This function returns -1 on allocation error, there's no need to check the path for NULL again. ---   src/util/virhook.c | 6 ++----   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)   diff --git a/src/util/virhook.c b/src/util/virhook.c index ee19382..ba50598 100644 --- a/src/util/virhook.c +++ b/src/util/virhook.c @@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ virHookCheck(int no, const char *driver)           return -1;       }    -    ret = virBuildPath(&path, LIBVIRT_HOOK_DIR, driver); -    if ((ret < 0) || (path == NULL)) { +    if (virBuildPath(&path, LIBVIRT_HOOK_DIR, driver) < 0) {           virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,                          _("Failed to build path for %s hook"),                          driver); @@ -276,8 +275,7 @@ virHookCall(int driver,       if (extra == NULL)           extra = "-";    -    ret = virBuildPath(&path, LIBVIRT_HOOK_DIR, drvstr); -    if ((ret < 0) || (path == NULL)) { +    if (virBuildPath(&path, LIBVIRT_HOOK_DIR, drvstr) < 0) {           virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,                          _("Failed to build path for %s hook"),                          drvstr);