Merge pull request #366 from harshavardhana/pr_out_fix_nil_pointer_dereference_when_err_is_nil

pkg/drivers/donut/donut.go

@@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ func Start(path string) (chan<- string, <-chan error, drivers.Driver) {
 	// TODO donut driver should be passed in as Start param and driven by config
 	var err *iodine.Error
 	s.donut, err = donut.NewDonut(path)
+	if err != nil {
 		err = err.Annotate(map[string]string{"path": path})
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Println(err.EmitHumanReadable())
 		}
+	}
 
 	go start(ctrlChannel, errorChannel, s)
 	return ctrlChannel, errorChannel, s