Based on the description of error_setg(), the local variable err in qemu_init_subsystems() should be initialized to NULL.
Fix: efd7ab22fb "vl: extract qemu_init_subsystems" Signed-off-by: Peng Liang <liangpen...@huawei.com> --- The patch is generated by the following coccinelle script (thanks to Markus): @ r @ identifier id; @@ ( static Error *id; | Error *id + = NULL ; ) And exclude the modifications in softmmu/vl.c (which has fixed by Zhenzhong Duan already) and util/error.c (which are unnecessary). softmmu/runstate.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/softmmu/runstate.c b/softmmu/runstate.c index ce8977c6a29c..54713100c2ea 100644 --- a/softmmu/runstate.c +++ b/softmmu/runstate.c @@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static void qemu_run_exit_notifiers(void) void qemu_init_subsystems(void) { - Error *err; + Error *err = NULL; os_set_line_buffering(); -- 2.31.1