int ret = 0, lock_level = 0;
        struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_sb);
 
-       /* We don't want to support shared writable mappings yet. */
-       if (!ocfs2_mount_local(osb) &&
+       /*
+        * Only support shared writeable mmap for local mounts which
+        * don't know about holes.
+        */
+       if ((!ocfs2_mount_local(osb) || ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb)) &&
            ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)) &&
            ((vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE))) {
                mlog(0, "disallow shared writable mmaps %lx\n", vma->vm_flags);