[rafael-pm:bleeding-edge 43/45] drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c:717:6: warning: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true

[rafael-pm:bleeding-edge 43/45] drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c:717:6: warning: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true

[kernel test robot]

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git bleeding-edge
head:   98fe6903f79cffbb0f271369f62f4e5fea0e978c
commit: 9b3fc1c6ba14f12e819e9d44c72013a1da58c0d9 [43/45] thermal: core: Introduce thermal_cooling_device_update()
config: i386-randconfig-a001-20230320 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230322/202303220652.Yhopf8F0-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 14.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project f28c006a5895fc0e329fe15fead81e37457cb1d1)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git/commit/?id=9b3fc1c6ba14f12e819e9d44c72013a1da58c0d9
        git remote add rafael-pm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git
        git fetch --no-tags rafael-pm bleeding-edge
        git checkout 9b3fc1c6ba14f12e819e9d44c72013a1da58c0d9
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/thermal/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202303220652.Yhopf8F0-lkp@intel.com/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c:717:6: warning: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
           if (!stats)
               ^~~~~~
   drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c:727:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
           return ret;
                  ^~~
   drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c:717:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
           if (!stats)
           ^~~~~~~~~~~
   drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c:712:9: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this warning
           int ret;
                  ^
                   = 0
   1 warning generated.


vim +717 drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c

   706	
   707	static ssize_t total_trans_show(struct device *dev,
   708					struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
   709	{
   710		struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev = to_cooling_device(dev);
   711		struct cooling_dev_stats *stats;
   712		int ret;
   713	
   714		mutex_lock(&cdev->lock);
   715	
   716		stats = cdev->stats;
 > 717		if (!stats)
   718			goto unlock;
   719	
   720		spin_lock(&stats->lock);
   721		ret = sprintf(buf, "%u\n", stats->total_trans);
   722		spin_unlock(&stats->lock);
   723	
   724	unlock:
   725		mutex_unlock(&cdev->lock);
   726	
   727		return ret;
   728	}
   729	

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