diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
index 3b26cc62dadb..f6d118aaedb9 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #define MAP_SHARED	0x01		/* Share changes */
 #define MAP_PRIVATE	0x02		/* Changes are private */
+#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x03	/* share + validate extension flags */
 #define MAP_TYPE	0x0f		/* Mask for type of mapping (OSF/1 is _wrong_) */
 #define MAP_FIXED	0x100		/* Interpret addr exactly */
 #define MAP_ANONYMOUS	0x10		/* don't use a file */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/mman.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
index da3216007fe0..93268e4cd3c7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  */
 #define MAP_SHARED	0x001		/* Share changes */
 #define MAP_PRIVATE	0x002		/* Changes are private */
+#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x003	/* share + validate extension flags */
 #define MAP_TYPE	0x00f		/* Mask for type of mapping */
 #define MAP_FIXED	0x010		/* Interpret addr exactly */
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
index 775b5d5e41a1..bca652aa1677 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #define MAP_SHARED	0x01		/* Share changes */
 #define MAP_PRIVATE	0x02		/* Changes are private */
+#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x03	/* share + validate extension flags */
 #define MAP_TYPE	0x03		/* Mask for type of mapping */
 #define MAP_FIXED	0x04		/* Interpret addr exactly */
 #define MAP_ANONYMOUS	0x10		/* don't use a file */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/mman.h b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
index b15b278aa314..9ab426374714 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
  */
 #define MAP_SHARED	0x001		/* Share changes */
 #define MAP_PRIVATE	0x002		/* Changes are private */
+#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x003	/* share + validate extension flags */
 #define MAP_TYPE	0x00f		/* Mask for type of mapping */
 #define MAP_FIXED	0x010		/* Interpret addr exactly */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 13dab191a23e..57added3201d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1701,6 +1701,7 @@ struct file_operations {
 	long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 	long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 	int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
+	unsigned long mmap_supported_flags;
 	int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
 	int (*flush) (struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
 	int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
diff --git a/include/linux/mman.h b/include/linux/mman.h
index c8367041fafd..94b63b4d71ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/mman.h
+++ b/include/linux/mman.h
@@ -7,6 +7,45 @@
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/mman.h>
 
+/*
+ * Arrange for legacy / undefined architecture specific flags to be
+ * ignored by default in LEGACY_MAP_MASK.
+ */
+#ifndef MAP_32BIT
+#define MAP_32BIT 0
+#endif
+#ifndef MAP_HUGE_2MB
+#define MAP_HUGE_2MB 0
+#endif
+#ifndef MAP_HUGE_1GB
+#define MAP_HUGE_1GB 0
+#endif
+#ifndef MAP_UNINITIALIZED
+#define MAP_UNINITIALIZED 0
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * The historical set of flags that all mmap implementations implicitly
+ * support when a ->mmap_validate() op is not provided in file_operations.
+ */
+#define LEGACY_MAP_MASK (MAP_SHARED \
+		| MAP_PRIVATE \
+		| MAP_FIXED \
+		| MAP_ANONYMOUS \
+		| MAP_DENYWRITE \
+		| MAP_EXECUTABLE \
+		| MAP_UNINITIALIZED \
+		| MAP_GROWSDOWN \
+		| MAP_LOCKED \
+		| MAP_NORESERVE \
+		| MAP_POPULATE \
+		| MAP_NONBLOCK \
+		| MAP_STACK \
+		| MAP_HUGETLB \
+		| MAP_32BIT \
+		| MAP_HUGE_2MB \
+		| MAP_HUGE_1GB)
+
 extern int sysctl_overcommit_memory;
 extern int sysctl_overcommit_ratio;
 extern unsigned long sysctl_overcommit_kbytes;
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
index 203268f9231e..8ce7f5a0800f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #define MAP_SHARED	0x01		/* Share changes */
 #define MAP_PRIVATE	0x02		/* Changes are private */
+#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x03	/* share + validate extension flags */
 #define MAP_TYPE	0x0f		/* Mask for type of mapping */
 #define MAP_FIXED	0x10		/* Interpret addr exactly */
 #define MAP_ANONYMOUS	0x20		/* don't use a file */
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 680506faceae..924839fac0e6 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1387,9 +1387,24 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 
 	if (file) {
 		struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+		unsigned long flags_mask;
+
+		flags_mask = LEGACY_MAP_MASK | file->f_op->mmap_supported_flags;
 
 		switch (flags & MAP_TYPE) {
 		case MAP_SHARED:
+			/*
+			 * Force use of MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE with non-legacy
+			 * flags. E.g. MAP_SYNC is dangerous to use with
+			 * MAP_SHARED as you don't know which consistency model
+			 * you will get. We silently ignore unsupported flags
+			 * with MAP_SHARED to preserve backward compatibility.
+			 */
+			flags &= LEGACY_MAP_MASK;
+			/* fall through */
+		case MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE:
+			if (flags & ~flags_mask)
+				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			if ((prot&PROT_WRITE) && !(file->f_mode&FMODE_WRITE))
 				return -EACCES;
 
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
index 203268f9231e..8ce7f5a0800f 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #define MAP_SHARED	0x01		/* Share changes */
 #define MAP_PRIVATE	0x02		/* Changes are private */
+#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x03	/* share + validate extension flags */
 #define MAP_TYPE	0x0f		/* Mask for type of mapping */
 #define MAP_FIXED	0x10		/* Interpret addr exactly */
 #define MAP_ANONYMOUS	0x20		/* don't use a file */
