diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c b/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c
index 2fbfadd9f0..9fc00bde9e 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c
@@ -3874,12 +3874,6 @@ pgstat_get_wait_io(WaitEventIO w)
 		case WAIT_EVENT_RELATION_MAP_WRITE:
 			event_name = "RelationMapWrite";
 			break;
-		case WAIT_EVENT_REORDER_BUFFER_READ:
-			event_name = "ReorderBufferRead";
-			break;
-		case WAIT_EVENT_REORDER_BUFFER_WRITE:
-			event_name = "ReorderBufferWrite";
-			break;
 		case WAIT_EVENT_REORDER_LOGICAL_MAPPING_READ:
 			event_name = "ReorderLogicalMappingRead";
 			break;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
index 2cfdf1c9ac..f958d27761 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 #include "replication/slot.h"
 #include "replication/snapbuild.h"	/* just for SnapBuildSnapDecRefcount */
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
+#include "storage/buffile.h"
 #include "storage/fd.h"
 #include "storage/sinval.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ typedef struct ReorderBufferIterTXNEntry
 	XLogRecPtr	lsn;
 	ReorderBufferChange *change;
 	ReorderBufferTXN *txn;
-	int			fd;
+	TransientBufFile *file;
 	XLogSegNo	segno;
 } ReorderBufferIterTXNEntry;
 
@@ -192,9 +193,11 @@ static void ReorderBufferExecuteInvalidations(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTX
 static void ReorderBufferCheckSerializeTXN(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn);
 static void ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn);
 static void ReorderBufferSerializeChange(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
-							 int fd, ReorderBufferChange *change);
+							 TransientBufFile *file, ReorderBufferChange *change);
+static void ReorderBufferWriteData(TransientBufFile *file, void *ptr, size_t size,
+					   ReorderBufferTXN *txn);
 static Size ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
-							int *fd, XLogSegNo *segno);
+							TransientBufFile **file, XLogSegNo *segno);
 static void ReorderBufferRestoreChange(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 						   char *change);
 static void ReorderBufferRestoreCleanup(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn);
@@ -468,8 +471,8 @@ ReorderBufferReturnTupleBuf(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTupleBuf *tuple)
 Oid *
 ReorderBufferGetRelids(ReorderBuffer *rb, int nrelids)
 {
-	Oid	   *relids;
-	Size	alloc_len;
+	Oid		   *relids;
+	Size		alloc_len;
 
 	alloc_len = sizeof(Oid) * nrelids;
 
@@ -988,7 +991,7 @@ ReorderBufferIterTXNInit(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 
 	for (off = 0; off < state->nr_txns; off++)
 	{
-		state->entries[off].fd = -1;
+		state->entries[off].file = NULL;
 		state->entries[off].segno = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1013,7 +1016,7 @@ ReorderBufferIterTXNInit(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 		{
 			/* serialize remaining changes */
 			ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(rb, txn);
-			ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(rb, txn, &state->entries[off].fd,
+			ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(rb, txn, &state->entries[off].file,
 										&state->entries[off].segno);
 		}
 
@@ -1043,7 +1046,7 @@ ReorderBufferIterTXNInit(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 				/* serialize remaining changes */
 				ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(rb, cur_txn);
 				ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(rb, cur_txn,
-											&state->entries[off].fd,
+											&state->entries[off].file,
 											&state->entries[off].segno);
 			}
 			cur_change = dlist_head_element(ReorderBufferChange, node,
@@ -1124,7 +1127,7 @@ ReorderBufferIterTXNNext(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferIterTXNState *state)
 		dlist_delete(&change->node);
 		dlist_push_tail(&state->old_change, &change->node);
 
-		if (ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(rb, entry->txn, &entry->fd,
+		if (ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(rb, entry->txn, &entry->file,
 										&state->entries[off].segno))
 		{
 			/* successfully restored changes from disk */
@@ -1163,8 +1166,8 @@ ReorderBufferIterTXNFinish(ReorderBuffer *rb,
 
 	for (off = 0; off < state->nr_txns; off++)
 	{
-		if (state->entries[off].fd != -1)
-			CloseTransientFile(state->entries[off].fd);
+		if (state->entries[off].file)
+			BufFileCloseTransient(state->entries[off].file);
 	}
 
 	/* free memory we might have "leaked" in the last *Next call */
@@ -1327,8 +1330,8 @@ ReorderBufferBuildTupleCidHash(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 		else
 		{
 			/*
-			 * Maybe we already saw this tuple before in this transaction,
-			 * but if so it must have the same cmin.
+			 * Maybe we already saw this tuple before in this transaction, but
+			 * if so it must have the same cmin.
 			 */
 			Assert(ent->cmin == change->data.tuplecid.cmin);
 
@@ -2254,7 +2257,7 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 {
 	dlist_iter	subtxn_i;
 	dlist_mutable_iter change_i;
-	int			fd = -1;
+	TransientBufFile *file = NULL;
 	XLogSegNo	curOpenSegNo = 0;
 	Size		spilled = 0;
 
@@ -2281,13 +2284,13 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 		 * store in segment in which it belongs by start lsn, don't split over
 		 * multiple segments tho
 		 */
-		if (fd == -1 ||
+		if (file == NULL ||
 			!XLByteInSeg(change->lsn, curOpenSegNo, wal_segment_size))
 		{
 			char		path[MAXPGPATH];
 
-			if (fd != -1)
-				CloseTransientFile(fd);
+			if (file)
+				BufFileCloseTransient(file);
 
 			XLByteToSeg(change->lsn, curOpenSegNo, wal_segment_size);
 
@@ -2299,16 +2302,11 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 										curOpenSegNo);
 
 			/* open segment, create it if necessary */
-			fd = OpenTransientFile(path,
-								   O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | PG_BINARY);
-
-			if (fd < 0)
-				ereport(ERROR,
-						(errcode_for_file_access(),
-						 errmsg("could not open file \"%s\": %m", path)));
+			file = BufFileOpenTransient(path,
+										O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | PG_BINARY);
 		}
 
-		ReorderBufferSerializeChange(rb, txn, fd, change);
+		ReorderBufferSerializeChange(rb, txn, file, change);
 		dlist_delete(&change->node);
 		ReorderBufferReturnChange(rb, change);
 
@@ -2320,8 +2318,8 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
 	txn->nentries_mem = 0;
 	txn->serialized = true;
 
-	if (fd != -1)
-		CloseTransientFile(fd);
+	if (file)
+		BufFileCloseTransient(file);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2329,15 +2327,13 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeTXN(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
  */
 static void
 ReorderBufferSerializeChange(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
-							 int fd, ReorderBufferChange *change)
+							 TransientBufFile *file, ReorderBufferChange *change)
 {
-	ReorderBufferDiskChange *ondisk;
+	ReorderBufferDiskChange hdr;
 	Size		sz = sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange);
 
-	ReorderBufferSerializeReserve(rb, sz);
-
-	ondisk = (ReorderBufferDiskChange *) rb->outbuf;
-	memcpy(&ondisk->change, change, sizeof(ReorderBufferChange));
+	memcpy((char *) &hdr + offsetof(ReorderBufferDiskChange, change),
+		   change, sizeof(ReorderBufferChange));
 
 	switch (change->action)
 	{
@@ -2347,7 +2343,6 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeChange(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 		case REORDER_BUFFER_CHANGE_DELETE:
 		case REORDER_BUFFER_CHANGE_INTERNAL_SPEC_INSERT:
 			{
-				char	   *data;
 				ReorderBufferTupleBuf *oldtup,
 						   *newtup;
 				Size		oldlen = 0;
@@ -2370,66 +2365,55 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeChange(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 					sz += newlen;
 				}
 
-				/* make sure we have enough space */
-				ReorderBufferSerializeReserve(rb, sz);
-
-				data = ((char *) rb->outbuf) + sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange);
-				/* might have been reallocated above */
-				ondisk = (ReorderBufferDiskChange *) rb->outbuf;
+				hdr.size = sz;
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, &hdr, sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange),
+									   txn);
 
 				if (oldlen)
 				{
-					memcpy(data, &oldtup->tuple, sizeof(HeapTupleData));
-					data += sizeof(HeapTupleData);
-
-					memcpy(data, oldtup->tuple.t_data, oldlen);
-					data += oldlen;
+					ReorderBufferWriteData(file, &oldtup->tuple,
+										   sizeof(HeapTupleData), txn);
+					ReorderBufferWriteData(file, oldtup->tuple.t_data, oldlen,
+										   txn);
 				}
 
 				if (newlen)
 				{
-					memcpy(data, &newtup->tuple, sizeof(HeapTupleData));
-					data += sizeof(HeapTupleData);
-
-					memcpy(data, newtup->tuple.t_data, newlen);
-					data += newlen;
+					ReorderBufferWriteData(file, &newtup->tuple,
+										   sizeof(HeapTupleData), txn);
+					ReorderBufferWriteData(file, newtup->tuple.t_data, newlen,
+										   txn);
 				}
 				break;
 			}
 		case REORDER_BUFFER_CHANGE_MESSAGE:
 			{
-				char	   *data;
 				Size		prefix_size = strlen(change->data.msg.prefix) + 1;
 
 				sz += prefix_size + change->data.msg.message_size +
 					sizeof(Size) + sizeof(Size);
-				ReorderBufferSerializeReserve(rb, sz);
-
-				data = ((char *) rb->outbuf) + sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange);
 
-				/* might have been reallocated above */
-				ondisk = (ReorderBufferDiskChange *) rb->outbuf;
+				hdr.size = sz;
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, &hdr,
+									   sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange),
+									   txn);
 
 				/* write the prefix including the size */
-				memcpy(data, &prefix_size, sizeof(Size));
-				data += sizeof(Size);
-				memcpy(data, change->data.msg.prefix,
-					   prefix_size);
-				data += prefix_size;
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, &prefix_size, sizeof(Size), txn);
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, change->data.msg.prefix,
+									   prefix_size, txn);
 
 				/* write the message including the size */
-				memcpy(data, &change->data.msg.message_size, sizeof(Size));
-				data += sizeof(Size);
-				memcpy(data, change->data.msg.message,
-					   change->data.msg.message_size);
-				data += change->data.msg.message_size;
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, &change->data.msg.message_size,
+									   sizeof(Size), txn);
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, change->data.msg.message,
+									   change->data.msg.message_size, txn);
 
 				break;
 			}
 		case REORDER_BUFFER_CHANGE_INTERNAL_SNAPSHOT:
 			{
 				Snapshot	snap;
-				char	   *data;
 
 				snap = change->data.snapshot;
 
@@ -2438,49 +2422,37 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeChange(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 					sizeof(TransactionId) * snap->subxcnt
 					;
 
-				/* make sure we have enough space */
-				ReorderBufferSerializeReserve(rb, sz);
-				data = ((char *) rb->outbuf) + sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange);
-				/* might have been reallocated above */
-				ondisk = (ReorderBufferDiskChange *) rb->outbuf;
+				hdr.size = sz;
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, &hdr,
+									   sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange), txn);
 
-				memcpy(data, snap, sizeof(SnapshotData));
-				data += sizeof(SnapshotData);
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, snap, sizeof(SnapshotData), txn);
 
 				if (snap->xcnt)
-				{
-					memcpy(data, snap->xip,
-						   sizeof(TransactionId) * snap->xcnt);
-					data += sizeof(TransactionId) * snap->xcnt;
-				}
+					ReorderBufferWriteData(file, snap->xip,
+										   sizeof(TransactionId) * snap->xcnt,
+										   txn);
 
 				if (snap->subxcnt)
-				{
-					memcpy(data, snap->subxip,
-						   sizeof(TransactionId) * snap->subxcnt);
-					data += sizeof(TransactionId) * snap->subxcnt;
-				}
+					ReorderBufferWriteData(file, snap->subxip,
+										   sizeof(TransactionId) * snap->subxcnt,
+										   txn);
 				break;
 			}
 		case REORDER_BUFFER_CHANGE_TRUNCATE:
 			{
-				Size	size;
-				char   *data;
+				Size		size;
 
 				/* account for the OIDs of truncated relations */
 				size = sizeof(Oid) * change->data.truncate.nrelids;
 				sz += size;
 
-				/* make sure we have enough space */
-				ReorderBufferSerializeReserve(rb, sz);
-
-				data = ((char *) rb->outbuf) + sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange);
-				/* might have been reallocated above */
-				ondisk = (ReorderBufferDiskChange *) rb->outbuf;
-
-				memcpy(data, change->data.truncate.relids, size);
-				data += size;
+				hdr.size = sz;
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, &hdr, sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange),
+									   txn);
 
+				ReorderBufferWriteData(file, change->data.truncate.relids, size,
+									   txn);
 				break;
 			}
 		case REORDER_BUFFER_CHANGE_INTERNAL_SPEC_CONFIRM:
@@ -2489,27 +2461,21 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeChange(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 			/* ReorderBufferChange contains everything important */
 			break;
 	}
+}
 
-	ondisk->size = sz;
-
-	errno = 0;
-	pgstat_report_wait_start(WAIT_EVENT_REORDER_BUFFER_WRITE);
-	if (write(fd, rb->outbuf, ondisk->size) != ondisk->size)
-	{
-		int			save_errno = errno;
-
-		CloseTransientFile(fd);
-
-		/* if write didn't set errno, assume problem is no disk space */
-		errno = save_errno ? save_errno : ENOSPC;
+/*
+ * Wrapper for BufFileWriteTransient() that raises ERROR if the whole chunk
+ * was not written. XXX Should this be a macro?
+ */
+static void
+ReorderBufferWriteData(TransientBufFile *file, void *ptr, size_t size,
+					   ReorderBufferTXN *txn)
+{
+	if (BufFileWriteTransient(file, ptr, size) != size)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode_for_file_access(),
 				 errmsg("could not write to data file for XID %u: %m",
 						txn->xid)));
-	}
-	pgstat_report_wait_end();
-
-	Assert(ondisk->change.action == change->action);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2517,7 +2483,7 @@ ReorderBufferSerializeChange(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
  */
 static Size
 ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
-							int *fd, XLogSegNo *segno)
+							TransientBufFile **file, XLogSegNo *segno)
 {
 	Size		restored = 0;
 	XLogSegNo	last_segno;
@@ -2545,7 +2511,7 @@ ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 		int			readBytes;
 		ReorderBufferDiskChange *ondisk;
 
-		if (*fd == -1)
+		if (*file == NULL)
 		{
 			char		path[MAXPGPATH];
 
@@ -2562,18 +2528,13 @@ ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 			ReorderBufferSerializedPath(path, MyReplicationSlot, txn->xid,
 										*segno);
 
-			*fd = OpenTransientFile(path, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY);
-			if (*fd < 0 && errno == ENOENT)
+			*file = BufFileOpenTransient(path, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY);
+			if (*file == NULL)
 			{
-				*fd = -1;
+				Assert(errno == ENOENT);
 				(*segno)++;
 				continue;
 			}
-			else if (*fd < 0)
-				ereport(ERROR,
-						(errcode_for_file_access(),
-						 errmsg("could not open file \"%s\": %m",
-								path)));
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -2582,22 +2543,16 @@ ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 		 * end of this file.
 		 */
 		ReorderBufferSerializeReserve(rb, sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange));
-		pgstat_report_wait_start(WAIT_EVENT_REORDER_BUFFER_READ);
-		readBytes = read(*fd, rb->outbuf, sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange));
-		pgstat_report_wait_end();
+		readBytes = BufFileReadTransient(*file, rb->outbuf, sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange));
 
 		/* eof */
 		if (readBytes == 0)
 		{
-			CloseTransientFile(*fd);
-			*fd = -1;
+			BufFileCloseTransient(*file);
+			*file = NULL;
 			(*segno)++;
 			continue;
 		}
-		else if (readBytes < 0)
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode_for_file_access(),
-					 errmsg("could not read from reorderbuffer spill file: %m")));
 		else if (readBytes != sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange))
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode_for_file_access(),
@@ -2611,16 +2566,10 @@ ReorderBufferRestoreChanges(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 									  sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange) + ondisk->size);
 		ondisk = (ReorderBufferDiskChange *) rb->outbuf;
 
-		pgstat_report_wait_start(WAIT_EVENT_REORDER_BUFFER_READ);
-		readBytes = read(*fd, rb->outbuf + sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange),
-						 ondisk->size - sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange));
-		pgstat_report_wait_end();
+		readBytes = BufFileReadTransient(*file, rb->outbuf + sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange),
+										 ondisk->size - sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange));
 
-		if (readBytes < 0)
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode_for_file_access(),
-					 errmsg("could not read from reorderbuffer spill file: %m")));
-		else if (readBytes != ondisk->size - sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange))
+		if (readBytes != ondisk->size - sizeof(ReorderBufferDiskChange))
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode_for_file_access(),
 					 errmsg("could not read from reorderbuffer spill file: read %d instead of %u bytes",
@@ -2767,7 +2716,7 @@ ReorderBufferRestoreChange(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 			/* the base struct contains all the data, easy peasy */
 		case REORDER_BUFFER_CHANGE_TRUNCATE:
 			{
-				Oid	   *relids;
+				Oid		   *relids;
 
 				relids = ReorderBufferGetRelids(rb,
 												change->data.truncate.nrelids);
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c b/src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c
index c2c445dbf4..6c426c0509 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 #include "executor/instrument.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
@@ -93,6 +95,27 @@ struct BufFile
 	PGAlignedBlock buffer;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Buffered variant of a transient file. Unlike BufFile this is simpler in
+ * several ways: 1) it's not split into segments, 2) there's no need of seek,
+ * 3) there's no need to combine read and write access.
+ */
+struct TransientBufFile
+{
+	/* The underlying file. */
+	char	   *path;
+	int			fileFlags;
+	int			fd;
+
+	off_t		offset;			/* next read/write position in file */
+	int			pos;			/* next read/write position in buffer */
+	int			nbytes;			/* total # of valid bytes in buffer */
+
+	bool		dirty;			/* unsaved data in the buffer?  */
+
+	PGAlignedBlock buffer;
+};
+
 static BufFile *makeBufFileCommon(int nfiles);
 static BufFile *makeBufFile(File firstfile);
 static void extendBufFile(BufFile *file);
@@ -101,6 +124,9 @@ static void BufFileDumpBuffer(BufFile *file);
 static int	BufFileFlush(BufFile *file);
 static File MakeNewSharedSegment(BufFile *file, int segment);
 
+static void BufFileLoadBufferTransient(TransientBufFile *file);
+static void BufFileDumpBufferTransient(TransientBufFile *file);
+
 /*
  * Create BufFile and perform the common initialization.
  */
@@ -831,3 +857,267 @@ BufFileAppend(BufFile *target, BufFile *source)
 
 	return startBlock;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Open TransientBufFile at given path or create one if it does not
+ * exist. User will be allowed either to write to the file or to read from it,
+ * according to fileFlags, but not both.
+ */
+TransientBufFile *
+BufFileOpenTransient(const char *path, int fileFlags)
+{
+	TransientBufFile *file;
+	int			fd;
+
+	/* Either read or write mode, but not both. */
+	Assert((fileFlags & O_RDWR) == 0);
+
+	fd = OpenTransientFile(path, fileFlags);
+	if (fd < 0)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * If caller wants to read from file and the file is not there, he
+		 * should be able to handle the condition on his own.
+		 *
+		 * XXX Shouldn't we always let caller evaluate errno?
+		 */
+		if (errno == ENOENT && (fileFlags & O_RDONLY))
+			return NULL;
+
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode_for_file_access(),
+				 errmsg("could not open file \"%s\": %m", path)));
+	}
+
+	file = (TransientBufFile *) palloc(sizeof(TransientBufFile));
+
+	file->path = pstrdup(path);
+	file->fileFlags = fileFlags;
+	file->fd = fd;
+
+	file->dirty = false;
+
+	file->pos = 0;
+	file->nbytes = 0;
+
+	if (file->fileFlags & O_APPEND)
+	{
+		/* Position the buffer at the end of the file. */
+		errno = 0;
+		file->offset = lseek(file->fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		/* Load the initial part of the file. */
+		file->offset = 0L;
+		BufFileLoadBufferTransient(file);
+	}
+
+	if (errno > 0)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode_for_file_access(),
+				 errmsg("could not initialize TransientBufFile for file \"%s\": %m",
+						path)));
+
+	return file;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Close a TransientBufFile.
+ */
+void
+BufFileCloseTransient(TransientBufFile *file)
+{
+	/* Flush any unwritten data. */
+	if (file->fileFlags & O_WRONLY && file->dirty && file->nbytes > 0)
+	{
+		BufFileDumpBufferTransient(file);
+
+		/*
+		 * Caller of BufFileWriteTransient() recognizes the failure to flush
+		 * buffer by the returned value, however this function has no return
+		 * code.
+		 */
+		if (file->dirty)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode_for_file_access(),
+					 errmsg("could not flush file \"%s\": %m", file->path)));
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * XXX Should we raise ERROR if non-zero code is returned here, or is it
+	 * enough if the failure cause WARNING during transaction commit?
+	 */
+	CloseTransientFile(file->fd);
+
+	pfree(file->path);
+	pfree(file);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like BufFileWrite() except it receives pointer to TransientBufFile.
+ *
+ * TODO Reuse the code of BufFileWrite() in a better way than copy & paste.
+ */
+size_t
+BufFileWriteTransient(TransientBufFile *file, void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	size_t		nwritten = 0;
+	size_t		nthistime;
+
+	Assert((file->fileFlags & O_WRONLY));
+
+	while (size > 0)
+	{
+		if (file->pos >= BLCKSZ)
+		{
+			Assert(file->dirty);
+
+			/* Buffer full, dump it out */
+			BufFileDumpBufferTransient(file);
+			if (file->dirty)
+				break;			/* I/O error */
+		}
+
+		nthistime = BLCKSZ - file->pos;
+		if (nthistime > size)
+			nthistime = size;
+		Assert(nthistime > 0);
+
+		memcpy(file->buffer.data + file->pos, ptr, nthistime);
+
+		file->dirty = true;
+		file->pos += nthistime;
+		if (file->nbytes < file->pos)
+			file->nbytes = file->pos;
+		ptr = (void *) ((char *) ptr + nthistime);
+		size -= nthistime;
+		nwritten += nthistime;
+	}
+
+	return nwritten;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like BufFileRead() except it receives pointer to TransientBufFile.
+ *
+ * TODO Reuse the code of BufFileRead() in a better way than copy & paste.
+ */
+size_t
+BufFileReadTransient(TransientBufFile *file, void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	size_t		nread = 0;
+	size_t		nthistime;
+
+	Assert((file->fileFlags & O_WRONLY) == 0);
+
+	while (size > 0)
+	{
+		if (file->pos >= file->nbytes)
+		{
+			/* Try to load more data into buffer. */
+			file->offset += file->pos;
+			file->pos = 0;
+			file->nbytes = 0;
+			BufFileLoadBufferTransient(file);
+			if (file->nbytes <= 0)
+				break;			/* no more data available */
+		}
+
+		nthistime = file->nbytes - file->pos;
+		if (nthistime > size)
+			nthistime = size;
+		Assert(nthistime > 0);
+
+		memcpy(ptr, file->buffer.data + file->pos, nthistime);
+
+		file->pos += nthistime;
+		ptr = (void *) ((char *) ptr + nthistime);
+		size -= nthistime;
+		nread += nthistime;
+	}
+
+	return nread;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Load some data into buffer, if possible, starting from file->offset.  At
+ * call, must have dirty = false, pos and nbytes = 0.  On exit, nbytes is
+ * number of bytes loaded.
+ */
+static void
+BufFileLoadBufferTransient(TransientBufFile *file)
+{
+	Assert(!file->dirty);
+	Assert(file->pos == 0 && file->nbytes == 0);
+
+retry:
+
+	/*
+	 * Read whatever we can get, up to a full bufferload.
+	 */
+	errno = 0;
+	pgstat_report_wait_start(WAIT_EVENT_BUFFILE_READ);
+	file->nbytes = pg_pread(file->fd, file->buffer.data,
+							sizeof(file->buffer), file->offset);
+	pgstat_report_wait_end();
+
+	if (file->nbytes < 0)
+	{
+		/* TODO The W32 specific code, see FileWrite. */
+
+		/* OK to retry if interrupted */
+		if (errno == EINTR)
+			goto retry;
+
+		return;					/* failed to write */
+	}
+
+	if (file->nbytes < 0)
+		file->nbytes = 0;
+	/* we choose not to advance offset here */
+}
+
+/*
+ * Write buffer contents to disk.
+ */
+static void
+BufFileDumpBufferTransient(TransientBufFile *file)
+{
+	int			nwritten;
+
+	/* This function should only be needed during write access ... */
+	Assert(file->fileFlags & O_WRONLY);
+
+	/* ... and if there's some work to do. */
+	Assert(file->dirty);
+	Assert(file->nbytes > 0);
+
+retry:
+	errno = 0;
+	pgstat_report_wait_start(WAIT_EVENT_BUFFILE_WRITE);
+	nwritten = pg_pwrite(file->fd, file->buffer.data, file->nbytes,
+						 file->offset);
+	pgstat_report_wait_end();
+
+	/* if write didn't set errno, assume problem is no disk space */
+	if (nwritten != file->nbytes && errno == 0)
+		errno = ENOSPC;
+
+	if (nwritten < 0)
+	{
+		/* TODO The W32 specific code, see FileWrite. */
+
+		/* OK to retry if interrupted */
+		if (errno == EINTR)
+			goto retry;
+
+		return;					/* failed to write */
+	}
+
+	file->dirty = false;
+
+	file->offset += nwritten;
+	file->pos = 0;
+	file->nbytes = 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index ea6cc8b560..cbaeccced5 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -907,8 +907,6 @@ typedef enum
 	WAIT_EVENT_RELATION_MAP_READ,
 	WAIT_EVENT_RELATION_MAP_SYNC,
 	WAIT_EVENT_RELATION_MAP_WRITE,
-	WAIT_EVENT_REORDER_BUFFER_READ,
-	WAIT_EVENT_REORDER_BUFFER_WRITE,
 	WAIT_EVENT_REORDER_LOGICAL_MAPPING_READ,
 	WAIT_EVENT_REPLICATION_SLOT_READ,
 	WAIT_EVENT_REPLICATION_SLOT_RESTORE_SYNC,
diff --git a/src/include/storage/buffile.h b/src/include/storage/buffile.h
index 1fba404fe2..8b2845e33f 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/buffile.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/buffile.h
@@ -28,9 +28,13 @@
 
 #include "storage/sharedfileset.h"
 
-/* BufFile is an opaque type whose details are not known outside buffile.c. */
+/*
+ * BufFile and TransientBufFile are opaque types whose details are not known
+ * outside buffile.c.
+ */
 
 typedef struct BufFile BufFile;
+typedef struct TransientBufFile TransientBufFile;
 
 /*
  * prototypes for functions in buffile.c
@@ -51,4 +55,11 @@ extern void BufFileExportShared(BufFile *file);
 extern BufFile *BufFileOpenShared(SharedFileSet *fileset, const char *name);
 extern void BufFileDeleteShared(SharedFileSet *fileset, const char *name);
 
+extern TransientBufFile *BufFileOpenTransient(const char *path, int fileFlags);
+extern void BufFileCloseTransient(TransientBufFile *file);
+extern size_t BufFileWriteTransient(TransientBufFile *file, void *ptr,
+					  size_t size);
+extern size_t BufFileReadTransient(TransientBufFile *file, void *ptr,
+					 size_t size);
+
 #endif							/* BUFFILE_H */