2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/logger/ramlog.cpp b/src/mongo/logger/ramlog.cpp
index 42742f32bcc..e0190577f71 100644
--- a/src/mongo/logger/ramlog.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/logger/ramlog.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ RM* _named = NULL;
 }  // namespace
 
 RamLog::RamLog(const std::string& name) : _name(name), _totalLinesWritten(0), _lastWrite(0) {
-    h = 0;
-    n = 0;
+    clear();
     for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
         lines[i][C - 1] = 0;
 }
@@ -84,6 +83,16 @@ void RamLog::write(const std::string& str) {
         h = (h + 1) % N;
 }
 
+void RamLog::clear() {
+    stdx::lock_guard<stdx::mutex> lk(_mutex);
+    _totalLinesWritten = 0;
+    _lastWrite = 0;
+    h = 0;
+    n = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
+        lines[i][0] = 0;
+}
+
 time_t RamLog::LineIterator::lastWrite() {
     return _ramlog->_lastWrite;
 }
diff --git a/src/mongo/logger/ramlog.h b/src/mongo/logger/ramlog.h
index 54901948f74..902471c4563 100644
--- a/src/mongo/logger/ramlog.h
+++ b/src/mongo/logger/ramlog.h
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ public:
      */
     void write(const std::string& str);
 
+    /**
+     * Empties out the RamLog.
+     */
+    void clear();
+
 
     /**
      * Writes an HTML representation of the log to "s".