Description of problem:

I have CNV-2.3 deployed, and creating HPP CR.

apiVersion: hostpathprovisioner.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1
kind: HostPathProvisioner
metadata:
  name: hostpath-provisioner
spec:
  imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
  pathConfig:
    path: "/var/hpvolumes"
    useNamingPrefix: "false"


I see HPP operator failing

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [recovered]
	panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x8 pc=0x12bb60d]


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
hostpath-provisioner-container-v2.3.0-9



How reproducible: 100


Steps to Reproduce:
1. deploy cnv-2.3
2. create CR for HPP
3.

Actual results: seeing SIGSEGV error in log


Expected results: HPP operation deploys HPP on my cluster


Additional info:

[cloud-user@ocp-psi-executor ~]$ oc logs -n openshift-cnv hostpath-provisioner-operator-6b7f858488-5s2dv
{"level":"info","ts":1580994806.099918,"logger":"cmd","msg":"Go Version: go1.12.12"}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994806.1000233,"logger":"cmd","msg":"Go OS/Arch: linux/amd64"}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994806.1000373,"logger":"cmd","msg":"Version of operator-sdk: v0.11.0"}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994806.1004868,"logger":"leader","msg":"Trying to become the leader."}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994808.6743476,"logger":"leader","msg":"Found existing lock with my name. I was likely restarted."}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994808.674385,"logger":"leader","msg":"Continuing as the leader."}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.23844,"logger":"cmd","msg":"Registering Components."}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.2389398,"logger":"controller-runtime.controller","msg":"Starting EventSource","controller":"hostpathprovisioner-controller","source":"kind source: /, Kind="}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.2391994,"logger":"controller-runtime.controller","msg":"Starting EventSource","controller":"hostpathprovisioner-controller","source":"kind source: /, Kind="}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.2393537,"logger":"controller-runtime.controller","msg":"Starting EventSource","controller":"hostpathprovisioner-controller","source":"kind source: /, Kind="}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.2395244,"logger":"controller-runtime.controller","msg":"Starting EventSource","controller":"hostpathprovisioner-controller","source":"kind source: /, Kind="}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.2396758,"logger":"controller-runtime.controller","msg":"Starting EventSource","controller":"hostpathprovisioner-controller","source":"kind source: /, Kind="}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.2398303,"logger":"controller-runtime.controller","msg":"Starting EventSource","controller":"hostpathprovisioner-controller","source":"kind source: /, Kind="}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.240009,"logger":"controller-runtime.controller","msg":"Starting EventSource","controller":"hostpathprovisioner-controller","source":"kind source: /, Kind="}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.2401798,"logger":"cmd","msg":"Starting the Cmd."}
E0206 13:13:31.258178       1 reflector.go:270] sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache/internal/informers_map.go:126: Failed to watch *v1.StorageClass: unknown (get storageclasses.storage.k8s.io)
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.3410206,"logger":"controller-runtime.controller","msg":"Starting Controller","controller":"hostpathprovisioner-controller"}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.4412744,"logger":"controller-runtime.controller","msg":"Starting workers","controller":"hostpathprovisioner-controller","worker count":1}
{"level":"info","ts":1580994811.4414306,"logger":"controller_hostpathprovisioner","msg":"Reconciling HostPathProvisioner","Request.Namespace":"","Request.Name":"hostpath-provisioner"}
E0206 13:13:31.441728       1 runtime.go:69] Observed a panic: "invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference" (runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference)
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go:76
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go:65
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go:51
/opt/rh/go-toolset-1.12/root/usr/lib/go-toolset-1.12-golang/src/runtime/panic.go:522
/opt/rh/go-toolset-1.12/root/usr/lib/go-toolset-1.12-golang/src/runtime/panic.go:82
/opt/rh/go-toolset-1.12/root/usr/lib/go-toolset-1.12-golang/src/runtime/signal_unix.go:390
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/pkg/controller/hostpathprovisioner/controller.go:202
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:216
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:192
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:171
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:152
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:153
/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:88
/opt/rh/go-toolset-1.12/root/usr/lib/go-toolset-1.12-golang/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1337
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [recovered]
	panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x8 pc=0x12bb60d]

goroutine 511 [running]:
kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime.HandleCrash(0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
	/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go:58 +0x105
panic(0x1488ae0, 0x268bae0)
	/opt/rh/go-toolset-1.12/root/usr/lib/go-toolset-1.12-golang/src/runtime/panic.go:522 +0x1b5
kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/pkg/controller/hostpathprovisioner.(*ReconcileHostPathProvisioner).Reconcile(0xc000aee9e0, 0x0, 0x0, 0xc00056d040, 0x14, 0x26a69e0, 0xc0004d62d0, 0xc000320d88, 0xc000320db8)
	/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/pkg/controller/hostpathprovisioner/controller.go:202 +0x5fd
kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler(0xc0006aec80, 0x14e5e00, 0xc000811640, 0x14e5e00)
	/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:216 +0x146
kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem(0xc0006aec80, 0xc0000ad400)
	/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:192 +0xb5
kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).worker(0xc0006aec80)
	/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:171 +0x2b
kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.JitterUntil.func1(0xc00083e2b0)
	/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:152 +0x54
kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.JitterUntil(0xc00083e2b0, 0x3b9aca00, 0x0, 0x1, 0xc00088b020)
	/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:153 +0xf8
kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.Until(0xc00083e2b0, 0x3b9aca00, 0xc00088b020)
	/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go:88 +0x4d
created by kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start
	/go/src/kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:157 +0x311