powercap: fix sscanf() error return value handling

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Fix inconsistent error handling for sscanf() return value check.

Implicit boolean conversion is used instead of explicit return
value checks. The code checks if (!sscanf(...)) which is incorrect
because:
 1. sscanf returns the number of successfully parsed items
 2. On success, it returns 1 (one item passed)
 3. On failure, it returns 0 or EOF
 4. The check 'if (!sscanf(...))' is wrong because it treats
    success (1) as failure

All occurrences of sscanf() now uses explicit return value check.
With this behavior it returns '-EINVAL' when parsing fails (returns
0 or EOF), and continues when parsing succeeds (returns 1).

Signed-off-by: Sumeet Pawnikar <sumeet4linux@gmail.com>
[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251207151549.202452-1-sumeet4linux@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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