[axboe:nowait/fsnotify 1/2] fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:698:9: error: member reference type 'const struct fd_prepare *const' is a pointer; did you mean to use '->'?

[axboe:nowait/fsnotify 1/2] fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:698:9: error: member reference type 'const struct fd_prepare *const' is a pointer; did you mean to use '->'?

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux.git nowait/fsnotify
head:   0257f0c419d8ac11d8401ca3125b3712ccd706b4
commit: e226d04bfaf89cd0024a132fd9bafc3de182894d [1/2] inotify: convert read to read_iter
config: x86_64-kexec (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20261030/202610300357.n7Os1pXZ-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 22.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project ca7933e47d3a3451d81e72ac174dcb5aa28b59d1)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20261030/202610300357.n7Os1pXZ-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202610300357.n7Os1pXZ-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:698:9: error: member reference type 'const struct fd_prepare *const' is a pointer; did you mean to use '->'?
     698 |         if (fdf.err) {
         |             ~~~^
         |                ->
>> fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:698:10: error: no member named 'err' in 'struct fd_prepare'
     698 |         if (fdf.err) {
         |             ~~~ ^
   fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:700:13: error: member reference type 'const struct fd_prepare *const' is a pointer; did you mean to use '->'?
     700 |                 return fdf.err;
         |                        ~~~^
         |                           ->
   fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:700:14: error: no member named 'err' in 'struct fd_prepare'
     700 |                 return fdf.err;
         |                        ~~~ ^
   4 errors generated.


vim +698 fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c

   676	
   677	
   678	/* inotify syscalls */
   679	static int do_inotify_init(int flags)
   680	{
   681		struct fsnotify_group *group;
   682	
   683		/* Check the IN_* constants for consistency.  */
   684		BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_CLOEXEC != O_CLOEXEC);
   685		BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_NONBLOCK != O_NONBLOCK);
   686	
   687		if (flags & ~(IN_CLOEXEC | IN_NONBLOCK))
   688			return -EINVAL;
   689	
   690		/* fsnotify_obtain_group took a reference to group, we put this when we kill the file in the end */
   691		group = inotify_new_group(inotify_max_queued_events);
   692		if (IS_ERR(group))
   693			return PTR_ERR(group);
   694	
   695		FD_PREPARE(fdf, O_RDONLY | flags,
   696			   anon_inode_getfile_fmode("inotify", &inotify_fops, group,
   697						    O_RDONLY | flags, FMODE_NOWAIT));
 > 698		if (fdf.err) {
   699			fsnotify_destroy_group(group);
   700			return fdf.err;
   701		}
   702	
   703		return fd_publish(fdf);
   704	}
   705	

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