* Private variables
*/
/* Default values for contacting daemon */
-static char *conf_node = NULL;
-static char *conf_service = NULL;
+static char *conf_node;
+static char *conf_service;
/* Defaults to false for backwards compatibility. */
static bool conf_report_seconds;
static bool conf_persistent_conn = true;
static int global_sockfd = -1;
-static int count_retries = 0;
-static int count_iterations = 0;
+static int count_retries;
+static int count_iterations;
static int net_shutdown(int *fd) {
uint16_t packet_size = 0;