECT_IO_RELAX isn't set.
+                */
+               if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) && !fc->direct_io_relax)
                        return -ENODEV;
 
                invalidate_inode_pages2(file->f_mapping);
 
        /* Is tmpfile not implemented by fs? */
        unsigned int no_tmpfile:1;
 
+       /* relax restrictions in FOPEN_DIRECT_IO mode */
+       unsigned int direct_io_relax:1;
+
        /** The number of requests waiting for completion */
        atomic_t num_waiting;
 
 
                                fc->init_security = 1;
                        if (flags & FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP)
                                fc->create_supp_group = 1;
+                       if (flags & FUSE_DIRECT_IO_RELAX)
+                               fc->direct_io_relax = 1;
                } else {
                        ra_pages = fc->max_read / PAGE_SIZE;
                        fc->no_lock = 1;
                FUSE_NO_OPENDIR_SUPPORT | FUSE_EXPLICIT_INVAL_DATA |
                FUSE_HANDLE_KILLPRIV_V2 | FUSE_SETXATTR_EXT | FUSE_INIT_EXT |
                FUSE_SECURITY_CTX | FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP |
-               FUSE_HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY;
+               FUSE_HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY | FUSE_DIRECT_IO_RELAX;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUSE_DAX
        if (fm->fc->dax)
                flags |= FUSE_MAP_ALIGNMENT;
 
  *  - add FUSE_EXT_GROUPS
  *  - add FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP
  *  - add FUSE_HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY
+ *
+ *  7.39
+ *  - add FUSE_DIRECT_IO_RELAX
  */
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_FUSE_H
 #define FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION 7
 
 /** Minor version number of this interface */
-#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 38
+#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 39
 
 /** The node ID of the root inode */
 #define FUSE_ROOT_ID 1
  * FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP: add supplementary group info to create, mkdir,
  *                     symlink and mknod (single group that matches parent)
  * FUSE_HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY: kernel supports expiry-only entry invalidation
+ * FUSE_DIRECT_IO_RELAX: relax restrictions in FOPEN_DIRECT_IO mode, for now
+ *                       allow shared mmap
  */
 #define FUSE_ASYNC_READ                (1 << 0)
 #define FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS       (1 << 1)
 #define FUSE_HAS_INODE_DAX     (1ULL << 33)
 #define FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP (1ULL << 34)
 #define FUSE_HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY   (1ULL << 35)
+#define FUSE_DIRECT_IO_RELAX   (1ULL << 36)
 
 /**
  * CUSE INIT request/reply flags