Handle panic in IBM initialization

pkg/blockstorage/ibm/client.go

@@ -76,6 +76,28 @@ type client struct {
 
 //newClient returns a Client struct
 func newClient(ctx context.Context, args map[string]string) (*client, error) {
+	return handleClientPanic(func() (*client, error) {
+		return newClientUnsafe(ctx, args)
+	})
+}
+
+func handleClientPanic(f func() (*client, error)) (c *client, err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		r := recover()
+		if r == nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if e, ok := r.(error); ok {
+			err = errors.Wrap(e, "IBM client panicked during initialization")
+		} else {
+			err = errors.Errorf("IBM client panicked during initialization: %s", r)
+		}
+	}()
+	return f()
+}
+
+// newClientUnsafe may panic. See https://github.com/IBM/ibmcloud-storage-volume-lib/issues/79
+func newClientUnsafe(ctx context.Context, args map[string]string) (*client, error) {
 
 	zaplog, _ := zap.NewProduction()
 	defer zaplog.Sync() // nolint: errcheck

pkg/blockstorage/ibm/client_test.go

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	ibmcfg "github.com/IBM/ibmcloud-storage-volume-lib/config"
+
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 )
 
@@ -154,3 +156,25 @@ func (s *ClientSuite) getCredsMap(c *C) map[string]string {
 	c.Skip(fmt.Sprintf("Neither of  %s, %s  environment variables set", IBMApiKeyEnv, IBMSLApiKeyEnv))
 	return map[string]string{}
 }
+
+func (s *ClientSuite) TestPanic(c *C) {
+	for _, f := range []func() (*client, error){
+		func() (*client, error) {
+			panic("TEST")
+		},
+		func() (*client, error) {
+			var cfg *client
+			cfg.SLCfg = ibmcfg.SoftlayerConfig{}
+			return nil, nil
+		},
+		func() (*client, error) {
+			var x []int
+			x[0]++
+			return nil, nil
+		},
+	} {
+		cfg, err := handleClientPanic(f)
+		c.Assert(err, NotNil)
+		c.Assert(cfg, IsNil)
+	}
+}