diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/toasting.c b/src/backend/catalog/toasting.c
index 707ba7e28373dace9ee7428542e391b0697aabe3..0013c3f62731b86c6ddbbe201927ea734844118c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/toasting.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/toasting.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ create_toast_table(Relation rel, Oid toastOid, Oid toastIndexOid, Datum reloptio
 	 * Toast tables for regular relations go in pg_toast; those for temp
 	 * relations go into the per-backend temp-toast-table namespace.
 	 */
-	if (RelationUsesTempNamespace(rel))
+	if (isTempOrToastNamespace(rel->rd_rel->relnamespace))
 		namespaceid = GetTempToastNamespace();
 	else
 		namespaceid = PG_TOAST_NAMESPACE;
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copy.c b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
index 98bcb2fcf3370c72b0f0a7c0df76ebe4512e9ab0..cd6b13c09f32d2ba6de59cd174fe9cfd67e95d4c 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ DoCopy(const CopyStmt *stmt, const char *queryString)
 		Assert(rel);
 
 		/* check read-only transaction */
-		if (XactReadOnly && rel->rd_backend != MyBackendId)
+		if (XactReadOnly && !rel->rd_islocaltemp)
 			PreventCommandIfReadOnly("COPY FROM");
 
 		cstate = BeginCopyFrom(rel, stmt->filename,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/sequence.c b/src/backend/commands/sequence.c
index fbb6489915ec4068e77805829f4058b1dd6f82bf..c6cf44a8a8dd980dc7211f49d1cc5252542e4ba6 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/sequence.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/sequence.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ nextval_internal(Oid relid)
 						RelationGetRelationName(seqrel))));
 
 	/* read-only transactions may only modify temp sequences */
-	if (seqrel->rd_backend != MyBackendId)
+	if (!seqrel->rd_islocaltemp)
 		PreventCommandIfReadOnly("nextval()");
 
 	if (elm->last != elm->cached)		/* some numbers were cached */
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ do_setval(Oid relid, int64 next, bool iscalled)
 						RelationGetRelationName(seqrel))));
 
 	/* read-only transactions may only modify temp sequences */
-	if (seqrel->rd_backend != MyBackendId)
+	if (!seqrel->rd_islocaltemp)
 		PreventCommandIfReadOnly("setval()");
 
 	/* lock page' buffer and read tuple */
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index ab5ab940ade56f8347c7a64e194741e0be7ed04d..5d64461cdaa960c9a2caa6524dbe1176bddde61d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -1450,13 +1450,20 @@ MergeAttributes(List *schema, List *supers, char relpersistence,
 					 errmsg("inherited relation \"%s\" is not a table",
 							parent->relname)));
 		/* Permanent rels cannot inherit from temporary ones */
-		if (relpersistence != RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP
-			&& RelationUsesTempNamespace(relation))
+		if (relpersistence != RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP &&
+			relation->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP)
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
 					 errmsg("cannot inherit from temporary relation \"%s\"",
 							parent->relname)));
 
+		/* If existing rel is temp, it must belong to this session */
+		if (relation->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP &&
+			!relation->rd_islocaltemp)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
+					 errmsg("cannot inherit from temporary relation of another session")));
+
 		/*
 		 * We should have an UNDER permission flag for this, but for now,
 		 * demand that creator of a child table own the parent.
@@ -5767,6 +5774,10 @@ ATAddForeignKeyConstraint(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 				ereport(ERROR,
 						(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TABLE_DEFINITION),
 						 errmsg("constraints on temporary tables may reference only temporary tables")));
+			if (!pkrel->rd_islocaltemp || !rel->rd_islocaltemp)
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TABLE_DEFINITION),
+						 errmsg("constraints on temporary tables must involve temporary tables of this session")));
 			break;
 	}
 
@@ -8905,13 +8916,27 @@ ATExecAddInherit(Relation child_rel, RangeVar *parent, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 	ATSimplePermissions(parent_rel, ATT_TABLE);
 
 	/* Permanent rels cannot inherit from temporary ones */
-	if (RelationUsesTempNamespace(parent_rel)
-		&& !RelationUsesTempNamespace(child_rel))
+	if (parent_rel->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP &&
+		child_rel->rd_rel->relpersistence != RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
 				 errmsg("cannot inherit from temporary relation \"%s\"",
 						RelationGetRelationName(parent_rel))));
 
+	/* If parent rel is temp, it must belong to this session */
+	if (parent_rel->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP &&
+		!parent_rel->rd_islocaltemp)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
+				 errmsg("cannot inherit from temporary relation of another session")));
+
+	/* Ditto for the child */
+	if (child_rel->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP &&
+		!child_rel->rd_islocaltemp)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
+				 errmsg("cannot inherit to temporary relation of another session")));
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for duplicates in the list of parents, and determine the highest
 	 * inhseqno already present; we'll use the next one for the new parent.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/dbsize.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/dbsize.c
index 2ccdc0cee6e598ac6871a9a094353c32c3817044..03975fcea446b73ccc3b9a56cb645ca13ce96778 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/dbsize.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/dbsize.c
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ pg_tablespace_size_name(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 /*
  * calculate size of (one fork of) a relation
+ *
+ * Note: we can safely apply this to temp tables of other sessions, so there
+ * is no check here or at the call sites for that.
  */
 static int64
 calculate_relation_size(RelFileNode *rfn, BackendId backend, ForkNumber forknum)
@@ -313,7 +316,7 @@ pg_relation_size(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	 * that makes queries like "SELECT pg_relation_size(oid) FROM pg_class"
 	 * less robust, because while we scan pg_class with an MVCC snapshot,
 	 * someone else might drop the table. It's better to return NULL for
-	 * alread-dropped tables than throw an error and abort the whole query.
+	 * already-dropped tables than throw an error and abort the whole query.
 	 */
 	if (rel == NULL)
 		PG_RETURN_NULL();
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c
index a64d739cebc87a462faa9d9851b35a4e8f2fb09b..bd7f567f1e93cad7be3f6ee36e3c3f50f8e4e76e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c
@@ -852,20 +852,33 @@ RelationBuildDesc(Oid targetRelId, bool insertIt)
 		case RELPERSISTENCE_UNLOGGED:
 		case RELPERSISTENCE_PERMANENT:
 			relation->rd_backend = InvalidBackendId;
+			relation->rd_islocaltemp = false;
 			break;
 		case RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP:
 			if (isTempOrToastNamespace(relation->rd_rel->relnamespace))
+			{
 				relation->rd_backend = MyBackendId;
+				relation->rd_islocaltemp = true;
+			}
 			else
 			{
 				/*
-				 * If it's a local temp table, but not one of ours, we have to
-				 * use the slow, grotty method to figure out the owning
-				 * backend.
+				 * If it's a temp table, but not one of ours, we have to use
+				 * the slow, grotty method to figure out the owning backend.
+				 *
+				 * Note: it's possible that rd_backend gets set to MyBackendId
+				 * here, in case we are looking at a pg_class entry left over
+				 * from a crashed backend that coincidentally had the same
+				 * BackendId we're using.  We should *not* consider such a
+				 * table to be "ours"; this is why we need the separate
+				 * rd_islocaltemp flag.  The pg_class entry will get flushed
+				 * if/when we clean out the corresponding temp table namespace
+				 * in preparation for using it.
 				 */
 				relation->rd_backend =
 					GetTempNamespaceBackendId(relation->rd_rel->relnamespace);
 				Assert(relation->rd_backend != InvalidBackendId);
+				relation->rd_islocaltemp = false;
 			}
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -1386,6 +1399,7 @@ formrdesc(const char *relationName, Oid relationReltype,
 	relation->rd_createSubid = InvalidSubTransactionId;
 	relation->rd_newRelfilenodeSubid = InvalidSubTransactionId;
 	relation->rd_backend = InvalidBackendId;
+	relation->rd_islocaltemp = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * initialize relation tuple form
@@ -2535,16 +2549,19 @@ RelationBuildLocalRelation(const char *relname,
 	/* needed when bootstrapping: */
 	rel->rd_rel->relowner = BOOTSTRAP_SUPERUSERID;
 
-	/* set up persistence; rd_backend is a function of persistence type */
+	/* set up persistence and relcache fields dependent on it */
 	rel->rd_rel->relpersistence = relpersistence;
 	switch (relpersistence)
 	{
 		case RELPERSISTENCE_UNLOGGED:
 		case RELPERSISTENCE_PERMANENT:
 			rel->rd_backend = InvalidBackendId;
+			rel->rd_islocaltemp = false;
 			break;
 		case RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP:
+			Assert(isTempOrToastNamespace(relnamespace));
 			rel->rd_backend = MyBackendId;
+			rel->rd_islocaltemp = true;
 			break;
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "invalid relpersistence: %c", relpersistence);
diff --git a/src/include/utils/rel.h b/src/include/utils/rel.h
index 4669d8a67ef4298c591accbc81710c76e1efa535..3bf90d28f90c5ce1f3f948bcdaab24930cad8879 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/rel.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/rel.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ typedef struct RelationData
 	bool		rd_isvalid;		/* relcache entry is valid */
 	char		rd_indexvalid;	/* state of rd_indexlist: 0 = not valid, 1 =
 								 * valid, 2 = temporarily forced */
+	bool		rd_islocaltemp; /* rel is a temp rel of this session */
 
 	/*
 	 * rd_createSubid is the ID of the highest subtransaction the rel has
@@ -362,22 +363,16 @@ typedef struct StdRdOptions
 #define RelationUsesLocalBuffers(relation) \
 	((relation)->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP)
 
-/*
- * RelationUsesTempNamespace
- *		True if relation's catalog entries live in a private namespace.
- */
-#define RelationUsesTempNamespace(relation) \
-	((relation)->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP)
-
 /*
  * RELATION_IS_LOCAL
  *		If a rel is either temp or newly created in the current transaction,
- *		it can be assumed to be visible only to the current backend.
+ *		it can be assumed to be accessible only to the current backend.
+ *		This is typically used to decide that we can skip acquiring locks.
  *
  * Beware of multiple eval of argument
  */
 #define RELATION_IS_LOCAL(relation) \
-	((relation)->rd_backend == MyBackendId || \
+	((relation)->rd_islocaltemp || \
 	 (relation)->rd_createSubid != InvalidSubTransactionId)
 
 /*
@@ -387,8 +382,8 @@ typedef struct StdRdOptions
  * Beware of multiple eval of argument
  */
 #define RELATION_IS_OTHER_TEMP(relation) \
-	((relation)->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP \
-	&& (relation)->rd_backend != MyBackendId)
+	((relation)->rd_rel->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP && \
+	 !(relation)->rd_islocaltemp)
 
 /* routines in utils/cache/relcache.c */
 extern void RelationIncrementReferenceCount(Relation rel);