Based on the description of error_setg(), the local variable err in
qemu_maybe_daemonize() should be initialized to NULL.
Without fix, the uninitialized *errp triggers assert failure which
doesn't show much valuable information.
Before the fix:
qemu-system-x86_64: ../util/error.c:59: error_setv: Assertion `*errp == NULL'
failed.
After fix:
qemu-system-x86_64: cannot create PID file: Cannot open pid file: Permission
denied
Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>
---
softmmu/vl.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 326c1e9080..feb4d201f3 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -2522,7 +2522,7 @@ static void qemu_process_help_options(void)
static void qemu_maybe_daemonize(const char *pid_file)
{
- Error *err;
+ Error *err = NULL;
os_daemonize();
rcu_disable_atfork();