Fix crash in Docker input plugin - Fixes #1195

Commit fixes crash in Docker input plugin caused by the fact that return value might be nil when error occurs. closes #1195
influxdata · May 18, 2016 · 39df263 · 39df263
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
+- [#1195](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1195): Docker panic on timeout. Thanks @zstyblik!
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 ## v0.13 [2016-05-11]
 
 ### Release Notes

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (d *Docker) gatherContainer(
 	defer cancel()
 	r, err := d.client.ContainerStats(ctx, container.ID, false)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Error getting docker stats: %s\n", err.Error())
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error getting docker stats: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 	defer r.Close()
 	dec := json.NewDecoder(r)