Hi,

Last year, David and I worked on a round of refactoring for
heapgettup() and heapgettup_pagemode() [1]. Now that the streaming
read API has been proposed [2], there is a bit more refactoring that
can be done on master to prepare sequential scan to support streaming
reads.

Patches 0001 and 0002 in the attached patchset do this new round of
refactoring. 0003 is the remainder of the streaming read API that is
not yet in master. 0004 is the sequential scan streaming read user.

The primary change needed to be able to drop in streaming read support
was that heapgettup() and heapgettup_pagemode() have to wait for there
to be no more valid buffers instead of waiting until there were no
more valid BlockNumbers to know that the relation has been entirely
processed. Naturally, streaming reads prefetch ahead of the block
being currently processed by the scan, so all blocks should have been
requested long before all blocks have been processed.

To change this, I split up heapgetpage() into two functions -- one
responsible for getting blocks into buffers and the other for
processing a page (pruning, checking tuple visibility, etc). As a
consequence, I had to change the other caller of heapgetpage() (sample
scans). Since I was doing this anyway, I made a few changes there. It
is arguable that those changes could be split up differently between
0001 and 0004. However, I wanted 0004 to be *only* the sequential scan
streaming read user code.

There is an outstanding question about where to allocate the
PgStreamingRead object for sequential scans (see TODO in 0004).
However, I thought I would keep this thread focused on 0001 and 0002.

Though logically the performance with 0001 and 0002 should be the same
as master (no new non-inline function calls, no additional looping),
I've done a bit of profiling anyway. I created a large multi-GB table,
read it all into shared buffers (disabling the large sequential scan
bulkread optimization), and did a sequential SELECT count(*) from the
table. From the profiles below, you'll notice that master and the
patch are basically the same. Actual percentages vary from run-to-run.
Execution time is the same.

patch
  15.49%  postgres  postgres           [.] ExecInterpExpr
  11.03%  postgres  postgres           [.] heapgettup_pagemode
  10.85%  postgres  postgres           [.] ExecStoreBufferHeapTuple
   9.14%  postgres  postgres           [.] heap_getnextslot
   8.39%  postgres  postgres           [.] heapbuildvis
   6.47%  postgres  postgres           [.] SeqNext

master
  14.16%  postgres  postgres           [.] ExecInterpExpr
  11.54%  postgres  postgres           [.] heapgettup_pagemode
  10.63%  postgres  postgres           [.] ExecStoreBufferHeapTuple
  10.22%  postgres  postgres           [.] heap_getnextslot
   8.53%  postgres  postgres           [.] heapgetpage
   5.35%  postgres  postgres           [.] SeqNext

- Melanie

[1] 
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAAKRu_YSOnhKsDyFcqJsKtBSrd32DP-jjXmv7hL0BPD-z0TGXQ%40mail.gmail.com
[2] 
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CA%2BhUKGJkOiOCa%2Bmag4BF%2BzHo7qo%3Do9CFheB8%3Dg6uT5TUm2gkvA%40mail.gmail.com
From a3176b7a8fce30097d8452bbb6d89a5d87a0b764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melanie Plageman <melanieplage...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 11:50:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/4] Replace blocks with buffers in heapgettup control flow

Future commits will introduce the streaming read API and the sequential
scan streaming read API user. Streaming read API users implement a
callback which returns the next block to read. Sequential scans
previously looped through the blocks in the relation, synchronously
reading in a block and then processing it. An InvalidBlockNumber
returned by heapgettup_advance_block() meant that the relation was
exhausted and all blocks had been processed.

The streaming read API may exhaust the blocks in a relation (having read
all of them into buffers) before they have all been processed by the
sequential scan. As such, the sequential scan should continue processing
blocks until heapfetchbuf() returns InvalidBuffer.

Note that this commit does not implement the streaming read API user. It
simply restructures heapgettup() and heapgettup_pagemode() to use
buffers instead of blocks for control flow.

Not all sequential scans will support streaming reads. As such, this
code will remain for compatability even after sequential scans support
streaming reads.
---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c | 75 ++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 608d43c4efd..9e3e6d8b52b 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ static Bitmapset *HeapDetermineColumnsInfo(Relation relation,
 static bool heap_acquire_tuplock(Relation relation, ItemPointer tid,
 								 LockTupleMode mode, LockWaitPolicy wait_policy,
 								 bool *have_tuple_lock);
+static inline BlockNumber heapgettup_advance_block(HeapScanDesc scan,
+												   BlockNumber block, ScanDirection dir);
+static inline BlockNumber heapgettup_initial_block(HeapScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir);
 static void compute_new_xmax_infomask(TransactionId xmax, uint16 old_infomask,
 									  uint16 old_infomask2, TransactionId add_to_xmax,
 									  LockTupleMode mode, bool is_update,
@@ -467,12 +470,10 @@ heapbuildvis(TableScanDesc sscan)
  * returns with that pinned buffer saved in the scan descriptor.
  */
 static inline void
-heapfetchbuf(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber block)
+heapfetchbuf(TableScanDesc sscan, ScanDirection dir)
 {
 	HeapScanDesc scan = (HeapScanDesc) sscan;
 
-	Assert(block < scan->rs_nblocks);
-
 	/* release previous scan buffer, if any */
 	if (BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf))
 	{
@@ -487,10 +488,19 @@ heapfetchbuf(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber block)
 	 */
 	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 
-	/* read page using selected strategy */
-	scan->rs_cbuf = ReadBufferExtended(scan->rs_base.rs_rd, MAIN_FORKNUM, block,
-									   RBM_NORMAL, scan->rs_strategy);
-	scan->rs_cblock = block;
+	if (!scan->rs_inited)
+	{
+		scan->rs_cblock = heapgettup_initial_block(scan, dir);
+		Assert(scan->rs_cblock != InvalidBlockNumber || !BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf));
+		scan->rs_inited = true;
+	}
+	else
+		scan->rs_cblock = heapgettup_advance_block(scan, scan->rs_cblock, dir);
+
+	/* read block if valid */
+	if (BlockNumberIsValid(scan->rs_cblock))
+		scan->rs_cbuf = ReadBufferExtended(scan->rs_base.rs_rd, MAIN_FORKNUM,
+										   scan->rs_cblock, RBM_NORMAL, scan->rs_strategy);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -500,7 +510,7 @@ heapfetchbuf(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber block)
  * occur with empty tables and in parallel scans when parallel workers get all
  * of the pages before we can get a chance to get our first page.
  */
-static BlockNumber
+BlockNumber
 heapgettup_initial_block(HeapScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 {
 	Assert(!scan->rs_inited);
@@ -640,7 +650,7 @@ heapgettup_continue_page(HeapScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir, int *linesleft,
  * This also adjusts rs_numblocks when a limit has been imposed by
  * heap_setscanlimits().
  */
-static inline BlockNumber
+BlockNumber
 heapgettup_advance_block(HeapScanDesc scan, BlockNumber block, ScanDirection dir)
 {
 	if (ScanDirectionIsForward(dir))
@@ -738,23 +748,13 @@ heapgettup(HeapScanDesc scan,
 		   ScanKey key)
 {
 	HeapTuple	tuple = &(scan->rs_ctup);
-	BlockNumber block;
 	Page		page;
 	OffsetNumber lineoff;
 	int			linesleft;
 
-	if (unlikely(!scan->rs_inited))
-	{
-		block = heapgettup_initial_block(scan, dir);
-		/* ensure rs_cbuf is invalid when we get InvalidBlockNumber */
-		Assert(block != InvalidBlockNumber || !BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf));
-		scan->rs_inited = true;
-	}
-	else
+	if (scan->rs_inited)
 	{
 		/* continue from previously returned page/tuple */
-		block = scan->rs_cblock;
-
 		LockBuffer(scan->rs_cbuf, BUFFER_LOCK_SHARE);
 		page = heapgettup_continue_page(scan, dir, &linesleft, &lineoff);
 		goto continue_page;
@@ -764,9 +764,12 @@ heapgettup(HeapScanDesc scan,
 	 * advance the scan until we find a qualifying tuple or run out of stuff
 	 * to scan
 	 */
-	while (block != InvalidBlockNumber)
+	while (true)
 	{
-		heapfetchbuf((TableScanDesc) scan, block);
+		heapfetchbuf((TableScanDesc) scan, dir);
+		if (!BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf))
+			break;
+		Assert(BufferGetBlockNumber(scan->rs_cbuf) == scan->rs_cblock);
 		LockBuffer(scan->rs_cbuf, BUFFER_LOCK_SHARE);
 		page = heapgettup_start_page(scan, dir, &linesleft, &lineoff);
 continue_page:
@@ -788,7 +791,7 @@ continue_page:
 
 			tuple->t_data = (HeapTupleHeader) PageGetItem(page, lpp);
 			tuple->t_len = ItemIdGetLength(lpp);
-			ItemPointerSet(&(tuple->t_self), block, lineoff);
+			ItemPointerSet(&(tuple->t_self), scan->rs_cblock, lineoff);
 
 			visible = HeapTupleSatisfiesVisibility(tuple,
 												   scan->rs_base.rs_snapshot,
@@ -818,9 +821,6 @@ continue_page:
 		 * it's time to move to the next.
 		 */
 		LockBuffer(scan->rs_cbuf, BUFFER_LOCK_UNLOCK);
-
-		/* get the BlockNumber to scan next */
-		block = heapgettup_advance_block(scan, block, dir);
 	}
 
 	/* end of scan */
@@ -853,22 +853,13 @@ heapgettup_pagemode(HeapScanDesc scan,
 					ScanKey key)
 {
 	HeapTuple	tuple = &(scan->rs_ctup);
-	BlockNumber block;
 	Page		page;
 	int			lineindex;
 	int			linesleft;
 
-	if (unlikely(!scan->rs_inited))
-	{
-		block = heapgettup_initial_block(scan, dir);
-		/* ensure rs_cbuf is invalid when we get InvalidBlockNumber */
-		Assert(block != InvalidBlockNumber || !BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf));
-		scan->rs_inited = true;
-	}
-	else
+	if (scan->rs_inited)
 	{
 		/* continue from previously returned page/tuple */
-		block = scan->rs_cblock;	/* current page */
 		page = BufferGetPage(scan->rs_cbuf);
 
 		lineindex = scan->rs_cindex + dir;
@@ -885,9 +876,12 @@ heapgettup_pagemode(HeapScanDesc scan,
 	 * advance the scan until we find a qualifying tuple or run out of stuff
 	 * to scan
 	 */
-	while (block != InvalidBlockNumber)
+	while (true)
 	{
-		heapfetchbuf((TableScanDesc) scan, block);
+		heapfetchbuf((TableScanDesc) scan, dir);
+		if (!BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf))
+			break;
+		Assert(BufferGetBlockNumber(scan->rs_cbuf) == scan->rs_cblock);
 		heapbuildvis((TableScanDesc) scan);
 		page = BufferGetPage(scan->rs_cbuf);
 		linesleft = scan->rs_ntuples;
@@ -907,7 +901,7 @@ continue_page:
 
 			tuple->t_data = (HeapTupleHeader) PageGetItem(page, lpp);
 			tuple->t_len = ItemIdGetLength(lpp);
-			ItemPointerSet(&(tuple->t_self), block, lineoff);
+			ItemPointerSet(&(tuple->t_self), scan->rs_cblock, lineoff);
 
 			/* skip any tuples that don't match the scan key */
 			if (key != NULL &&
@@ -918,9 +912,6 @@ continue_page:
 			scan->rs_cindex = lineindex;
 			return;
 		}
-
-		/* get the BlockNumber to scan next */
-		block = heapgettup_advance_block(scan, block, dir);
 	}
 
 	/* end of scan */
-- 
2.37.2

From ee81c2f74d09b8883da322adf13fc8a2186a7094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Munro <thomas.mu...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 17:31:54 +1200
Subject: [PATCH v1 3/4] Streaming Read API

---
 contrib/pg_prewarm/pg_prewarm.c          |  40 +-
 src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c   |   2 +-
 src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c        |   8 +-
 src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c    |  15 +-
 src/backend/storage/Makefile             |   2 +-
 src/backend/storage/aio/Makefile         |  14 +
 src/backend/storage/aio/meson.build      |   5 +
 src/backend/storage/aio/streaming_read.c | 435 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c      | 560 +++++++++++++++--------
 src/backend/storage/buffer/localbuf.c    |  14 +-
 src/backend/storage/meson.build          |   1 +
 src/backend/storage/smgr/smgr.c          |  49 +-
 src/include/storage/bufmgr.h             |  22 +
 src/include/storage/smgr.h               |   4 +-
 src/include/storage/streaming_read.h     |  45 ++
 src/include/utils/rel.h                  |   6 -
 src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list         |   2 +
 17 files changed, 986 insertions(+), 238 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/backend/storage/aio/Makefile
 create mode 100644 src/backend/storage/aio/meson.build
 create mode 100644 src/backend/storage/aio/streaming_read.c
 create mode 100644 src/include/storage/streaming_read.h

diff --git a/contrib/pg_prewarm/pg_prewarm.c b/contrib/pg_prewarm/pg_prewarm.c
index 8541e4d6e46..9617bf130bd 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_prewarm/pg_prewarm.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_prewarm/pg_prewarm.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
 #include "storage/smgr.h"
+#include "storage/streaming_read.h"
 #include "utils/acl.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
@@ -38,6 +39,25 @@ typedef enum
 
 static PGIOAlignedBlock blockbuffer;
 
+struct pg_prewarm_streaming_read_private
+{
+	BlockNumber blocknum;
+	int64		last_block;
+};
+
+static BlockNumber
+pg_prewarm_streaming_read_next(PgStreamingRead *pgsr,
+							   void *pgsr_private,
+							   void *per_buffer_data)
+{
+	struct pg_prewarm_streaming_read_private *p = pgsr_private;
+
+	if (p->blocknum <= p->last_block)
+		return p->blocknum++;
+
+	return InvalidBlockNumber;
+}
+
 /*
  * pg_prewarm(regclass, mode text, fork text,
  *			  first_block int8, last_block int8)
@@ -183,18 +203,36 @@ pg_prewarm(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	}
 	else if (ptype == PREWARM_BUFFER)
 	{
+		struct pg_prewarm_streaming_read_private p;
+		PgStreamingRead *pgsr;
+
 		/*
 		 * In buffer mode, we actually pull the data into shared_buffers.
 		 */
+
+		/* Set up the private state for our streaming buffer read callback. */
+		p.blocknum = first_block;
+		p.last_block = last_block;
+
+		pgsr = pg_streaming_read_buffer_alloc(PGSR_FLAG_DEFAULT,
+											  &p,
+											  0,
+											  NULL,
+											  BMR_REL(rel),
+											  forkNumber,
+											  pg_prewarm_streaming_read_next);
+
 		for (block = first_block; block <= last_block; ++block)
 		{
 			Buffer		buf;
 
 			CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
-			buf = ReadBufferExtended(rel, forkNumber, block, RBM_NORMAL, NULL);
+			buf = pg_streaming_read_buffer_get_next(pgsr, NULL);
 			ReleaseBuffer(buf);
 			++blocks_done;
 		}
+		Assert(pg_streaming_read_buffer_get_next(pgsr, NULL) == InvalidBuffer);
+		pg_streaming_read_free(pgsr);
 	}
 
 	/* Close relation, release lock. */
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
index aa8667abd10..8775b5789be 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ XLogDropDatabase(Oid dbid)
 	 * This is unnecessarily heavy-handed, as it will close SMgrRelation
 	 * objects for other databases as well. DROP DATABASE occurs seldom enough
 	 * that it's not worth introducing a variant of smgrclose for just this
-	 * purpose. XXX: Or should we rather leave the smgr entries dangling?
+	 * purpose.
 	 */
 	smgrcloseall();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
index d7d6cc0cd7b..13e5376619e 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
@@ -246,10 +246,12 @@ BackgroundWriterMain(void)
 		if (FirstCallSinceLastCheckpoint())
 		{
 			/*
-			 * After any checkpoint, close all smgr files.  This is so we
-			 * won't hang onto smgr references to deleted files indefinitely.
+			 * After any checkpoint, free all smgr objects.  Otherwise we
+			 * would never do so for dropped relations, as the bgwriter does
+			 * not process shared invalidation messages or call
+			 * AtEOXact_SMgr().
 			 */
-			smgrcloseall();
+			smgrdestroyall();
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c b/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c
index 5e949fc885b..5d843b61426 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c
@@ -469,10 +469,12 @@ CheckpointerMain(void)
 				ckpt_performed = CreateRestartPoint(flags);
 
 			/*
-			 * After any checkpoint, close all smgr files.  This is so we
-			 * won't hang onto smgr references to deleted files indefinitely.
+			 * After any checkpoint, free all smgr objects.  Otherwise we
+			 * would never do so for dropped relations, as the checkpointer
+			 * does not process shared invalidation messages or call
+			 * AtEOXact_SMgr().
 			 */
-			smgrcloseall();
+			smgrdestroyall();
 
 			/*
 			 * Indicate checkpoint completion to any waiting backends.
@@ -958,11 +960,8 @@ RequestCheckpoint(int flags)
 		 */
 		CreateCheckPoint(flags | CHECKPOINT_IMMEDIATE);
 
-		/*
-		 * After any checkpoint, close all smgr files.  This is so we won't
-		 * hang onto smgr references to deleted files indefinitely.
-		 */
-		smgrcloseall();
+		/* Free all smgr objects, as CheckpointerMain() normally would. */
+		smgrdestroyall();
 
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/Makefile b/src/backend/storage/Makefile
index 8376cdfca20..eec03f6f2b4 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/storage/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ subdir = src/backend/storage
 top_builddir = ../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-SUBDIRS     = buffer file freespace ipc large_object lmgr page smgr sync
+SUBDIRS     = aio buffer file freespace ipc large_object lmgr page smgr sync
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/src/backend/common.mk
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/aio/Makefile b/src/backend/storage/aio/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcab44c802f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/storage/aio/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# Makefile for storage/aio
+#
+# src/backend/storage/aio/Makefile
+#
+
+subdir = src/backend/storage/aio
+top_builddir = ../../../..
+include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
+
+OBJS = \
+	streaming_read.o
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/src/backend/common.mk
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/aio/meson.build b/src/backend/storage/aio/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39aef2a84a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/storage/aio/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+
+backend_sources += files(
+  'streaming_read.c',
+)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/aio/streaming_read.c b/src/backend/storage/aio/streaming_read.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19605090fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/storage/aio/streaming_read.c
@@ -0,0 +1,435 @@
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include "storage/streaming_read.h"
+#include "utils/rel.h"
+
+/*
+ * Element type for PgStreamingRead's circular array of block ranges.
+ *
+ * For hits, need_to_complete is false and there is just one block per
+ * range, already pinned and ready for use.
+ *
+ * For misses, need_to_complete is true and buffers[] holds a range of
+ * blocks that are contiguous in storage (though the buffers may not be
+ * contiguous in memory), so we can complete them with a single call to
+ * CompleteReadBuffers().
+ */
+typedef struct PgStreamingReadRange
+{
+	bool		advice_issued;
+	bool		need_complete;
+	BlockNumber blocknum;
+	int			nblocks;
+	int			per_buffer_data_index[MAX_BUFFERS_PER_TRANSFER];
+	Buffer		buffers[MAX_BUFFERS_PER_TRANSFER];
+} PgStreamingReadRange;
+
+struct PgStreamingRead
+{
+	int			max_ios;
+	int			ios_in_progress;
+	int			ios_in_progress_trigger;
+	int			max_pinned_buffers;
+	int			pinned_buffers;
+	int			pinned_buffers_trigger;
+	int			next_tail_buffer;
+	bool		finished;
+	void	   *pgsr_private;
+	PgStreamingReadBufferCB callback;
+	BufferAccessStrategy strategy;
+	BufferManagerRelation bmr;
+	ForkNumber	forknum;
+
+	bool		advice_enabled;
+
+	/* Next expected block, for detecting sequential access. */
+	BlockNumber seq_blocknum;
+
+	/* Space for optional per-buffer private data. */
+	size_t		per_buffer_data_size;
+	void	   *per_buffer_data;
+	int			per_buffer_data_next;
+
+	/* Circular buffer of ranges. */
+	int			size;
+	int			head;
+	int			tail;
+	PgStreamingReadRange ranges[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
+};
+
+static PgStreamingRead *
+pg_streaming_read_buffer_alloc_internal(int flags,
+										void *pgsr_private,
+										size_t per_buffer_data_size,
+										BufferAccessStrategy strategy)
+{
+	PgStreamingRead *pgsr;
+	int			size;
+	int			max_ios;
+	uint32		max_pinned_buffers;
+
+
+	/*
+	 * Decide how many assumed I/Os we will allow to run concurrently.  That
+	 * is, advice to the kernel to tell it that we will soon read.  This
+	 * number also affects how far we look ahead for opportunities to start
+	 * more I/Os.
+	 */
+	if (flags & PGSR_FLAG_MAINTENANCE)
+		max_ios = maintenance_io_concurrency;
+	else
+		max_ios = effective_io_concurrency;
+
+	/*
+	 * The desired level of I/O concurrency controls how far ahead we are
+	 * willing to look ahead.  We also clamp it to at least
+	 * MAX_BUFFER_PER_TRANFER so that we can have a chance to build up a full
+	 * sized read, even when max_ios is zero.
+	 */
+	max_pinned_buffers = Max(max_ios * 4, MAX_BUFFERS_PER_TRANSFER);
+
+	/*
+	 * The *_io_concurrency GUCs, we might have 0.  We want to allow at least
+	 * one, to keep our gating logic simple.
+	 */
+	max_ios = Max(max_ios, 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't allow this backend to pin too many buffers.  For now we'll apply
+	 * the limit for the shared buffer pool and the local buffer pool, without
+	 * worrying which it is.
+	 */
+	LimitAdditionalPins(&max_pinned_buffers);
+	LimitAdditionalLocalPins(&max_pinned_buffers);
+	Assert(max_pinned_buffers > 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * pgsr->ranges is a circular buffer.  When it is empty, head == tail.
+	 * When it is full, there is an empty element between head and tail.  Head
+	 * can also be empty (nblocks == 0), therefore we need two extra elements
+	 * for non-occupied ranges, on top of max_pinned_buffers to allow for the
+	 * maxmimum possible number of occupied ranges of the smallest possible
+	 * size of one.
+	 */
+	size = max_pinned_buffers + 2;
+
+	pgsr = (PgStreamingRead *)
+		palloc0(offsetof(PgStreamingRead, ranges) +
+				sizeof(pgsr->ranges[0]) * size);
+
+	pgsr->max_ios = max_ios;
+	pgsr->per_buffer_data_size = per_buffer_data_size;
+	pgsr->max_pinned_buffers = max_pinned_buffers;
+	pgsr->pgsr_private = pgsr_private;
+	pgsr->strategy = strategy;
+	pgsr->size = size;
+
+#ifdef USE_PREFETCH
+
+	/*
+	 * This system supports prefetching advice.  As long as direct I/O isn't
+	 * enabled, and the caller hasn't promised sequential access, we can use
+	 * it.
+	 */
+	if ((io_direct_flags & IO_DIRECT_DATA) == 0 &&
+		(flags & PGSR_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL) == 0)
+		pgsr->advice_enabled = true;
+#endif
+
+	/*
+	 * We want to avoid creating ranges that are smaller than they could be
+	 * just because we hit max_pinned_buffers.  We only look ahead when the
+	 * number of pinned buffers falls below this trigger number, or put
+	 * another way, we stop looking ahead when we wouldn't be able to build a
+	 * "full sized" range.
+	 */
+	pgsr->pinned_buffers_trigger =
+		Max(1, (int) max_pinned_buffers - MAX_BUFFERS_PER_TRANSFER);
+
+	/* Space the callback to store extra data along with each block. */
+	if (per_buffer_data_size)
+		pgsr->per_buffer_data = palloc(per_buffer_data_size * max_pinned_buffers);
+
+	return pgsr;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a new streaming read object that can be used to perform the
+ * equivalent of a series of ReadBuffer() calls for one fork of one relation.
+ * Internally, it generates larger vectored reads where possible by looking
+ * ahead.
+ */
+PgStreamingRead *
+pg_streaming_read_buffer_alloc(int flags,
+							   void *pgsr_private,
+							   size_t per_buffer_data_size,
+							   BufferAccessStrategy strategy,
+							   BufferManagerRelation bmr,
+							   ForkNumber forknum,
+							   PgStreamingReadBufferCB next_block_cb)
+{
+	PgStreamingRead *result;
+
+	result = pg_streaming_read_buffer_alloc_internal(flags,
+													 pgsr_private,
+													 per_buffer_data_size,
+													 strategy);
+	result->callback = next_block_cb;
+	result->bmr = bmr;
+	result->forknum = forknum;
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Start building a new range.  This is called after the previous one
+ * reached maximum size, or the callback's next block can't be merged with it.
+ *
+ * Since the previous head range has now reached its full potential size, this
+ * is also a good time to issue 'prefetch' advice, because we know that'll
+ * soon be reading.  In future, we could start an actual I/O here.
+ */
+static PgStreamingReadRange *
+pg_streaming_read_new_range(PgStreamingRead *pgsr)
+{
+	PgStreamingReadRange *head_range;
+
+	head_range = &pgsr->ranges[pgsr->head];
+	Assert(head_range->nblocks > 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * If a call to CompleteReadBuffers() will be needed, and we can issue
+	 * advice to the kernel to get the read started.  We suppress it if the
+	 * access pattern appears to be completely sequential, though, because on
+	 * some systems that interfers with the kernel's own sequential read ahead
+	 * heurstics and hurts performance.
+	 */
+	if (pgsr->advice_enabled)
+	{
+		BlockNumber blocknum = head_range->blocknum;
+		int			nblocks = head_range->nblocks;
+
+		if (head_range->need_complete && blocknum != pgsr->seq_blocknum)
+		{
+			SMgrRelation smgr =
+				pgsr->bmr.smgr ? pgsr->bmr.smgr :
+				RelationGetSmgr(pgsr->bmr.rel);
+
+			Assert(!head_range->advice_issued);
+
+			smgrprefetch(smgr, pgsr->forknum, blocknum, nblocks);
+
+			/*
+			 * Count this as an I/O that is concurrently in progress, though
+			 * we don't really know if the kernel generates a physical I/O.
+			 */
+			head_range->advice_issued = true;
+			pgsr->ios_in_progress++;
+		}
+
+		/* Remember the block after this range, for sequence detection. */
+		pgsr->seq_blocknum = blocknum + nblocks;
+	}
+
+	/* Create a new head range.  There must be space. */
+	Assert(pgsr->size > pgsr->max_pinned_buffers);
+	Assert((pgsr->head + 1) % pgsr->size != pgsr->tail);
+	if (++pgsr->head == pgsr->size)
+		pgsr->head = 0;
+	head_range = &pgsr->ranges[pgsr->head];
+	head_range->nblocks = 0;
+
+	return head_range;
+}
+
+static void
+pg_streaming_read_look_ahead(PgStreamingRead *pgsr)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If we're finished or can't start more I/O, then don't look ahead.
+	 */
+	if (pgsr->finished || pgsr->ios_in_progress == pgsr->max_ios)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * We'll also wait until the number of pinned buffers falls below our
+	 * trigger level, so that we have the chance to create a full range.
+	 */
+	if (pgsr->pinned_buffers >= pgsr->pinned_buffers_trigger)
+		return;
+
+	do
+	{
+		BufferManagerRelation bmr;
+		ForkNumber	forknum;
+		BlockNumber blocknum;
+		Buffer		buffer;
+		bool		found;
+		bool		need_complete;
+		PgStreamingReadRange *head_range;
+		void	   *per_buffer_data;
+
+		/* Do we have a full-sized range? */
+		head_range = &pgsr->ranges[pgsr->head];
+		if (head_range->nblocks == lengthof(head_range->buffers))
+		{
+			Assert(head_range->need_complete);
+			head_range = pg_streaming_read_new_range(pgsr);
+
+			/*
+			 * Give up now if I/O is saturated, or we wouldn't be able form
+			 * another full range after this due to the pin limit.
+			 */
+			if (pgsr->pinned_buffers >= pgsr->pinned_buffers_trigger ||
+				pgsr->ios_in_progress == pgsr->max_ios)
+				break;
+		}
+
+		per_buffer_data = (char *) pgsr->per_buffer_data +
+			pgsr->per_buffer_data_size * pgsr->per_buffer_data_next;
+
+		/* Find out which block the callback wants to read next. */
+		blocknum = pgsr->callback(pgsr, pgsr->pgsr_private, per_buffer_data);
+		if (blocknum == InvalidBlockNumber)
+		{
+			pgsr->finished = true;
+			break;
+		}
+		bmr = pgsr->bmr;
+		forknum = pgsr->forknum;
+
+		Assert(pgsr->pinned_buffers < pgsr->max_pinned_buffers);
+
+		buffer = PrepareReadBuffer(bmr,
+								   forknum,
+								   blocknum,
+								   pgsr->strategy,
+								   &found);
+		pgsr->pinned_buffers++;
+
+		need_complete = !found;
+
+		/* Is there a head range that we can't extend? */
+		head_range = &pgsr->ranges[pgsr->head];
+		if (head_range->nblocks > 0 &&
+			(!need_complete ||
+			 !head_range->need_complete ||
+			 head_range->blocknum + head_range->nblocks != blocknum))
+		{
+			/* Yes, time to start building a new one. */
+			head_range = pg_streaming_read_new_range(pgsr);
+			Assert(head_range->nblocks == 0);
+		}
+
+		if (head_range->nblocks == 0)
+		{
+			/* Initialize a new range beginning at this block. */
+			head_range->blocknum = blocknum;
+			head_range->need_complete = need_complete;
+			head_range->advice_issued = false;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* We can extend an existing range by one block. */
+			Assert(head_range->blocknum + head_range->nblocks == blocknum);
+			Assert(head_range->need_complete);
+		}
+
+		head_range->per_buffer_data_index[head_range->nblocks] = pgsr->per_buffer_data_next++;
+		head_range->buffers[head_range->nblocks] = buffer;
+		head_range->nblocks++;
+
+		if (pgsr->per_buffer_data_next == pgsr->max_pinned_buffers)
+			pgsr->per_buffer_data_next = 0;
+
+	} while (pgsr->pinned_buffers < pgsr->max_pinned_buffers &&
+			 pgsr->ios_in_progress < pgsr->max_ios);
+
+	if (pgsr->ranges[pgsr->head].nblocks > 0)
+		pg_streaming_read_new_range(pgsr);
+}
+
+Buffer
+pg_streaming_read_buffer_get_next(PgStreamingRead *pgsr, void **per_buffer_data)
+{
+	pg_streaming_read_look_ahead(pgsr);
+
+	/* See if we have one buffer to return. */
+	while (pgsr->tail != pgsr->head)
+	{
+		PgStreamingReadRange *tail_range;
+
+		tail_range = &pgsr->ranges[pgsr->tail];
+
+		/*
+		 * Do we need to perform an I/O before returning the buffers from this
+		 * range?
+		 */
+		if (tail_range->need_complete)
+		{
+			CompleteReadBuffers(pgsr->bmr,
+								tail_range->buffers,
+								pgsr->forknum,
+								tail_range->blocknum,
+								tail_range->nblocks,
+								false,
+								pgsr->strategy);
+			tail_range->need_complete = false;
+
+			/*
+			 * We don't really know if the kernel generated an physical I/O
+			 * when we issued advice, let alone when it finished, but it has
+			 * certainly finished after a read call returns.
+			 */
+			if (tail_range->advice_issued)
+				pgsr->ios_in_progress--;
+		}
+
+		/* Are there more buffers available in this range? */
+		if (pgsr->next_tail_buffer < tail_range->nblocks)
+		{
+			int			buffer_index;
+			Buffer		buffer;
+
+			buffer_index = pgsr->next_tail_buffer++;
+			buffer = tail_range->buffers[buffer_index];
+
+			Assert(BufferIsValid(buffer));
+
+			/* We are giving away ownership of this pinned buffer. */
+			Assert(pgsr->pinned_buffers > 0);
+			pgsr->pinned_buffers--;
+
+			if (per_buffer_data)
+				*per_buffer_data = (char *) pgsr->per_buffer_data +
+					tail_range->per_buffer_data_index[buffer_index] *
+					pgsr->per_buffer_data_size;
+
+			return buffer;
+		}
+
+		/* Advance tail to next range, if there is one. */
+		if (++pgsr->tail == pgsr->size)
+			pgsr->tail = 0;
+		pgsr->next_tail_buffer = 0;
+	}
+
+	Assert(pgsr->pinned_buffers == 0);
+
+	return InvalidBuffer;
+}
+
+void
+pg_streaming_read_free(PgStreamingRead *pgsr)
+{
+	Buffer		buffer;
+
+	/* Stop looking ahead, and unpin anything that wasn't consumed. */
+	pgsr->finished = true;
+	while ((buffer = pg_streaming_read_buffer_get_next(pgsr, NULL)) != InvalidBuffer)
+		ReleaseBuffer(buffer);
+
+	if (pgsr->per_buffer_data)
+		pfree(pgsr->per_buffer_data);
+	pfree(pgsr);
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c b/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
index 7d601bef6dd..2157a97b973 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ ForgetPrivateRefCountEntry(PrivateRefCountEntry *ref)
 )
 
 
-static Buffer ReadBuffer_common(SMgrRelation smgr, char relpersistence,
+static Buffer ReadBuffer_common(BufferManagerRelation bmr,
 								ForkNumber forkNum, BlockNumber blockNum,
 								ReadBufferMode mode, BufferAccessStrategy strategy,
 								bool *hit);
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static uint32 WaitBufHdrUnlocked(BufferDesc *buf);
 static int	SyncOneBuffer(int buf_id, bool skip_recently_used,
 						  WritebackContext *wb_context);
 static void WaitIO(BufferDesc *buf);
-static bool StartBufferIO(BufferDesc *buf, bool forInput);
+static bool StartBufferIO(BufferDesc *buf, bool forInput, bool nowait);
 static void TerminateBufferIO(BufferDesc *buf, bool clear_dirty,
 							  uint32 set_flag_bits, bool forget_owner);
 static void AbortBufferIO(Buffer buffer);
@@ -795,15 +795,9 @@ ReadBufferExtended(Relation reln, ForkNumber forkNum, BlockNumber blockNum,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
 				 errmsg("cannot access temporary tables of other sessions")));
 
-	/*
-	 * Read the buffer, and update pgstat counters to reflect a cache hit or
-	 * miss.
-	 */
-	pgstat_count_buffer_read(reln);
-	buf = ReadBuffer_common(RelationGetSmgr(reln), reln->rd_rel->relpersistence,
+	buf = ReadBuffer_common(BMR_REL(reln),
 							forkNum, blockNum, mode, strategy, &hit);
-	if (hit)
-		pgstat_count_buffer_hit(reln);
+
 	return buf;
 }
 
@@ -827,8 +821,9 @@ ReadBufferWithoutRelcache(RelFileLocator rlocator, ForkNumber forkNum,
 
 	SMgrRelation smgr = smgropen(rlocator, InvalidBackendId);
 
-	return ReadBuffer_common(smgr, permanent ? RELPERSISTENCE_PERMANENT :
-							 RELPERSISTENCE_UNLOGGED, forkNum, blockNum,
+	return ReadBuffer_common(BMR_SMGR(smgr, permanent ? RELPERSISTENCE_PERMANENT :
+									  RELPERSISTENCE_UNLOGGED),
+							 forkNum, blockNum,
 							 mode, strategy, &hit);
 }
 
@@ -1002,7 +997,7 @@ ExtendBufferedRelTo(BufferManagerRelation bmr,
 		bool		hit;
 
 		Assert(extended_by == 0);
-		buffer = ReadBuffer_common(bmr.smgr, bmr.relpersistence,
+		buffer = ReadBuffer_common(bmr,
 								   fork, extend_to - 1, mode, strategy,
 								   &hit);
 	}
@@ -1016,18 +1011,11 @@ ExtendBufferedRelTo(BufferManagerRelation bmr,
  * *hit is set to true if the request was satisfied from shared buffer cache.
  */
 static Buffer
-ReadBuffer_common(SMgrRelation smgr, char relpersistence, ForkNumber forkNum,
+ReadBuffer_common(BufferManagerRelation bmr, ForkNumber forkNum,
 				  BlockNumber blockNum, ReadBufferMode mode,
 				  BufferAccessStrategy strategy, bool *hit)
 {
-	BufferDesc *bufHdr;
-	Block		bufBlock;
-	bool		found;
-	IOContext	io_context;
-	IOObject	io_object;
-	bool		isLocalBuf = SmgrIsTemp(smgr);
-
-	*hit = false;
+	Buffer		buffer;
 
 	/*
 	 * Backward compatibility path, most code should use ExtendBufferedRel()
@@ -1046,175 +1034,339 @@ ReadBuffer_common(SMgrRelation smgr, char relpersistence, ForkNumber forkNum,
 		if (mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK || mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_CLEANUP_LOCK)
 			flags |= EB_LOCK_FIRST;
 
-		return ExtendBufferedRel(BMR_SMGR(smgr, relpersistence),
-								 forkNum, strategy, flags);
+		*hit = false;
+
+		return ExtendBufferedRel(bmr, forkNum, strategy, flags);
 	}
 
-	TRACE_POSTGRESQL_BUFFER_READ_START(forkNum, blockNum,
-									   smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.spcOid,
-									   smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.dbOid,
-									   smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.relNumber,
-									   smgr->smgr_rlocator.backend);
+	buffer = PrepareReadBuffer(bmr,
+							   forkNum,
+							   blockNum,
+							   strategy,
+							   hit);
+
+	/* At this point we do NOT hold any locks. */
 
+	if (mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_CLEANUP_LOCK || mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK)
+	{
+		/* if we just want zeroes and a lock, we're done */
+		ZeroBuffer(buffer, mode);
+	}
+	else if (!*hit)
+	{
+		/* we might need to perform I/O */
+		CompleteReadBuffers(bmr,
+							&buffer,
+							forkNum,
+							blockNum,
+							1,
+							mode == RBM_ZERO_ON_ERROR,
+							strategy);
+	}
+
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Prepare to read a block.  The buffer is pinned.  If this is a 'hit', then
+ * the returned buffer can be used immediately.  Otherwise, a physical read
+ * should be completed with CompleteReadBuffers(), or the buffer should be
+ * zeroed with ZeroBuffer().  PrepareReadBuffer() followed by
+ * CompleteReadBuffers() or ZeroBuffer() is equivalent to ReadBuffer(), but
+ * the caller has the opportunity to combine reads of multiple neighboring
+ * blocks into one CompleteReadBuffers() call.
+ *
+ * *foundPtr is set to true for a hit, and false for a miss.
+ */
+Buffer
+PrepareReadBuffer(BufferManagerRelation bmr,
+				  ForkNumber forkNum,
+				  BlockNumber blockNum,
+				  BufferAccessStrategy strategy,
+				  bool *foundPtr)
+{
+	BufferDesc *bufHdr;
+	bool		isLocalBuf;
+	IOContext	io_context;
+	IOObject	io_object;
+
+	Assert(blockNum != P_NEW);
+
+	if (bmr.rel)
+	{
+		bmr.smgr = RelationGetSmgr(bmr.rel);
+		bmr.relpersistence = bmr.rel->rd_rel->relpersistence;
+	}
+
+	isLocalBuf = SmgrIsTemp(bmr.smgr);
 	if (isLocalBuf)
 	{
-		/*
-		 * We do not use a BufferAccessStrategy for I/O of temporary tables.
-		 * However, in some cases, the "strategy" may not be NULL, so we can't
-		 * rely on IOContextForStrategy() to set the right IOContext for us.
-		 * This may happen in cases like CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE AS...
-		 */
 		io_context = IOCONTEXT_NORMAL;
 		io_object = IOOBJECT_TEMP_RELATION;
-		bufHdr = LocalBufferAlloc(smgr, forkNum, blockNum, &found);
-		if (found)
-			pgBufferUsage.local_blks_hit++;
-		else if (mode == RBM_NORMAL || mode == RBM_NORMAL_NO_LOG ||
-				 mode == RBM_ZERO_ON_ERROR)
-			pgBufferUsage.local_blks_read++;
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		/*
-		 * lookup the buffer.  IO_IN_PROGRESS is set if the requested block is
-		 * not currently in memory.
-		 */
 		io_context = IOContextForStrategy(strategy);
 		io_object = IOOBJECT_RELATION;
-		bufHdr = BufferAlloc(smgr, relpersistence, forkNum, blockNum,
-							 strategy, &found, io_context);
-		if (found)
-			pgBufferUsage.shared_blks_hit++;
-		else if (mode == RBM_NORMAL || mode == RBM_NORMAL_NO_LOG ||
-				 mode == RBM_ZERO_ON_ERROR)
-			pgBufferUsage.shared_blks_read++;
 	}
 
-	/* At this point we do NOT hold any locks. */
+	TRACE_POSTGRESQL_BUFFER_READ_START(forkNum, blockNum,
+									   bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.spcOid,
+									   bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.dbOid,
+									   bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.relNumber,
+									   bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.backend);
 
-	/* if it was already in the buffer pool, we're done */
-	if (found)
+	ResourceOwnerEnlarge(CurrentResourceOwner);
+	if (isLocalBuf)
+	{
+		bufHdr = LocalBufferAlloc(bmr.smgr, forkNum, blockNum, foundPtr);
+		if (*foundPtr)
+			pgBufferUsage.local_blks_hit++;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		bufHdr = BufferAlloc(bmr.smgr, bmr.relpersistence, forkNum, blockNum,
+							 strategy, foundPtr, io_context);
+		if (*foundPtr)
+			pgBufferUsage.shared_blks_hit++;
+	}
+	if (bmr.rel)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * While pgBufferUsage's "read" counter isn't bumped unless we reach
+		 * CompleteReadBuffers() (so, not for hits, and not for buffers that
+		 * are zeroed instead), the per-relation stats always count them.
+		 */
+		pgstat_count_buffer_read(bmr.rel);
+		if (*foundPtr)
+			pgstat_count_buffer_hit(bmr.rel);
+	}
+	if (*foundPtr)
 	{
-		/* Just need to update stats before we exit */
-		*hit = true;
 		VacuumPageHit++;
 		pgstat_count_io_op(io_object, io_context, IOOP_HIT);
-
 		if (VacuumCostActive)
 			VacuumCostBalance += VacuumCostPageHit;
 
 		TRACE_POSTGRESQL_BUFFER_READ_DONE(forkNum, blockNum,
-										  smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.spcOid,
-										  smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.dbOid,
-										  smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.relNumber,
-										  smgr->smgr_rlocator.backend,
-										  found);
+										  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.spcOid,
+										  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.dbOid,
+										  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.relNumber,
+										  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.backend,
+										  true);
+	}
 
-		/*
-		 * In RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK mode the caller expects the page to be locked
-		 * on return.
-		 */
-		if (!isLocalBuf)
-		{
-			if (mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK)
-				LWLockAcquire(BufferDescriptorGetContentLock(bufHdr),
-							  LW_EXCLUSIVE);
-			else if (mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_CLEANUP_LOCK)
-				LockBufferForCleanup(BufferDescriptorGetBuffer(bufHdr));
-		}
+	return BufferDescriptorGetBuffer(bufHdr);
+}
 
-		return BufferDescriptorGetBuffer(bufHdr);
+static inline bool
+CompleteReadBuffersCanStartIO(Buffer buffer, bool nowait)
+{
+	if (BufferIsLocal(buffer))
+	{
+		BufferDesc *bufHdr = GetLocalBufferDescriptor(-buffer - 1);
+
+		return (pg_atomic_read_u32(&bufHdr->state) & BM_VALID) == 0;
 	}
+	else
+		return StartBufferIO(GetBufferDescriptor(buffer - 1), true, nowait);
+}
 
-	/*
-	 * if we have gotten to this point, we have allocated a buffer for the
-	 * page but its contents are not yet valid.  IO_IN_PROGRESS is set for it,
-	 * if it's a shared buffer.
-	 */
-	Assert(!(pg_atomic_read_u32(&bufHdr->state) & BM_VALID));	/* spinlock not needed */
+/*
+ * Complete a set reads prepared with PrepareReadBuffers().  The buffers must
+ * cover a cluster of neighboring block numbers.
+ *
+ * Typically this performs one physical vector read covering the block range,
+ * but if some of the buffers have already been read in the meantime by any
+ * backend, zero or multiple reads may be performed.
+ */
+void
+CompleteReadBuffers(BufferManagerRelation bmr,
+					Buffer *buffers,
+					ForkNumber forknum,
+					BlockNumber blocknum,
+					int nblocks,
+					bool zero_on_error,
+					BufferAccessStrategy strategy)
+{
+	bool		isLocalBuf;
+	IOContext	io_context;
+	IOObject	io_object;
 
-	bufBlock = isLocalBuf ? LocalBufHdrGetBlock(bufHdr) : BufHdrGetBlock(bufHdr);
+	if (bmr.rel)
+	{
+		bmr.smgr = RelationGetSmgr(bmr.rel);
+		bmr.relpersistence = bmr.rel->rd_rel->relpersistence;
+	}
+
+	isLocalBuf = SmgrIsTemp(bmr.smgr);
+	if (isLocalBuf)
+	{
+		io_context = IOCONTEXT_NORMAL;
+		io_object = IOOBJECT_TEMP_RELATION;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		io_context = IOContextForStrategy(strategy);
+		io_object = IOOBJECT_RELATION;
+	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Read in the page, unless the caller intends to overwrite it and just
-	 * wants us to allocate a buffer.
+	 * We count all these blocks as read by this backend.  This is traditional
+	 * behavior, but might turn out to be not true if we find that someone
+	 * else has beaten us and completed the read of some of these blocks.  In
+	 * that case the system globally double-counts, but we traditionally don't
+	 * count this as a "hit", and we don't have a separate counter for "miss,
+	 * but another backend completed the read".
 	 */
-	if (mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK || mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_CLEANUP_LOCK)
-		MemSet((char *) bufBlock, 0, BLCKSZ);
+	if (isLocalBuf)
+		pgBufferUsage.local_blks_read += nblocks;
 	else
+		pgBufferUsage.shared_blks_read += nblocks;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < nblocks; ++i)
 	{
-		instr_time	io_start = pgstat_prepare_io_time(track_io_timing);
+		int			io_buffers_len;
+		Buffer		io_buffers[MAX_BUFFERS_PER_TRANSFER];
+		void	   *io_pages[MAX_BUFFERS_PER_TRANSFER];
+		instr_time	io_start;
+		BlockNumber io_first_block;
 
-		smgrread(smgr, forkNum, blockNum, bufBlock);
+#ifdef USE_ASSERT_CHECKING
 
-		pgstat_count_io_op_time(io_object, io_context,
-								IOOP_READ, io_start, 1);
+		/*
+		 * We could get all the information from buffer headers, but it can be
+		 * expensive to access buffer header cache lines so we make the caller
+		 * provide all the information we need, and assert that it is
+		 * consistent.
+		 */
+		{
+			RelFileLocator xlocator;
+			ForkNumber	xforknum;
+			BlockNumber xblocknum;
+
+			BufferGetTag(buffers[i], &xlocator, &xforknum, &xblocknum);
+			Assert(RelFileLocatorEquals(bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator, xlocator));
+			Assert(xforknum == forknum);
+			Assert(xblocknum == blocknum + i);
+		}
+#endif
+
+		/*
+		 * Skip this block if someone else has already completed it.  If an
+		 * I/O is already in progress in another backend, this will wait for
+		 * the outcome: either done, or something went wrong and we will
+		 * retry.
+		 */
+		if (!CompleteReadBuffersCanStartIO(buffers[i], false))
+		{
+			/*
+			 * Report this as a 'hit' for this backend, even though it must
+			 * have started out as a miss in PrepareReadBuffer().
+			 */
+			TRACE_POSTGRESQL_BUFFER_READ_DONE(forknum, blocknum + i,
+											  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.spcOid,
+											  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.dbOid,
+											  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.relNumber,
+											  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.backend,
+											  true);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* We found a buffer that we need to read in. */
+		io_buffers[0] = buffers[i];
+		io_pages[0] = BufferGetBlock(buffers[i]);
+		io_first_block = blocknum + i;
+		io_buffers_len = 1;
 
-		/* check for garbage data */
-		if (!PageIsVerifiedExtended((Page) bufBlock, blockNum,
-									PIV_LOG_WARNING | PIV_REPORT_STAT))
+		/*
+		 * How many neighboring-on-disk blocks can we can scatter-read into
+		 * other buffers at the same time?  In this case we don't wait if we
+		 * see an I/O already in progress.  We already hold BM_IO_IN_PROGRESS
+		 * for the head block, so we should get on with that I/O as soon as
+		 * possible.  We'll come back to this block again, above.
+		 */
+		while ((i + 1) < nblocks &&
+			   CompleteReadBuffersCanStartIO(buffers[i + 1], true))
+		{
+			/* Must be consecutive block numbers. */
+			Assert(BufferGetBlockNumber(buffers[i + 1]) ==
+				   BufferGetBlockNumber(buffers[i]) + 1);
+
+			io_buffers[io_buffers_len] = buffers[++i];
+			io_pages[io_buffers_len++] = BufferGetBlock(buffers[i]);
+		}
+
+		io_start = pgstat_prepare_io_time(track_io_timing);
+		smgrreadv(bmr.smgr, forknum, io_first_block, io_pages, io_buffers_len);
+		pgstat_count_io_op_time(io_object, io_context, IOOP_READ, io_start,
+								io_buffers_len);
+
+		/* Verify each block we read, and terminate the I/O. */
+		for (int j = 0; j < io_buffers_len; ++j)
 		{
-			if (mode == RBM_ZERO_ON_ERROR || zero_damaged_pages)
+			BufferDesc *bufHdr;
+			Block		bufBlock;
+
+			if (isLocalBuf)
 			{
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATA_CORRUPTED),
-						 errmsg("invalid page in block %u of relation %s; zeroing out page",
-								blockNum,
-								relpath(smgr->smgr_rlocator, forkNum))));
-				MemSet((char *) bufBlock, 0, BLCKSZ);
+				bufHdr = GetLocalBufferDescriptor(-io_buffers[j] - 1);
+				bufBlock = LocalBufHdrGetBlock(bufHdr);
 			}
 			else
-				ereport(ERROR,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATA_CORRUPTED),
-						 errmsg("invalid page in block %u of relation %s",
-								blockNum,
-								relpath(smgr->smgr_rlocator, forkNum))));
-		}
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * In RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK / RBM_ZERO_AND_CLEANUP_LOCK mode, grab the buffer
-	 * content lock before marking the page as valid, to make sure that no
-	 * other backend sees the zeroed page before the caller has had a chance
-	 * to initialize it.
-	 *
-	 * Since no-one else can be looking at the page contents yet, there is no
-	 * difference between an exclusive lock and a cleanup-strength lock. (Note
-	 * that we cannot use LockBuffer() or LockBufferForCleanup() here, because
-	 * they assert that the buffer is already valid.)
-	 */
-	if ((mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK || mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_CLEANUP_LOCK) &&
-		!isLocalBuf)
-	{
-		LWLockAcquire(BufferDescriptorGetContentLock(bufHdr), LW_EXCLUSIVE);
-	}
+			{
+				bufHdr = GetBufferDescriptor(io_buffers[j] - 1);
+				bufBlock = BufHdrGetBlock(bufHdr);
+			}
 
-	if (isLocalBuf)
-	{
-		/* Only need to adjust flags */
-		uint32		buf_state = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bufHdr->state);
+			/* check for garbage data */
+			if (!PageIsVerifiedExtended((Page) bufBlock, io_first_block + j,
+										PIV_LOG_WARNING | PIV_REPORT_STAT))
+			{
+				if (zero_on_error || zero_damaged_pages)
+				{
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_DATA_CORRUPTED),
+							 errmsg("invalid page in block %u of relation %s; zeroing out page",
+									io_first_block + j,
+									relpath(bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator, forknum))));
+					memset(bufBlock, 0, BLCKSZ);
+				}
+				else
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_DATA_CORRUPTED),
+							 errmsg("invalid page in block %u of relation %s",
+									io_first_block + j,
+									relpath(bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator, forknum))));
+			}
 
-		buf_state |= BM_VALID;
-		pg_atomic_unlocked_write_u32(&bufHdr->state, buf_state);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		/* Set BM_VALID, terminate IO, and wake up any waiters */
-		TerminateBufferIO(bufHdr, false, BM_VALID, true);
-	}
+			/* Terminate I/O and set BM_VALID. */
+			if (isLocalBuf)
+			{
+				uint32		buf_state = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bufHdr->state);
 
-	VacuumPageMiss++;
-	if (VacuumCostActive)
-		VacuumCostBalance += VacuumCostPageMiss;
+				buf_state |= BM_VALID;
+				pg_atomic_unlocked_write_u32(&bufHdr->state, buf_state);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				/* Set BM_VALID, terminate IO, and wake up any waiters */
+				TerminateBufferIO(bufHdr, false, BM_VALID, true);
+			}
 
-	TRACE_POSTGRESQL_BUFFER_READ_DONE(forkNum, blockNum,
-									  smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.spcOid,
-									  smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.dbOid,
-									  smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.relNumber,
-									  smgr->smgr_rlocator.backend,
-									  found);
+			/* Report I/Os as completing individually. */
+			TRACE_POSTGRESQL_BUFFER_READ_DONE(forknum, io_first_block + j,
+											  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.spcOid,
+											  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.dbOid,
+											  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.locator.relNumber,
+											  bmr.smgr->smgr_rlocator.backend,
+											  false);
+		}
 
-	return BufferDescriptorGetBuffer(bufHdr);
+		VacuumPageMiss += io_buffers_len;
+		if (VacuumCostActive)
+			VacuumCostBalance += VacuumCostPageMiss * io_buffers_len;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1228,11 +1380,8 @@ ReadBuffer_common(SMgrRelation smgr, char relpersistence, ForkNumber forkNum,
  *
  * The returned buffer is pinned and is already marked as holding the
  * desired page.  If it already did have the desired page, *foundPtr is
- * set true.  Otherwise, *foundPtr is set false and the buffer is marked
- * as IO_IN_PROGRESS; ReadBuffer will now need to do I/O to fill it.
- *
- * *foundPtr is actually redundant with the buffer's BM_VALID flag, but
- * we keep it for simplicity in ReadBuffer.
+ * set true.  Otherwise, *foundPtr is set false.  A read should be
+ * performed with CompleteReadBuffers().
  *
  * io_context is passed as an output parameter to avoid calling
  * IOContextForStrategy() when there is a shared buffers hit and no IO
@@ -1291,19 +1440,10 @@ BufferAlloc(SMgrRelation smgr, char relpersistence, ForkNumber forkNum,
 		{
 			/*
 			 * We can only get here if (a) someone else is still reading in
-			 * the page, or (b) a previous read attempt failed.  We have to
-			 * wait for any active read attempt to finish, and then set up our
-			 * own read attempt if the page is still not BM_VALID.
-			 * StartBufferIO does it all.
+			 * the page, (b) a previous read attempt failed, or (c) someone
+			 * called PrepareReadBuffer() but not yet CompleteReadBuffers().
 			 */
-			if (StartBufferIO(buf, true))
-			{
-				/*
-				 * If we get here, previous attempts to read the buffer must
-				 * have failed ... but we shall bravely try again.
-				 */
-				*foundPtr = false;
-			}
+			*foundPtr = false;
 		}
 
 		return buf;
@@ -1368,19 +1508,10 @@ BufferAlloc(SMgrRelation smgr, char relpersistence, ForkNumber forkNum,
 		{
 			/*
 			 * We can only get here if (a) someone else is still reading in
-			 * the page, or (b) a previous read attempt failed.  We have to
-			 * wait for any active read attempt to finish, and then set up our
-			 * own read attempt if the page is still not BM_VALID.
-			 * StartBufferIO does it all.
+			 * the page, (b) a previous read attempt failed, or (c) someone
+			 * called PrepareReadBuffer() but not yet CompleteReadBuffers().
 			 */
-			if (StartBufferIO(existing_buf_hdr, true))
-			{
-				/*
-				 * If we get here, previous attempts to read the buffer must
-				 * have failed ... but we shall bravely try again.
-				 */
-				*foundPtr = false;
-			}
+			*foundPtr = false;
 		}
 
 		return existing_buf_hdr;
@@ -1412,15 +1543,9 @@ BufferAlloc(SMgrRelation smgr, char relpersistence, ForkNumber forkNum,
 	LWLockRelease(newPartitionLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Buffer contents are currently invalid.  Try to obtain the right to
-	 * start I/O.  If StartBufferIO returns false, then someone else managed
-	 * to read it before we did, so there's nothing left for BufferAlloc() to
-	 * do.
+	 * Buffer contents are currently invalid.
 	 */
-	if (StartBufferIO(victim_buf_hdr, true))
-		*foundPtr = false;
-	else
-		*foundPtr = true;
+	*foundPtr = false;
 
 	return victim_buf_hdr;
 }
@@ -1774,7 +1899,7 @@ again:
  * pessimistic, but outside of toy-sized shared_buffers it should allow
  * sufficient pins.
  */
-static void
+void
 LimitAdditionalPins(uint32 *additional_pins)
 {
 	uint32		max_backends;
@@ -2043,7 +2168,7 @@ ExtendBufferedRelShared(BufferManagerRelation bmr,
 
 				buf_state &= ~BM_VALID;
 				UnlockBufHdr(existing_hdr, buf_state);
-			} while (!StartBufferIO(existing_hdr, true));
+			} while (!StartBufferIO(existing_hdr, true, false));
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -2066,7 +2191,7 @@ ExtendBufferedRelShared(BufferManagerRelation bmr,
 			LWLockRelease(partition_lock);
 
 			/* XXX: could combine the locked operations in it with the above */
-			StartBufferIO(victim_buf_hdr, true);
+			StartBufferIO(victim_buf_hdr, true, false);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2381,7 +2506,12 @@ PinBuffer(BufferDesc *buf, BufferAccessStrategy strategy)
 	else
 	{
 		/*
-		 * If we previously pinned the buffer, it must surely be valid.
+		 * If we previously pinned the buffer, it is likely to be valid, but
+		 * it may not be if PrepareReadBuffer() was called and
+		 * CompleteReadBuffers() hasn't been called yet.  We'll check by
+		 * loading the flags without locking.  This is racy, but it's OK to
+		 * return false spuriously: when CompleteReadBuffers() calls
+		 * StartBufferIO(), it'll see that it's now valid.
 		 *
 		 * Note: We deliberately avoid a Valgrind client request here.
 		 * Individual access methods can optionally superimpose buffer page
@@ -2390,7 +2520,7 @@ PinBuffer(BufferDesc *buf, BufferAccessStrategy strategy)
 		 * that the buffer page is legitimately non-accessible here.  We
 		 * cannot meddle with that.
 		 */
-		result = true;
+		result = (pg_atomic_read_u32(&buf->state) & BM_VALID) != 0;
 	}
 
 	ref->refcount++;
@@ -3458,7 +3588,7 @@ FlushBuffer(BufferDesc *buf, SMgrRelation reln, IOObject io_object,
 	 * someone else flushed the buffer before we could, so we need not do
 	 * anything.
 	 */
-	if (!StartBufferIO(buf, false))
+	if (!StartBufferIO(buf, false, false))
 		return;
 
 	/* Setup error traceback support for ereport() */
@@ -4845,6 +4975,46 @@ ConditionalLockBuffer(Buffer buffer)
 									LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Zero a buffer, and lock it as RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK or
+ * RBM_ZERO_AND_CLEANUP_LOCK would.  The buffer must be already pinned.  It
+ * does not have to be valid, but it is valid and locked on return.
+ */
+void
+ZeroBuffer(Buffer buffer, ReadBufferMode mode)
+{
+	BufferDesc *bufHdr;
+	uint32		buf_state;
+
+	Assert(mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK || mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_CLEANUP_LOCK);
+
+	if (BufferIsLocal(buffer))
+		bufHdr = GetLocalBufferDescriptor(-buffer - 1);
+	else
+	{
+		bufHdr = GetBufferDescriptor(buffer - 1);
+		if (mode == RBM_ZERO_AND_LOCK)
+			LockBuffer(buffer, BUFFER_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE);
+		else
+			LockBufferForCleanup(buffer);
+	}
+
+	memset(BufferGetPage(buffer), 0, BLCKSZ);
+
+	if (BufferIsLocal(buffer))
+	{
+		buf_state = pg_atomic_read_u32(&bufHdr->state);
+		buf_state |= BM_VALID;
+		pg_atomic_unlocked_write_u32(&bufHdr->state, buf_state);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		buf_state = LockBufHdr(bufHdr);
+		buf_state |= BM_VALID;
+		UnlockBufHdr(bufHdr, buf_state);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Verify that this backend is pinning the buffer exactly once.
  *
@@ -5197,9 +5367,15 @@ WaitIO(BufferDesc *buf)
  *
  * Returns true if we successfully marked the buffer as I/O busy,
  * false if someone else already did the work.
+ *
+ * If nowait is true, then we don't wait for an I/O to be finished by another
+ * backend.  In that case, false indicates either that the I/O was already
+ * finished, or is still in progress.  This is useful for callers that want to
+ * find out if they can perform the I/O as part of a larger operation, without
+ * waiting for the answer or distinguishing the reasons why not.
  */
 static bool
-StartBufferIO(BufferDesc *buf, bool forInput)
+StartBufferIO(BufferDesc *buf, bool forInput, bool nowait)
 {
 	uint32		buf_state;
 
@@ -5212,6 +5388,8 @@ StartBufferIO(BufferDesc *buf, bool forInput)
 		if (!(buf_state & BM_IO_IN_PROGRESS))
 			break;
 		UnlockBufHdr(buf, buf_state);
+		if (nowait)
+			return false;
 		WaitIO(buf);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/buffer/localbuf.c b/src/backend/storage/buffer/localbuf.c
index 1be4f4f8daf..717b8f58daf 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/buffer/localbuf.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/buffer/localbuf.c
@@ -109,10 +109,9 @@ PrefetchLocalBuffer(SMgrRelation smgr, ForkNumber forkNum,
  * LocalBufferAlloc -
  *	  Find or create a local buffer for the given page of the given relation.
  *
- * API is similar to bufmgr.c's BufferAlloc, except that we do not need
- * to do any locking since this is all local.   Also, IO_IN_PROGRESS
- * does not get set.  Lastly, we support only default access strategy
- * (hence, usage_count is always advanced).
+ * API is similar to bufmgr.c's BufferAlloc, except that we do not need to do
+ * any locking since this is all local.  We support only default access
+ * strategy (hence, usage_count is always advanced).
  */
 BufferDesc *
 LocalBufferAlloc(SMgrRelation smgr, ForkNumber forkNum, BlockNumber blockNum,
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ GetLocalVictimBuffer(void)
 }
 
 /* see LimitAdditionalPins() */
-static void
+void
 LimitAdditionalLocalPins(uint32 *additional_pins)
 {
 	uint32		max_pins;
@@ -298,9 +297,10 @@ LimitAdditionalLocalPins(uint32 *additional_pins)
 
 	/*
 	 * In contrast to LimitAdditionalPins() other backends don't play a role
-	 * here. We can allow up to NLocBuffer pins in total.
+	 * here. We can allow up to NLocBuffer pins in total, but it might not be
+	 * initialized yet so read num_temp_buffers.
 	 */
-	max_pins = (NLocBuffer - NLocalPinnedBuffers);
+	max_pins = (num_temp_buffers - NLocalPinnedBuffers);
 
 	if (*additional_pins >= max_pins)
 		*additional_pins = max_pins;
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/meson.build b/src/backend/storage/meson.build
index 40345bdca27..739d13293fb 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/meson.build
+++ b/src/backend/storage/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022-2024, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 
+subdir('aio')
 subdir('buffer')
 subdir('file')
 subdir('freespace')
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/smgr/smgr.c b/src/backend/storage/smgr/smgr.c
index 563a0be5c74..0d7272e796e 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/smgr/smgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/smgr/smgr.c
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ smgrshutdown(int code, Datum arg)
 /*
  * smgropen() -- Return an SMgrRelation object, creating it if need be.
  *
- * This does not attempt to actually open the underlying file.
+ * This does not attempt to actually open the underlying files.  The returned
+ * object remains valid at least until AtEOXact_SMgr() is called, or until
+ * smgrdestroy() is called in non-transaction backends.
  */
 SMgrRelation
 smgropen(RelFileLocator rlocator, BackendId backend)
@@ -259,10 +261,10 @@ smgrexists(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum)
 }
 
 /*
- * smgrclose() -- Close and delete an SMgrRelation object.
+ * smgrdestroy() -- Delete an SMgrRelation object.
  */
 void
-smgrclose(SMgrRelation reln)
+smgrdestroy(SMgrRelation reln)
 {
 	SMgrRelation *owner;
 	ForkNumber	forknum;
@@ -289,12 +291,14 @@ smgrclose(SMgrRelation reln)
 }
 
 /*
- * smgrrelease() -- Release all resources used by this object.
+ * smgrclose() -- Release all resources used by this object.
  *
- * The object remains valid.
+ * The object remains valid, but is moved to the unknown list where it will
+ * be destroyed by AtEOXact_SMgr().  It may be re-owned if it is accessed by a
+ * relation before then.
  */
 void
-smgrrelease(SMgrRelation reln)
+smgrclose(SMgrRelation reln)
 {
 	for (ForkNumber forknum = 0; forknum <= MAX_FORKNUM; forknum++)
 	{
@@ -302,15 +306,20 @@ smgrrelease(SMgrRelation reln)
 		reln->smgr_cached_nblocks[forknum] = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	}
 	reln->smgr_targblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+	if (reln->smgr_owner)
+	{
+		*reln->smgr_owner = NULL;
+		reln->smgr_owner = NULL;
+		dlist_push_tail(&unowned_relns, &reln->node);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
- * smgrreleaseall() -- Release resources used by all objects.
- *
- * This is called for PROCSIGNAL_BARRIER_SMGRRELEASE.
+ * smgrcloseall() -- Close all objects.
  */
 void
-smgrreleaseall(void)
+smgrcloseall(void)
 {
 	HASH_SEQ_STATUS status;
 	SMgrRelation reln;
@@ -322,14 +331,17 @@ smgrreleaseall(void)
 	hash_seq_init(&status, SMgrRelationHash);
 
 	while ((reln = (SMgrRelation) hash_seq_search(&status)) != NULL)
-		smgrrelease(reln);
+		smgrclose(reln);
 }
 
 /*
- * smgrcloseall() -- Close all existing SMgrRelation objects.
+ * smgrdestroyall() -- Destroy all SMgrRelation objects.
+ *
+ * It must be known that there are no pointers to SMgrRelations, other than
+ * those registered with smgrsetowner().
  */
 void
-smgrcloseall(void)
+smgrdestroyall(void)
 {
 	HASH_SEQ_STATUS status;
 	SMgrRelation reln;
@@ -341,7 +353,7 @@ smgrcloseall(void)
 	hash_seq_init(&status, SMgrRelationHash);
 
 	while ((reln = (SMgrRelation) hash_seq_search(&status)) != NULL)
-		smgrclose(reln);
+		smgrdestroy(reln);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -733,7 +745,8 @@ smgrimmedsync(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum)
  * AtEOXact_SMgr
  *
  * This routine is called during transaction commit or abort (it doesn't
- * particularly care which).  All transient SMgrRelation objects are closed.
+ * particularly care which).  All transient SMgrRelation objects are
+ * destroyed.
  *
  * We do this as a compromise between wanting transient SMgrRelations to
  * live awhile (to amortize the costs of blind writes of multiple blocks)
@@ -747,7 +760,7 @@ AtEOXact_SMgr(void)
 	dlist_mutable_iter iter;
 
 	/*
-	 * Zap all unowned SMgrRelations.  We rely on smgrclose() to remove each
+	 * Zap all unowned SMgrRelations.  We rely on smgrdestroy() to remove each
 	 * one from the list.
 	 */
 	dlist_foreach_modify(iter, &unowned_relns)
@@ -757,7 +770,7 @@ AtEOXact_SMgr(void)
 
 		Assert(rel->smgr_owner == NULL);
 
-		smgrclose(rel);
+		smgrdestroy(rel);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -768,6 +781,6 @@ AtEOXact_SMgr(void)
 bool
 ProcessBarrierSmgrRelease(void)
 {
-	smgrreleaseall();
+	smgrcloseall();
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h b/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h
index d51d46d3353..a38f1acb37a 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef BUFMGR_H
 #define BUFMGR_H
 
+#include "port/pg_iovec.h"
 #include "storage/block.h"
 #include "storage/buf.h"
 #include "storage/bufpage.h"
@@ -158,6 +159,11 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT int32 *LocalRefCount;
 #define BUFFER_LOCK_SHARE		1
 #define BUFFER_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE	2
 
+/*
+ * Maximum number of buffers for multi-buffer I/O functions.  This is set to
+ * allow 128kB transfers, unless BLCKSZ and IOV_MAX imply a a smaller maximum.
+ */
+#define MAX_BUFFERS_PER_TRANSFER Min(PG_IOV_MAX, (128 * 1024) / BLCKSZ)
 
 /*
  * prototypes for functions in bufmgr.c
@@ -177,6 +183,18 @@ extern Buffer ReadBufferWithoutRelcache(RelFileLocator rlocator,
 										ForkNumber forkNum, BlockNumber blockNum,
 										ReadBufferMode mode, BufferAccessStrategy strategy,
 										bool permanent);
+extern Buffer PrepareReadBuffer(BufferManagerRelation bmr,
+								ForkNumber forkNum,
+								BlockNumber blockNum,
+								BufferAccessStrategy strategy,
+								bool *foundPtr);
+extern void CompleteReadBuffers(BufferManagerRelation bmr,
+								Buffer *buffers,
+								ForkNumber forknum,
+								BlockNumber blocknum,
+								int nblocks,
+								bool zero_on_error,
+								BufferAccessStrategy strategy);
 extern void ReleaseBuffer(Buffer buffer);
 extern void UnlockReleaseBuffer(Buffer buffer);
 extern bool BufferIsExclusiveLocked(Buffer buffer);
@@ -247,9 +265,13 @@ extern void LockBufferForCleanup(Buffer buffer);
 extern bool ConditionalLockBufferForCleanup(Buffer buffer);
 extern bool IsBufferCleanupOK(Buffer buffer);
 extern bool HoldingBufferPinThatDelaysRecovery(void);
+extern void ZeroBuffer(Buffer buffer, ReadBufferMode mode);
 
 extern bool BgBufferSync(struct WritebackContext *wb_context);
 
+extern void LimitAdditionalPins(uint32 *additional_pins);
+extern void LimitAdditionalLocalPins(uint32 *additional_pins);
+
 /* in buf_init.c */
 extern void InitBufferPool(void);
 extern Size BufferShmemSize(void);
diff --git a/src/include/storage/smgr.h b/src/include/storage/smgr.h
index 527cd2a0568..d8ffe397faf 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/smgr.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/smgr.h
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ extern void smgrclearowner(SMgrRelation *owner, SMgrRelation reln);
 extern void smgrclose(SMgrRelation reln);
 extern void smgrcloseall(void);
 extern void smgrcloserellocator(RelFileLocatorBackend rlocator);
-extern void smgrrelease(SMgrRelation reln);
-extern void smgrreleaseall(void);
+extern void smgrdestroy(SMgrRelation reln);
+extern void smgrdestroyall(void);
 extern void smgrcreate(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum, bool isRedo);
 extern void smgrdosyncall(SMgrRelation *rels, int nrels);
 extern void smgrdounlinkall(SMgrRelation *rels, int nrels, bool isRedo);
diff --git a/src/include/storage/streaming_read.h b/src/include/storage/streaming_read.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40c3408c541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/storage/streaming_read.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#ifndef STREAMING_READ_H
+#define STREAMING_READ_H
+
+#include "storage/bufmgr.h"
+#include "storage/fd.h"
+#include "storage/smgr.h"
+
+/* Default tuning, reasonable for many users. */
+#define PGSR_FLAG_DEFAULT 0x00
+
+/*
+ * I/O streams that are performing maintenance work on behalf of potentially
+ * many users.
+ */
+#define PGSR_FLAG_MAINTENANCE 0x01
+
+/*
+ * We usually avoid issuing prefetch advice automatically when sequential
+ * access is detected, but this flag explicitly disables it, for cases that
+ * might not be correctly detected.  Explicit advice is known to perform worse
+ * than letting the kernel (at least Linux) detect sequential access.
+ */
+#define PGSR_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL 0x02
+
+struct PgStreamingRead;
+typedef struct PgStreamingRead PgStreamingRead;
+
+/* Callback that returns the next block number to read. */
+typedef BlockNumber (*PgStreamingReadBufferCB) (PgStreamingRead *pgsr,
+												void *pgsr_private,
+												void *per_buffer_private);
+
+extern PgStreamingRead *pg_streaming_read_buffer_alloc(int flags,
+													   void *pgsr_private,
+													   size_t per_buffer_private_size,
+													   BufferAccessStrategy strategy,
+													   BufferManagerRelation bmr,
+													   ForkNumber forknum,
+													   PgStreamingReadBufferCB next_block_cb);
+
+extern void pg_streaming_read_prefetch(PgStreamingRead *pgsr);
+extern Buffer pg_streaming_read_buffer_get_next(PgStreamingRead *pgsr, void **per_buffer_private);
+extern void pg_streaming_read_free(PgStreamingRead *pgsr);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/include/utils/rel.h b/src/include/utils/rel.h
index a584b1ddff3..6636cc82c09 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/rel.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/rel.h
@@ -561,12 +561,6 @@ typedef struct ViewOptions
  *
  * Very little code is authorized to touch rel->rd_smgr directly.  Instead
  * use this function to fetch its value.
- *
- * Note: since a relcache flush can cause the file handle to be closed again,
- * it's unwise to hold onto the pointer returned by this function for any
- * long period.  Recommended practice is to just re-execute RelationGetSmgr
- * each time you need to access the SMgrRelation.  It's quite cheap in
- * comparison to whatever an smgr function is going to do.
  */
 static inline SMgrRelation
 RelationGetSmgr(Relation rel)
diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list b/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list
index 29fd1cae641..018ebbcbaae 100644
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list
@@ -2089,6 +2089,8 @@ PgStat_TableCounts
 PgStat_TableStatus
 PgStat_TableXactStatus
 PgStat_WalStats
+PgStreamingRead
+PgStreamingReadRange
 PgXmlErrorContext
 PgXmlStrictness
 Pg_finfo_record
-- 
2.37.2

From 1a87519763a0fa67433a0049dcb3f9f021bd5e11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melanie Plageman <melanieplage...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:22:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v1 4/4] Sequential scans support streaming read

Add streaming read support for sequential scans. Do so by implementing
the streaming read callback to get the next block and save this block in
the scan descriptor.

The PgStreamingRead object is allocated in initscan(). This means it
will be freed and reallocated on rescan. Implementing a streaming read
reset function is a TODO for that API.

Currently, only forwards scans are supported by the streaming read API;
so, if a scan switches from forwards to backwards, the PgStreamingRead
object will need to be freed. This also means that if a scan switches
from backwards to forwards, it will not use streaming reads.

Distinguishing between a scan that has yet to be initialized, one that
doesn't support streaming reads and one that has switched scan
directions is one reason why it is difficult to wait until
heapfetchbuf() to allocate the PgStreamingRead object.
---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 src/include/access/heapam.h      |   3 +
 2 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 9e3e6d8b52b..cc20e0f972c 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #include "storage/smgr.h"
 #include "storage/spin.h"
 #include "storage/standby.h"
+#include "storage/streaming_read.h"
 #include "utils/datum.h"
 #include "utils/inval.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
@@ -228,6 +229,27 @@ static const int MultiXactStatusLock[MaxMultiXactStatus + 1] =
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+static BlockNumber
+heap_pgsr_next_single(PgStreamingRead *pgsr, void *pgsr_private,
+					  void *per_buffer_data)
+{
+	HeapScanDesc scan = (HeapScanDesc) pgsr_private;
+
+	/* Only forward scans support streaming reads */
+	if (!scan->rs_inited)
+	{
+		scan->rs_prefetch_block = heapgettup_initial_block(scan,
+														   ForwardScanDirection);
+		scan->rs_inited = true;
+	}
+	else
+		scan->rs_prefetch_block = heapgettup_advance_block(scan,
+														   scan->rs_prefetch_block,
+														   ForwardScanDirection);
+
+	return scan->rs_prefetch_block;
+}
+
 /* ----------------
  *		initscan - scan code common to heap_beginscan and heap_rescan
  * ----------------
@@ -345,6 +367,36 @@ initscan(HeapScanDesc scan, ScanKey key, bool keep_startblock)
 	 */
 	if (scan->rs_base.rs_flags & SO_TYPE_SEQSCAN)
 		pgstat_count_heap_scan(scan->rs_base.rs_rd);
+
+	scan->rs_prefetch_block = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+	/* pgsr is freed and reallocated on rescan */
+	if (scan->pgsr)
+		pg_streaming_read_free(scan->pgsr);
+	scan->pgsr = NULL;
+	scan->rs_prefetch_block = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+	/*
+	 * This streaming read cannot be allocated in the per tuple memory context
+	 * which is the current memory context during heapgettup[_pagemode](), as
+	 * the per tuple context is often reset before the end of the query. There
+	 * was discussion of allocating the pgsr when rs_inited is false. We could
+	 * switch into a memory context that doesn't get reset to allocate it
+	 * there, but 1) we probably want to reuse the pgsr across rescans and 2)
+	 * we have to free the pgsr if the scan changes from forwards to a
+	 * backwards scan anyway, so we better just allocate it here.
+	 */
+	if (!RelationUsesLocalBuffers(scan->rs_base.rs_rd) &&
+		(scan->rs_base.rs_flags & SO_TYPE_SEQSCAN))
+	{
+		scan->pgsr = pg_streaming_read_buffer_alloc(PGSR_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL,
+													scan,
+													0,
+													scan->rs_strategy,
+													BMR_REL(scan->rs_base.rs_rd),
+													MAIN_FORKNUM,
+													heap_pgsr_next_single);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -488,19 +540,41 @@ heapfetchbuf(TableScanDesc sscan, ScanDirection dir)
 	 */
 	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 
-	if (!scan->rs_inited)
+	/*
+	 * Backwards scans aren't supported with streaming read. At the time of
+	 * allocation, the scan direction is not determined. Note that this means
+	 * that if the scan switches from backwards to forwards, the forward scan
+	 * will not use streaming reads
+	 */
+	if (!ScanDirectionIsForward(dir) && scan->pgsr)
 	{
-		scan->rs_cblock = heapgettup_initial_block(scan, dir);
-		Assert(scan->rs_cblock != InvalidBlockNumber || !BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf));
-		scan->rs_inited = true;
+		pg_streaming_read_free(scan->pgsr);
+		scan->pgsr = NULL;
+		scan->rs_prefetch_block = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	}
+
+	if (scan->pgsr)
+	{
+		scan->rs_cbuf = pg_streaming_read_buffer_get_next(scan->pgsr, NULL);
+		if (BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf))
+			scan->rs_cblock = BufferGetBlockNumber(scan->rs_cbuf);
 	}
 	else
-		scan->rs_cblock = heapgettup_advance_block(scan, scan->rs_cblock, dir);
+	{
+		if (!scan->rs_inited)
+		{
+			scan->rs_cblock = heapgettup_initial_block(scan, dir);
+			Assert(scan->rs_cblock != InvalidBlockNumber || !BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf));
+			scan->rs_inited = true;
+		}
+		else
+			scan->rs_cblock = heapgettup_advance_block(scan, scan->rs_cblock, dir);
 
-	/* read block if valid */
-	if (BlockNumberIsValid(scan->rs_cblock))
-		scan->rs_cbuf = ReadBufferExtended(scan->rs_base.rs_rd, MAIN_FORKNUM,
-										   scan->rs_cblock, RBM_NORMAL, scan->rs_strategy);
+		/* read block if valid */
+		if (BlockNumberIsValid(scan->rs_cblock))
+			scan->rs_cbuf = ReadBufferExtended(scan->rs_base.rs_rd, MAIN_FORKNUM,
+											   scan->rs_cblock, RBM_NORMAL, scan->rs_strategy);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1001,6 +1075,15 @@ heap_beginscan(Relation relation, Snapshot snapshot,
 	else
 		scan->rs_parallelworkerdata = NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * TODO: implement pg_streaming_read_reset(), then allocate the streaming
+	 * reads here. Currently, they are allocated in initscan() which will free
+	 * and reallocate the pgsr on each rescan. Fixing this is especially
+	 * important for nested loop join. For now, set this to NULL to ensure the
+	 * streaming read is allocated in initscan().
+	 */
+	scan->pgsr = NULL;
+
 	/*
 	 * we do this here instead of in initscan() because heap_rescan also calls
 	 * initscan() and we don't want to allocate memory again
@@ -1065,6 +1148,11 @@ heap_endscan(TableScanDesc sscan)
 	if (BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf))
 		ReleaseBuffer(scan->rs_cbuf);
 
+	if (scan->pgsr)
+		pg_streaming_read_free(scan->pgsr);
+	scan->pgsr = NULL;
+	scan->rs_prefetch_block = InvalidBlockNumber;
+
 	/*
 	 * decrement relation reference count and free scan descriptor storage
 	 */
diff --git a/src/include/access/heapam.h b/src/include/access/heapam.h
index 4a3a017c33a..8e702454367 100644
--- a/src/include/access/heapam.h
+++ b/src/include/access/heapam.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ typedef struct HeapScanDescData
 	bool		rs_inited;		/* false = scan not init'd yet */
 	OffsetNumber rs_coffset;	/* current offset # in non-page-at-a-time mode */
 	BlockNumber rs_cblock;		/* current block # in scan, if any */
+	BlockNumber rs_prefetch_block;	/* block being prefetched */
 	Buffer		rs_cbuf;		/* current buffer in scan, if any */
 	/* NB: if rs_cbuf is not InvalidBuffer, we hold a pin on that buffer */
 
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ typedef struct HeapScanDescData
 	 */
 	ParallelBlockTableScanWorkerData *rs_parallelworkerdata;
 
+	struct PgStreamingRead *pgsr;
+
 	/* these fields only used in page-at-a-time mode and for bitmap scans */
 	int			rs_cindex;		/* current tuple's index in vistuples */
 	int			rs_ntuples;		/* number of visible tuples on page */
-- 
2.37.2

From 9b8547083774007caf60a5bf1a538e4c94634690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melanie Plageman <melanieplage...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 18:39:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/4] Split heapgetpage into two parts

heapgetpage(), a per-block utility function used in heap scans, read a
passed-in block into a buffer and then, if page-at-a-time processing was
enabled, pruned the page and built an array of its visible tuples. This
was used for sequential and sample scans.

Future commits will add support for streaming reads. The streaming read
API will read in the blocks specified by a callback, but any significant
per-page processing should be done synchronously on the buffer yielded
by the streaming read API. To support this, separate the logic in
heapgetpage() to read a block into a buffer from that which prunes the
page and builds an array of the visible tuples. The former is now
heapfetchbuf() and the latter is now heapbuildvis().

Future commits will push the logic for selecting the next block into
heapfetchbuf() in cases when streaming reads are not supported (such as
backwards sequential scans). Because this logic differs for sample scans
and sequential scans, inline the code to read the block into a buffer
for sample scans.

This has the added benefit of allowing for a bit of refactoring in
heapam_scan_sample_next_block(), including unpinning the previous buffer
before invoking the callback to select the next block.
---
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c         | 76 ++++++++++++++----------
 src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c | 40 +++++++++----
 src/include/access/heapam.h              |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 707460a5364..608d43c4efd 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -367,17 +367,18 @@ heap_setscanlimits(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber startBlk, BlockNumber numBlk
 }
 
 /*
- * heapgetpage - subroutine for heapgettup()
+ * heapbuildvis - Utility function for heap scans.
  *
- * This routine reads and pins the specified page of the relation.
- * In page-at-a-time mode it performs additional work, namely determining
- * which tuples on the page are visible.
+ * Given a page residing in a buffer saved in the scan descriptor, prune the
+ * page and determine which of its tuples are all visible, saving their offsets
+ * in an array in the scan descriptor.
  */
 void
-heapgetpage(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber block)
+heapbuildvis(TableScanDesc sscan)
 {
 	HeapScanDesc scan = (HeapScanDesc) sscan;
-	Buffer		buffer;
+	Buffer		buffer = scan->rs_cbuf;
+	BlockNumber block = scan->rs_cblock;
 	Snapshot	snapshot;
 	Page		page;
 	int			lines;
@@ -385,31 +386,8 @@ heapgetpage(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber block)
 	OffsetNumber lineoff;
 	bool		all_visible;
 
-	Assert(block < scan->rs_nblocks);
-
-	/* release previous scan buffer, if any */
-	if (BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf))
-	{
-		ReleaseBuffer(scan->rs_cbuf);
-		scan->rs_cbuf = InvalidBuffer;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Be sure to check for interrupts at least once per page.  Checks at
-	 * higher code levels won't be able to stop a seqscan that encounters many
-	 * pages' worth of consecutive dead tuples.
-	 */
-	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
-
-	/* read page using selected strategy */
-	scan->rs_cbuf = ReadBufferExtended(scan->rs_base.rs_rd, MAIN_FORKNUM, block,
-									   RBM_NORMAL, scan->rs_strategy);
-	scan->rs_cblock = block;
-
-	if (!(scan->rs_base.rs_flags & SO_ALLOW_PAGEMODE))
-		return;
+	Assert(BufferGetBlockNumber(buffer) == block);
 
-	buffer = scan->rs_cbuf;
 	snapshot = scan->rs_base.rs_snapshot;
 
 	/*
@@ -482,6 +460,39 @@ heapgetpage(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber block)
 	scan->rs_ntuples = ntup;
 }
 
+/*
+ * heapfetchbuf - subroutine for heapgettup()
+ *
+ * This routine reads the specified block of the relation into a buffer and
+ * returns with that pinned buffer saved in the scan descriptor.
+ */
+static inline void
+heapfetchbuf(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber block)
+{
+	HeapScanDesc scan = (HeapScanDesc) sscan;
+
+	Assert(block < scan->rs_nblocks);
+
+	/* release previous scan buffer, if any */
+	if (BufferIsValid(scan->rs_cbuf))
+	{
+		ReleaseBuffer(scan->rs_cbuf);
+		scan->rs_cbuf = InvalidBuffer;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Be sure to check for interrupts at least once per page.  Checks at
+	 * higher code levels won't be able to stop a seqscan that encounters many
+	 * pages' worth of consecutive dead tuples.
+	 */
+	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
+
+	/* read page using selected strategy */
+	scan->rs_cbuf = ReadBufferExtended(scan->rs_base.rs_rd, MAIN_FORKNUM, block,
+									   RBM_NORMAL, scan->rs_strategy);
+	scan->rs_cblock = block;
+}
+
 /*
  * heapgettup_initial_block - return the first BlockNumber to scan
  *
@@ -755,7 +766,7 @@ heapgettup(HeapScanDesc scan,
 	 */
 	while (block != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		heapgetpage((TableScanDesc) scan, block);
+		heapfetchbuf((TableScanDesc) scan, block);
 		LockBuffer(scan->rs_cbuf, BUFFER_LOCK_SHARE);
 		page = heapgettup_start_page(scan, dir, &linesleft, &lineoff);
 continue_page:
@@ -876,7 +887,8 @@ heapgettup_pagemode(HeapScanDesc scan,
 	 */
 	while (block != InvalidBlockNumber)
 	{
-		heapgetpage((TableScanDesc) scan, block);
+		heapfetchbuf((TableScanDesc) scan, block);
+		heapbuildvis((TableScanDesc) scan);
 		page = BufferGetPage(scan->rs_cbuf);
 		linesleft = scan->rs_ntuples;
 		lineindex = ScanDirectionIsForward(dir) ? 0 : linesleft - 1;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
index d15a02b2be7..75bdd341e7a 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
@@ -2278,11 +2278,14 @@ heapam_scan_sample_next_block(TableScanDesc scan, SampleScanState *scanstate)
 	if (hscan->rs_nblocks == 0)
 		return false;
 
-	if (tsm->NextSampleBlock)
+	if (BufferIsValid(hscan->rs_cbuf))
 	{
-		blockno = tsm->NextSampleBlock(scanstate, hscan->rs_nblocks);
-		hscan->rs_cblock = blockno;
+		ReleaseBuffer(hscan->rs_cbuf);
+		hscan->rs_cbuf = InvalidBuffer;
 	}
+
+	if (tsm->NextSampleBlock)
+		blockno = tsm->NextSampleBlock(scanstate, hscan->rs_nblocks);
 	else
 	{
 		/* scanning table sequentially */
@@ -2324,20 +2327,35 @@ heapam_scan_sample_next_block(TableScanDesc scan, SampleScanState *scanstate)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!BlockNumberIsValid(blockno))
+	hscan->rs_cblock = blockno;
+
+	if (!BlockNumberIsValid(hscan->rs_cblock))
 	{
-		if (BufferIsValid(hscan->rs_cbuf))
-			ReleaseBuffer(hscan->rs_cbuf);
-		hscan->rs_cbuf = InvalidBuffer;
-		hscan->rs_cblock = InvalidBlockNumber;
 		hscan->rs_inited = false;
-
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	heapgetpage(scan, blockno);
-	hscan->rs_inited = true;
+	Assert(hscan->rs_cblock < hscan->rs_nblocks);
+
+	/*
+	 * We may scan multiple pages before finding tuples to yield or finishing
+	 * the scan. Since we want to check for interrupts at least once per page,
+	 * do so here.
+	 */
+	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
+
+	/* Read page using selected strategy */
+	hscan->rs_cbuf = ReadBufferExtended(hscan->rs_base.rs_rd, MAIN_FORKNUM,
+										hscan->rs_cblock, RBM_NORMAL, hscan->rs_strategy);
 
+	/*
+	 * If pagemode is allowed, prune the page and build an array of visible
+	 * tuple offsets.
+	 */
+	if (hscan->rs_base.rs_flags & SO_ALLOW_PAGEMODE)
+		heapbuildvis(scan);
+
+	hscan->rs_inited = true;
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/include/access/heapam.h b/src/include/access/heapam.h
index 932ec0d6f2b..4a3a017c33a 100644
--- a/src/include/access/heapam.h
+++ b/src/include/access/heapam.h
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ extern TableScanDesc heap_beginscan(Relation relation, Snapshot snapshot,
 									uint32 flags);
 extern void heap_setscanlimits(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber startBlk,
 							   BlockNumber numBlks);
-extern void heapgetpage(TableScanDesc sscan, BlockNumber block);
+extern void heapbuildvis(TableScanDesc sscan);
 extern void heap_rescan(TableScanDesc sscan, ScanKey key, bool set_params,
 						bool allow_strat, bool allow_sync, bool allow_pagemode);
 extern void heap_endscan(TableScanDesc sscan);
-- 
2.37.2

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