Index: include/llvm/Support/FileOutputBuffer.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Support/FileOutputBuffer.h
+++ include/llvm/Support/FileOutputBuffer.h
@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@
   FileOutputBuffer &operator=(const FileOutputBuffer &) = delete;
 
   FileOutputBuffer(std::unique_ptr<llvm::sys::fs::mapped_file_region> R,
-                   StringRef Path, StringRef TempPath);
+                   StringRef Path, StringRef TempPath, bool IsRegular);
 
   std::unique_ptr<llvm::sys::fs::mapped_file_region> Region;
   SmallString<128>    FinalPath;
   SmallString<128>    TempPath;
+  bool IsRegular;
 };
 } // end namespace llvm
 
Index: lib/Support/FileOutputBuffer.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Support/FileOutputBuffer.cpp
+++ lib/Support/FileOutputBuffer.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Errc.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Path.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Signals.h"
 #include <system_error>
 
@@ -28,8 +29,10 @@
 
 namespace llvm {
 FileOutputBuffer::FileOutputBuffer(std::unique_ptr<mapped_file_region> R,
-                                   StringRef Path, StringRef TmpPath)
-    : Region(std::move(R)), FinalPath(Path), TempPath(TmpPath) {}
+                                   StringRef Path, StringRef TmpPath,
+                                   bool IsRegular)
+    : Region(std::move(R)), FinalPath(Path), TempPath(TmpPath),
+      IsRegular(IsRegular) {}
 
 FileOutputBuffer::~FileOutputBuffer() {
   // Close the mapping before deleting the temp file, so that the removal
@@ -40,9 +43,10 @@
 
 ErrorOr<std::unique_ptr<FileOutputBuffer>>
 FileOutputBuffer::create(StringRef FilePath, size_t Size, unsigned Flags) {
-  // If file already exists, it must be a regular file (to be mappable).
+  // Check file is not a regular file, in which case we cannot remove it.
   sys::fs::file_status Stat;
   std::error_code EC = sys::fs::status(FilePath, Stat);
+  bool IsRegular = true;
   switch (Stat.type()) {
     case sys::fs::file_type::file_not_found:
       // If file does not exist, we'll create one.
@@ -56,25 +60,34 @@
     default:
       if (EC)
         return EC;
-      else
-        return make_error_code(errc::operation_not_permitted);
+      IsRegular = false;
   }
 
-  // Delete target file.
-  EC = sys::fs::remove(FilePath);
-  if (EC)
-    return EC;
-
-  unsigned Mode = sys::fs::all_read | sys::fs::all_write;
-  // If requested, make the output file executable.
-  if (Flags & F_executable)
-    Mode |= sys::fs::all_exe;
+  if (IsRegular) {
+    // Delete target file.
+    EC = sys::fs::remove(FilePath);
+    if (EC)
+      return EC;
+  }
 
-  // Create new file in same directory but with random name.
   SmallString<128> TempFilePath;
   int FD;
-  EC = sys::fs::createUniqueFile(Twine(FilePath) + ".tmp%%%%%%%", FD,
-                                 TempFilePath, Mode);
+  if (IsRegular) {
+    unsigned Mode = sys::fs::all_read | sys::fs::all_write;
+    // If requested, make the output file executable.
+    if (Flags & F_executable)
+      Mode |= sys::fs::all_exe;
+    // Create new file in same directory but with random name.
+    EC = sys::fs::createUniqueFile(Twine(FilePath) + ".tmp%%%%%%%", FD,
+                                   TempFilePath, Mode);
+  } else {
+    // Create a temporary file. Since this is a special file, we will not move
+    // it and the new file can be in another filesystem. This avoids trying to
+    // create a temporary file in /dev when outputting to /dev/null for example.
+    EC = sys::fs::createTemporaryFile(sys::path::filename(FilePath), "", FD,
+                                      TempFilePath);
+  }
+
   if (EC)
     return EC;
 
@@ -99,8 +112,8 @@
   if (Ret)
     return std::error_code(errno, std::generic_category());
 
-  std::unique_ptr<FileOutputBuffer> Buf(
-      new FileOutputBuffer(std::move(MappedFile), FilePath, TempFilePath));
+  std::unique_ptr<FileOutputBuffer> Buf(new FileOutputBuffer(
+      std::move(MappedFile), FilePath, TempFilePath, IsRegular));
   return std::move(Buf);
 }
 
@@ -108,10 +121,18 @@
   // Unmap buffer, letting OS flush dirty pages to file on disk.
   Region.reset();
 
-
-  // Rename file to final name.
-  std::error_code EC = sys::fs::rename(Twine(TempPath), Twine(FinalPath));
-  sys::DontRemoveFileOnSignal(TempPath);
+  std::error_code EC;
+  if (IsRegular) {
+    // Rename file to final name.
+    EC = sys::fs::rename(Twine(TempPath), Twine(FinalPath));
+    sys::DontRemoveFileOnSignal(TempPath);
+  } else {
+    EC = sys::fs::copy_file(TempPath, FinalPath);
+    std::error_code RMEC = sys::fs::remove(TempPath);
+    if (EC)
+      return EC;
+    return RMEC;
+  }
   return EC;
 }
 } // namespace