CHECK: extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files
#43: FILE: kernel/kexec_internal.h:39:
+extern bool pe_has_bpf_section(const char *file_buf, unsigned long pe_sz);

CHECK: extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files
#44: FILE: kernel/kexec_internal.h:40:
+extern int pe_get_section(const char *file_buf, const char *sect_name,

CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis
#45: FILE: kernel/kexec_internal.h:41:
+extern int pe_get_section(const char *file_buf, const char *sect_name,
+		char **sect_start, unsigned long *sect_sz);

CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis
#108: FILE: kernel/kexec_uefi_app.c:54:
+int pe_get_section(const char *file_buf, const char *sect_name,
+		char **sect_start, unsigned long *sect_sz)

total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 4 checks, 97 lines checked

NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
      mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.

Commit 8e71626b0226 ("kexec_file: Introduce routines to parse PE file") has style problems, please review.

NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE FILE_PATH_CHANGES GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF

NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
      them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 4 checks, 97 lines checked