diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.h b/net/batman-adv/main.h
index 9ef6ef9b1e18..148b49e02642 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/main.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/main.h
@@ -34,16 +34,18 @@
 
 #define TQ_MAX_VALUE 255
 #define JITTER 20
-#define TTL 50			  /* Time To Live of broadcast messages */
 
-#define PURGE_TIMEOUT 200	/* purge originators after time in seconds if no
-				   * valid packet comes in -> TODO: check
-				   * influence on TQ_LOCAL_WINDOW_SIZE */
+ /* Time To Live of broadcast messages */
+#define TTL 50
+
+/* purge originators after time in seconds if no valid packet comes in
+ * -> TODO: check influence on TQ_LOCAL_WINDOW_SIZE */
+#define PURGE_TIMEOUT 200
 #define TT_LOCAL_TIMEOUT 3600 /* in seconds */
 
-#define TQ_LOCAL_WINDOW_SIZE 64	  /* sliding packet range of received originator
-				   * messages in squence numbers (should be a
-				   * multiple of our word size) */
+/* sliding packet range of received originator messages in squence numbers
+ * (should be a multiple of our word size) */
+#define TQ_LOCAL_WINDOW_SIZE 64
 #define TQ_GLOBAL_WINDOW_SIZE 5
 #define TQ_LOCAL_BIDRECT_SEND_MINIMUM 1
 #define TQ_LOCAL_BIDRECT_RECV_MINIMUM 1
@@ -55,21 +57,20 @@
 
 #define VIS_INTERVAL 5000	/* 5 seconds */
 
-/* how much worse secondary interfaces may be to
- * to be considered as bonding candidates */
-
+/* how much worse secondary interfaces may be to be considered as bonding
+ * candidates */
 #define BONDING_TQ_THRESHOLD	50
 
-#define MAX_AGGREGATION_BYTES 512 /* should not be bigger than 512 bytes or
-				   * change the size of
-				   * forw_packet->direct_link_flags */
+/* should not be bigger than 512 bytes or change the size of
+ * forw_packet->direct_link_flags */
+#define MAX_AGGREGATION_BYTES 512
 #define MAX_AGGREGATION_MS 100
 
 #define SOFTIF_NEIGH_TIMEOUT 180000 /* 3 minutes */
 
+/* don't reset again within 30 seconds */
 #define RESET_PROTECTION_MS 30000
 #define EXPECTED_SEQNO_RANGE	65536
-/* don't reset again within 30 seconds */
 
 #define MESH_INACTIVE 0
 #define MESH_ACTIVE 1
@@ -84,12 +85,13 @@
 #ifdef pr_fmt
 #undef pr_fmt
 #endif
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt /* Append 'batman-adv: ' before
-					     * kernel messages */
+/* Append 'batman-adv: ' before kernel messages */
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
-#define DBG_BATMAN 1	/* all messages related to routing / flooding /
-			 * broadcasting / etc */
-#define DBG_ROUTES 2	/* route or tt entry added / changed / deleted */
+/* all messages related to routing / flooding / broadcasting / etc */
+#define DBG_BATMAN 1
+/* route or tt entry added / changed / deleted */
+#define DBG_ROUTES 2
 #define DBG_ALL 3
 
 
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/packet.h b/net/batman-adv/packet.h
index c225c3acc55f..eda99650e9f8 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/packet.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/packet.h
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ struct vis_packet {
 	uint8_t  entries;	 /* number of entries behind this struct */
 	uint32_t seqno;		 /* sequence number */
 	uint8_t  ttl;		 /* TTL */
-	uint8_t  vis_orig[6];	 /* originator that informs about its
-				  * neighbors */
+	uint8_t  vis_orig[6];	 /* originator that announces its neighbors */
 	uint8_t  target_orig[6]; /* who should receive this packet */
 	uint8_t  sender_orig[6]; /* who sent or rebroadcasted this packet */
 } __packed;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index d6aaf9fa64d4..8e962e3aa427 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -793,8 +793,8 @@ static void interface_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	 * have not been initialized yet
 	 */
 	dev->mtu = ETH_DATA_LEN;
-	dev->hard_header_len = BAT_HEADER_LEN; /* reserve more space in the
-						* skbuff for our header */
+	/* reserve more space in the skbuff for our header */
+	dev->hard_header_len = BAT_HEADER_LEN;
 
 	/* generate random address */
 	random_ether_addr(dev_addr);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index 6b6c32e01c54..fab70e8b16ee 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ struct orig_node {
 	struct hlist_node hash_entry;
 	struct bat_priv *bat_priv;
 	unsigned long last_frag_packet;
-	spinlock_t ogm_cnt_lock; /* protects: bcast_own, bcast_own_sum,
-				  * neigh_node->real_bits,
-				  * neigh_node->real_packet_count */
-	spinlock_t bcast_seqno_lock; /* protects bcast_bits,
-				      *	 last_bcast_seqno */
+	/* ogm_cnt_lock protects: bcast_own, bcast_own_sum,
+	 * neigh_node->real_bits, neigh_node->real_packet_count */
+	spinlock_t ogm_cnt_lock;
+	/* bcast_seqno_lock protects bcast_bits, last_bcast_seqno */
+	spinlock_t bcast_seqno_lock;
 	atomic_t bond_candidates;
 	struct list_head bond_list;
 };