diff --git a/require-ess/src/require.c b/require-ess/src/require.c
index a19df00d168a0581ca0f5857ae4514bce496e655..7686f5d84af5eed31d85d982d2c075a7d92759e6 100644
--- a/require-ess/src/require.c
+++ b/require-ess/src/require.c
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ must wait until initHooks is loaded before we can register the hook.
 */
 
 static void fillModuleListRecord(initHookState state) {
-  if (state == initHookAfterFinishDevSup) /* MODULES record exists and has
-                                             allocated memory */ {
+  /* MODULES record exists and has allocated memory */
+  if (state == initHookAfterFinishDevSup) {
     DBADDR modules, versions, modver;
     int have_modules, have_versions, have_modver;
     moduleitem *m;
@@ -519,7 +519,8 @@ void registerModule(const char *module, const char *version,
   strcpy(m->content + lm + lv, absLocation ? absLocation : "");
 
   free(absLocation);
-  for (pm = &loadedModules; *pm != NULL; pm = &(*pm)->next) {}
+  for (pm = &loadedModules; *pm != NULL; pm = &(*pm)->next) {
+  }
   *pm = m;
   if (lm > maxModuleNameLength) maxModuleNameLength = lm;
   moduleListBufferSize += lv;
@@ -578,28 +579,33 @@ static int findLibRelease(struct dl_phdr_info *info, /* shared library info */
   char *p;
   char *version;
   char *symname;
-  char name[PATH_MAX + 11]; /* get space for library path + "LibRelease" */
+  /* get space for library path + "LibRelease" */
+  char name[PATH_MAX + 11];
 
   (void)data; /* unused */
   if (size < sizeof(struct dl_phdr_info))
     return 0; /* wrong version of struct dl_phdr_info */
+
   /* find a symbol with a name like "_<module>LibRelease"
      where <module> is from the library name "<location>/lib<module>.so" */
-  if (info->dlpi_name == NULL || info->dlpi_name[0] == 0)
-    return 0;                    /* no library name */
-  strcpy(name, info->dlpi_name); /* get a modifiable copy of the library name */
-  handle =
-      dlopen(info->dlpi_name, RTLD_LAZY); /* re-open already loaded library */
-  p = strrchr(name,
-              '/'); /* find file name part in "<location>/lib<module>.so" */
+
+  /* no library name */
+  if (info->dlpi_name == NULL || info->dlpi_name[0] == 0) return 0;
+  /* get a modifiable copy of the library name */
+  strcpy(name, info->dlpi_name);
+  /* re-open already loaded library */
+  handle = dlopen(info->dlpi_name, RTLD_LAZY);
+  /* find file name part in "<location>/lib<module>.so" */
+  p = strrchr(name, '/');
   if (p) {
     location = name;
     *++p = 0;
   } else {
-    p = name;               /* terminate "<location>/" (if exists) */
+    /* terminate "<location>/" (if exists) */
+    p = name;
   }
-  *(symname = p + 2) = '_'; /* replace "lib" with "_" */
-  p = strchr(symname, '.'); /* find ".so" extension */
+  *(symname = p + 2) = '_';                     /* replace "lib" with "_" */
+  p = strchr(symname, '.');                     /* find ".so" extension */
   if (p == NULL) p = symname + strlen(symname); /* no file extension ? */
   strcpy(p, "LibRelease");          /* append "LibRelease" to module name */
   version = dlsym(handle, symname); /* find symbol "_<module>LibRelease" */
@@ -631,7 +637,8 @@ static void registerExternalModules() {
   char *version;
   char *symname;
   unsigned int i;
-  char name[MAX_PATH + 11]; /* get space for library path + "LibRelease" */
+  /* get space for library path + "LibRelease" */
+  char name[MAX_PATH + 11];
 
   /* iterate over all loaded libraries */
   if (!EnumProcessModules(hProcess, hMods, sizeof(hMods), &cbNeeded)) return;
@@ -640,12 +647,14 @@ static void registerExternalModules() {
     if (!GetModuleFileName(hMods[i], name, MAX_PATH))
       continue;                 /* no library name */
     name[sizeof(name) - 1] = 0; /* WinXP may not terminate the string */
-    p = strrchr(name,
-                '\\'); /* find file name part in "<location>/<module>.dll" */
+
+    /* find file name part in "<location>/<module>.dll" */
+    p = strrchr(name, '\\');
     if (p) {
       location = name;
     } else {
-      p = name; /* find end of "<location>\\" (if exists) */
+      /* find end of "<location>\\" (if exists) */
+      p = name;
     }
     symname = p;
     p = strchr(symname, '.');                     /* find ".dll" */
@@ -1217,7 +1226,9 @@ static int require_priv(
                             "%s" OSI_PATH_SEPARATOR LIBDIR
                             "%s" OSI_PATH_SEPARATOR,
                             currentFilename, targetArch)) {
-              /* filename = "<dirname>/[dirlen]<module>/[modulediroffs]<version>/lib/<targetArch>/" */
+                /* filename =
+                 * "<dirname>/[dirlen]<module>/[modulediroffs]<version>/lib/<targetArch>/"
+                 */
                 if (requireDebug)
                   printf("require: %s %s has no support for %s %s\n", module,
                          currentFilename, epicsRelease, targetArch);
@@ -1269,7 +1280,8 @@ static int require_priv(
           if (status == EXACT) break;
         }
         END_DIR_LOOP
-      } else {
+      }
+      else {
         /* filename = "<dirname>/[dirlen]<module>/" */
         if (requireDebug) printf("require: no %s directory\n", filename);
 
@@ -1279,9 +1291,9 @@ static int require_priv(
           /* look for dep file */
           releasediroffs = libdiroffs = dirlen;
           if (TRY_FILE(dirlen, "%s%s.dep", module, versionstr)) {
-          /* filename =
-             "<dirname>/[dirlen][releasediroffs][libdiroffs]<module>(-<version>)?.dep"
-           */
+            /* filename =
+               "<dirname>/[dirlen][releasediroffs][libdiroffs]<module>(-<version>)?.dep"
+             */
             if (requireDebug) printf("require: found old style %s\n", filename);
             printf("Module %s%s found in %.*s\n", module, versionstr, dirlen,
                    filename);
@@ -1338,9 +1350,9 @@ static int require_priv(
                   "%s" OSI_PATH_SEPARATOR "%n" LIBDIR "%s" OSI_PATH_SEPARATOR
                   "%n%s.dep",
                   founddir, &releasediroffs, targetArch, &libdiroffs, module)) {
-    /* filename =
-       "<dirname>/[dirlen]<module>/<version>/R<epicsRelease>/[releasediroffs]/lib/<targetArch>/[libdiroffs]/module.dep"
-     */
+      /* filename =
+         "<dirname>/[dirlen]<module>/<version>/R<epicsRelease>/[releasediroffs]/lib/<targetArch>/[libdiroffs]/module.dep"
+       */
       fprintf(stderr, "Dependency file %s not found\n", filename);
     } else {
     checkdep:
@@ -1357,12 +1369,12 @@ static int require_priv(
 
     if (!(TRY_FILE(libdiroffs, PREFIX "%s" INFIX "%s%n" EXT, module, versionstr,
                    &extoffs))) {
-    /* filename =
-       "<dirname>/[dirlen]<module>/<version>/R<epicsRelease>/[releasediroffs]/lib/<targetArch>/[libdiroffs]/PREFIX<module>INFIX[extoffs](EXT)?"
-     */
-    /* or  (old)
-       "<dirname>/[dirlen][releasediroffs][libdiroffs]PREFIX<module>INFIX(-<version>)?[extoffs](EXT)?"
-     */
+      /* filename =
+         "<dirname>/[dirlen]<module>/<version>/R<epicsRelease>/[releasediroffs]/lib/<targetArch>/[libdiroffs]/PREFIX<module>INFIX[extoffs](EXT)?"
+       */
+      /* or  (old)
+         "<dirname>/[dirlen][releasediroffs][libdiroffs]PREFIX<module>INFIX(-<version>)?[extoffs](EXT)?"
+       */
       printf("Module %s has no library\n", module);
     } else {
     loadlib:
@@ -1447,9 +1459,9 @@ static int require_priv(
       putenvprintf("TEMPLATES=%s", globalTemplates);
   }
 
+  /* no need to execute startup script twice if not with new arguments */
   if (loaded && args == NULL) {
-    return 0; /* no need to execute startup script twice if not with new
-                 arguments */
+    return 0;
   }
 
   return status;