Clang static analysis reports this problem
scd4x.c:474:10: warning: The left operand of '==' is a
  garbage value
  if (val == 0xff) {
      ~~~ ^
val is only set from a successful call to scd4x_write_and_fetch()
So check it's return.
Fixes: 49d22b695cbb ("drivers: iio: chemical: Add support for Sensirion SCD4x CO2 sensor")
Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220301025223.223223-1-trix@redhat.com
Cc: <Stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
        ret = scd4x_write_and_fetch(state, CMD_FRC, arg, &val, sizeof(val));
        mutex_unlock(&state->lock);
 
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
        if (val == 0xff) {
                dev_err(dev, "forced calibration has failed");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       return ret ?: len;
+       return len;
 }
 
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_RW(calibration_auto_enable, 0);