Open a journal file on startup 180r1.8.0-rc2

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/db/dur_journal.cpp b/db/dur_journal.cpp
index 8b45ff1bece..946f94c7e78 100644
--- a/db/dur_journal.cpp
+++ b/db/dur_journal.cpp
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ namespace mongo {
                         log() << "warning caught exception in preallocateFiles, continuing" << endl;
                     }
             }
+            j.open();
         }
 
         void removeOldJournalFile(path p) { 
diff --git a/db/dur_journalimpl.h b/db/dur_journalimpl.h
index 2b1f585186d..9566dffbea7 100644
--- a/db/dur_journalimpl.h
+++ b/db/dur_journalimpl.h
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ namespace mongo {
                     _open();
             }
 
-        private:
             /** open a journal file to journal operations to. */
             void open();
 
+        private:
             void _open();
             void closeCurrentJournalFile();
             void removeUnneededJournalFiles();