diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0cfc50cdc..048bcfaf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ so it should be used with a pool manager that will take over
 the managing of the provided memory - for example the jemalloc pool
 with the `disable_provider_free` parameter set to true.
 
+The memory visibility mode parameter must be set to `UMF_MEM_MAP_SYNC` in case of FSDAX.
+
 ##### Requirements
 
 1) Linux OS
diff --git a/include/umf/memory_provider.h b/include/umf/memory_provider.h
index fb217a0e8..073b04efb 100644
--- a/include/umf/memory_provider.h
+++ b/include/umf/memory_provider.h
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ extern "C" {
 /// @brief Memory visibility mode
 typedef enum umf_memory_visibility_t {
     UMF_MEM_MAP_PRIVATE = 1, ///< private memory mapping
-    UMF_MEM_MAP_SHARED, ///< shared memory mapping (supported on Linux only)
+    UMF_MEM_MAP_SHARED,      ///< shared memory mapping (Linux only)
+    UMF_MEM_MAP_SYNC, ///< direct mapping of persistent memory (supported only for files supporting DAX, Linux only)
 } umf_memory_visibility_t;
 
 /// @brief Protection of the memory allocations
diff --git a/src/provider/provider_devdax_memory.c b/src/provider/provider_devdax_memory.c
index ed0c2a25d..45fc725cc 100644
--- a/src/provider/provider_devdax_memory.c
+++ b/src/provider/provider_devdax_memory.c
@@ -130,8 +130,13 @@ static umf_result_t devdax_initialize(void *params, void **provider) {
         goto err_free_devdax_provider;
     }
 
-    devdax_provider->base = utils_devdax_mmap(NULL, devdax_provider->size,
-                                              devdax_provider->protection, fd);
+    unsigned map_sync_flag = 0;
+    utils_translate_mem_visibility_flag(UMF_MEM_MAP_SYNC, &map_sync_flag);
+
+    // mmap /dev/dax with the MAP_SYNC xor MAP_SHARED flag (if MAP_SYNC fails)
+    devdax_provider->base = utils_mmap_file(NULL, devdax_provider->size,
+                                            devdax_provider->protection,
+                                            map_sync_flag, fd, 0 /* offset */);
     utils_close_fd(fd);
     if (devdax_provider->base == NULL) {
         LOG_PDEBUG("devdax memory mapping failed (path=%s, size=%zu)",
@@ -458,8 +463,13 @@ static umf_result_t devdax_open_ipc_handle(void *provider,
         return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
     }
 
-    char *base = utils_devdax_mmap(NULL, devdax_provider->size,
-                                   devdax_provider->protection, fd);
+    unsigned map_sync_flag = 0;
+    utils_translate_mem_visibility_flag(UMF_MEM_MAP_SYNC, &map_sync_flag);
+
+    // mmap /dev/dax with the MAP_SYNC xor MAP_SHARED flag (if MAP_SYNC fails)
+    char *base = utils_mmap_file(NULL, devdax_provider->size,
+                                 devdax_provider->protection, map_sync_flag, fd,
+                                 0 /* offset */);
     if (base == NULL) {
         devdax_store_last_native_error(UMF_DEVDAX_RESULT_ERROR_ALLOC_FAILED,
                                        errno);
diff --git a/src/provider/provider_file_memory.c b/src/provider/provider_file_memory.c
index 757dcb1d0..ed9b23164 100644
--- a/src/provider/provider_file_memory.c
+++ b/src/provider/provider_file_memory.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static umf_result_t file_mmap_aligned(file_memory_provider_t *file_provider,
     ASSERT_IS_ALIGNED(extended_size, page_size);
     ASSERT_IS_ALIGNED(offset_fd, page_size);
 
-    void *ptr = utils_mmap(NULL, extended_size, prot, flag, fd, offset_fd);
+    void *ptr = utils_mmap_file(NULL, extended_size, prot, flag, fd, offset_fd);
     if (ptr == NULL) {
         LOG_PERR("memory mapping failed");
         return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_MEMORY_PROVIDER_SPECIFIC;
@@ -612,8 +612,9 @@ static umf_result_t file_open_ipc_handle(void *provider, void *providerIpcData,
         return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
     }
 
-    *ptr = utils_mmap(NULL, file_ipc_data->size, file_provider->protection,
-                      file_provider->visibility, fd, file_ipc_data->offset_fd);
+    *ptr = utils_mmap_file(NULL, file_ipc_data->size, file_provider->protection,
+                           file_provider->visibility, fd,
+                           file_ipc_data->offset_fd);
     (void)utils_close_fd(fd);
     if (*ptr == NULL) {
         file_store_last_native_error(UMF_FILE_RESULT_ERROR_ALLOC_FAILED, errno);
diff --git a/src/utils/utils_common.h b/src/utils/utils_common.h
index a58614061..999fc5745 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils_common.h
+++ b/src/utils/utils_common.h
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ int utils_set_file_size(int fd, size_t size);
 void *utils_mmap(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int flag, int fd,
                  size_t fd_offset);
 
-void *utils_devdax_mmap(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int fd);
+void *utils_mmap_file(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags,
+                      int fd, size_t fd_offset);
 
 int utils_munmap(void *addr, size_t length);
 
diff --git a/src/utils/utils_linux_common.c b/src/utils/utils_linux_common.c
index f5f76be21..f1e6beb5d 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils_linux_common.c
+++ b/src/utils/utils_linux_common.c
@@ -31,29 +31,65 @@ utils_translate_mem_visibility_flag(umf_memory_visibility_t in_flag,
     case UMF_MEM_MAP_SHARED:
         *out_flag = MAP_SHARED;
         return UMF_RESULT_SUCCESS;
+    case UMF_MEM_MAP_SYNC:
+        *out_flag = MAP_SYNC;
+        return UMF_RESULT_SUCCESS;
     }
     return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
 }
 
 /*
- * MMap a /dev/dax device.
- * First try to mmap with (MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE | MAP_SYNC) flags
- * which allows flushing from the user-space. If MAP_SYNC fails
- * try to mmap with MAP_SHARED flag (without MAP_SYNC).
+ * Map given file into memory.
+ * If (flags & MAP_PRIVATE) it uses just mmap. Otherwise, if (flags & MAP_SYNC)
+ * it tries to mmap with (flags | MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE | MAP_SYNC)
+ * which allows flushing from the user-space. If MAP_SYNC fails and the user
+ * did not specify it by himself it tries to mmap with (flags | MAP_SHARED).
  */
-void *utils_devdax_mmap(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int fd) {
-    void *ptr = utils_mmap(hint_addr, length, prot,
-                           MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE | MAP_SYNC, fd, 0);
-    if (ptr) {
-        LOG_DEBUG(
-            "devdax mapped with the (MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE | MAP_SYNC) flags");
-        return ptr;
-    }
-
-    ptr = utils_mmap(hint_addr, length, prot, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
-    if (ptr) {
-        LOG_DEBUG("devdax mapped with the MAP_SHARED flag");
-        return ptr;
+void *utils_mmap_file(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags,
+                      int fd, size_t fd_offset) {
+    void *addr;
+
+    /*
+     * MAP_PRIVATE and MAP_SHARED are mutually exclusive,
+     * therefore mmap with MAP_PRIVATE is executed separately.
+     */
+    if (flags & MAP_PRIVATE) {
+        addr = utils_mmap(hint_addr, length, prot, flags, fd, fd_offset);
+        if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+            LOG_PERR("mapping file with the MAP_PRIVATE flag failed");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        LOG_DEBUG("file mapped with the MAP_PRIVATE flag");
+        return addr;
+    }
+
+    errno = 0;
+
+    if (flags & MAP_SYNC) {
+        /* try to mmap with MAP_SYNC flag */
+        const int sync_flags = MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE | MAP_SYNC;
+        addr = utils_mmap(hint_addr, length, prot, flags | sync_flags, fd,
+                          fd_offset);
+        if (addr) {
+            LOG_DEBUG("file mapped with the MAP_SYNC flag");
+            return addr;
+        }
+
+        LOG_PERR("mapping file with the MAP_SYNC flag failed");
+    }
+
+    if ((!(flags & MAP_SYNC)) || errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOTSUP ||
+        errno == EOPNOTSUPP) {
+        /* try to mmap with MAP_SHARED flag (without MAP_SYNC) */
+        const int shared_flags = (flags & (~MAP_SYNC)) | MAP_SHARED;
+        addr = utils_mmap(hint_addr, length, prot, shared_flags, fd, fd_offset);
+        if (addr) {
+            LOG_DEBUG("file mapped with the MAP_SHARED flag");
+            return addr;
+        }
+
+        LOG_PERR("mapping file with the MAP_SHARED flag failed");
     }
 
     return NULL;
diff --git a/src/utils/utils_macosx_common.c b/src/utils/utils_macosx_common.c
index 9c91e2b01..586f0fa52 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils_macosx_common.c
+++ b/src/utils/utils_macosx_common.c
@@ -23,15 +23,20 @@ utils_translate_mem_visibility_flag(umf_memory_visibility_t in_flag,
         return UMF_RESULT_SUCCESS;
     case UMF_MEM_MAP_SHARED:
         return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED; // not supported on MacOSX
+    case UMF_MEM_MAP_SYNC:
+        return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED; // not supported on MacOSX
     }
     return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
 }
 
-void *utils_devdax_mmap(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int fd) {
+void *utils_mmap_file(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags,
+                      int fd, size_t fd_offset) {
     (void)hint_addr; // unused
     (void)length;    // unused
     (void)prot;      // unused
+    (void)flags;     // unused
     (void)fd;        // unused
+    (void)fd_offset; // unused
     return NULL;     // not supported
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/utils_windows_common.c b/src/utils/utils_windows_common.c
index 33faa1b97..4646b6f55 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils_windows_common.c
+++ b/src/utils/utils_windows_common.c
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ utils_translate_mem_visibility_flag(umf_memory_visibility_t in_flag,
         return UMF_RESULT_SUCCESS;
     case UMF_MEM_MAP_SHARED:
         return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED; // not supported on Windows yet
+    case UMF_MEM_MAP_SYNC:
+        return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED; // not supported on Windows yet
     }
     return UMF_RESULT_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
 }
@@ -145,12 +147,15 @@ void *utils_mmap(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int flag, int fd,
     return VirtualAlloc(hint_addr, length, MEM_RESERVE | MEM_COMMIT, prot);
 }
 
-void *utils_devdax_mmap(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int fd) {
+void *utils_mmap_file(void *hint_addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags,
+                      int fd, size_t fd_offset) {
     (void)hint_addr; // unused
     (void)length;    // unused
     (void)prot;      // unused
+    (void)flags;     // unused
     (void)fd;        // unused
-    return NULL;     // not supported on Windows
+    (void)fd_offset; // unused
+    return NULL;     // not supported
 }
 
 int utils_munmap(void *addr, size_t length) {