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--- a/man2/query_module.2
+++ b/man2/query_module.2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" This file is distributed according to the GNU General Public License.
 .\" See the file COPYING in the top level source directory for details.
 .\"
-.\" 2006-02-09, some reformatting by Luc Van Oostenryck; some 
+.\" 2006-02-09, some reformatting by Luc Van Oostenryck; some
 .\" reformatting and rewordings by mtk
 .\"
 .TH QUERY_MODULE 2 "2002" "Linux" "Linux Module Support"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ query_module \- query the kernel for various bits pertaining to modules
 .nf
 .B #include <linux/module.h>
 .sp
-.BI "int query_module(const char *" name ", int " which ", void *" buf , 
+.BI "int query_module(const char *" name ", int " which ", void *" buf ,
 .BI "                 size_t " bufsize ", size_t *" ret );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The returned information is placed in the buffer pointed to by
 .IR buf .
 The caller must specify the size of
 .I buf
-in 
+in
 .IR bufsize .
 The precise nature and format of the returned information
 depend on the operation specified by
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ The following values can be specified for
 .IR which :
 .TP
 .B 0
-Always returns success.  
+Always returns success.
 Used to probe for availability of the system call.
 .TP
 .B QM_MODULES
-Returns the names of all loaded modules.  
+Returns the names of all loaded modules.
 The returned buffer consists of a sequence of null-terminated strings;
 .I ret
 is set to the number of
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ The returned buffer consists of a sequence of null-terminated strings;
 is set to the number of modules.
 .TP
 .B QM_REFS
-Returns the names of all modules using the indicated module.  This is
-the inverse of
+Returns the names of all modules using the indicated module.
+This is the inverse of
 .BR QM_DEPS .
 The returned buffer consists of a sequence of null-terminated strings;
 .I ret
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ is set to the number of modules.
 .TP
 .B QM_SYMBOLS
 Returns the symbols and values exported by the kernel or the indicated
-module.  
+module.
 The returned buffer is an array of structures of the following form
 .RS
 .PP
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ is set to the number of symbols.
 .RE
 .TP
 .B QM_INFO
-Returns miscellaneous information about the indicated module.  The output
-buffer format is:
+Returns miscellaneous information about the indicated module.
+The output buffer format is:
 .RS
 .PP
 .nf
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ is the size of the module in bytes, and
 is a mask of
 .BR MOD_RUNNING ,
 .BR MOD_AUTOCLEAN ,
-etc. that indicates the current status of the module 
-(see the kernel source file 
+etc. that indicates the current status of the module
+(see the kernel source file
 .IR include/linux/module.h ).
 .I ret
 is set to the size of the
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ is set to the size of the
 structure.
 .RE
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
-On success, zero is returned.  On error, \-1 is returned and
+On success, zero is returned.
+On error, \-1 is returned and
 .I errno
 is set appropriately.
 .SH ERRORS
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ Invalid
 .IR which ;
 or
 .I name
-is NULL (indicating "the kernel"), 
+is NULL (indicating "the kernel"),
 but this is not permitted with the specified value of
 .IR which .
 .\" Not permitted with QM_DEPS, QM_REFS, or QM_INFO.
@@ -150,14 +151,14 @@ is set to the minimum size needed.
 .BR query_module ()
 is Linux specific.
 .SH NOTES
-This system call is only present on Linux up until kernel 2.4; 
+This system call is only present on Linux up until kernel 2.4;
 it was removed in Linux 2.6.
 .\" Removed in Linux-2.5.48
 Some of the information that was available via
 .BR query_module ()
 can be obtained from
 .IR /proc/modules ,
-.IR /proc/kallsyms , 
+.IR /proc/kallsyms ,
 and
 .IR /sys/modules .
 .SH "SEE ALSO"