diff --git a/net/9p/conv.c b/net/9p/conv.c
index 3fe35d5..4454720 100644
--- a/net/9p/conv.c
+++ b/net/9p/conv.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_size_wstat - calculate the size of a variable length stat struct
- * @stat: metadata (stat) structure
+ * @wstat: metadata (stat) structure
  * @dotu: non-zero if 9P2000.u
  *
  */
@@ -511,6 +511,12 @@
 	return fc;
 }
 
+/**
+ * p9_set_tag - set the tag field of an &p9_fcall structure
+ * @fc: fcall structure to set tag within
+ * @tag: tag id to set
+ */
+
 void p9_set_tag(struct p9_fcall *fc, u16 tag)
 {
 	fc->tag = tag;
@@ -518,6 +524,12 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_set_tag);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tversion - allocates and creates a T_VERSION request
+ * @msize: requested maximum data size
+ * @version: version string to negotiate
+ *
+ */
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tversion(u32 msize, char *version)
 {
 	int size;
@@ -542,6 +554,16 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tversion);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tauth - allocates and creates a T_AUTH request
+ * @afid: handle to use for authentication protocol
+ * @uname: user name attempting to authenticate
+ * @aname: mount specifier for remote server
+ * @n_uname: numeric id for user attempting to authneticate
+ * @dotu: 9P2000.u extension flag
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tauth(u32 afid, char *uname, char *aname,
 	u32 n_uname, int dotu)
 {
@@ -580,6 +602,18 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tauth);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tattach - allocates and creates a T_ATTACH request
+ * @fid: handle to use for the new mount point
+ * @afid: handle to use for authentication protocol
+ * @uname: user name attempting to attach
+ * @aname: mount specifier for remote server
+ * @n_uname: numeric id for user attempting to attach
+ * @n_uname: numeric id for user attempting to attach
+ * @dotu: 9P2000.u extension flag
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *
 p9_create_tattach(u32 fid, u32 afid, char *uname, char *aname,
 	u32 n_uname, int dotu)
@@ -616,6 +650,12 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tattach);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tflush - allocates and creates a T_FLUSH request
+ * @oldtag: tag id for the transaction we are attempting to cancel
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tflush(u16 oldtag)
 {
 	int size;
@@ -639,6 +679,15 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tflush);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_twalk - allocates and creates a T_FLUSH request
+ * @fid: handle we are traversing from
+ * @newfid: a new handle for this transaction
+ * @nwname: number of path elements to traverse
+ * @wnames: array of path elements
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twalk(u32 fid, u32 newfid, u16 nwname,
 				     char **wnames)
 {
@@ -677,6 +726,13 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_twalk);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_topen - allocates and creates a T_OPEN request
+ * @fid: handle we are trying to open
+ * @mode: what mode we are trying to open the file in
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_topen(u32 fid, u8 mode)
 {
 	int size;
@@ -701,6 +757,19 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_topen);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tcreate - allocates and creates a T_CREATE request
+ * @fid: handle of directory we are trying to create in
+ * @name: name of the file we are trying to create
+ * @perm: permissions for the file we are trying to create
+ * @mode: what mode we are trying to open the file in
+ * @extension: 9p2000.u extension string (for special files)
+ * @dotu: 9p2000.u enabled flag
+ *
+ * Note: Plan 9 create semantics include opening the resulting file
+ * which is why mode is included.
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tcreate(u32 fid, char *name, u32 perm, u8 mode,
 	char *extension, int dotu)
 {
@@ -736,6 +805,13 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tcreate);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tread - allocates and creates a T_READ request
+ * @fid: handle of the file we are trying to read
+ * @offset: offset to start reading from
+ * @count: how many bytes to read
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tread(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count)
 {
 	int size;
@@ -761,6 +837,17 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tread);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_twrite - allocates and creates a T_WRITE request from the kernel
+ * @fid: handle of the file we are trying to write
+ * @offset: offset to start writing at
+ * @count: how many bytes to write
+ * @data: data to write
+ *
+ * This function will create a requst with data buffers from the kernel
+ * such as the page cache.
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twrite(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count,
 				      const char *data)
 {
@@ -794,6 +881,16 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_twrite);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_twrite_u - allocates and creates a T_WRITE request from userspace
+ * @fid: handle of the file we are trying to write
+ * @offset: offset to start writing at
+ * @count: how many bytes to write
+ * @data: data to write
+ *
+ * This function will create a request with data buffers from userspace
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twrite_u(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count,
 				      const char __user *data)
 {
@@ -827,6 +924,14 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_twrite_u);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tclunk - allocate a request to forget about a file handle
+ * @fid: handle of the file we closing or forgetting about
+ *
+ * clunk is used both to close open files and to discard transient handles
+ * which may be created during meta-data operations and hierarchy traversal.
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tclunk(u32 fid)
 {
 	int size;
@@ -850,6 +955,12 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tclunk);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tremove - allocate and create a request to remove a file
+ * @fid: handle of the file or directory we are removing
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tremove(u32 fid)
 {
 	int size;
@@ -873,6 +984,12 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tremove);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tstat - allocate and populate a request for attributes
+ * @fid: handle of the file or directory we are trying to get the attributes of
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tstat(u32 fid)
 {
 	int size;
@@ -896,6 +1013,14 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tstat);
 
+/**
+ * p9_create_tstat - allocate and populate a request to change attributes
+ * @fid: handle of the file or directory we are trying to change
+ * @wstat: &p9_stat structure with attributes we wish to set
+ * @dotu: 9p2000.u enabled flag
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twstat(u32 fid, struct p9_wstat *wstat,
 				      int dotu)
 {
@@ -922,3 +1047,4 @@
 	return fc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_twstat);
+
diff --git a/net/9p/error.c b/net/9p/error.c
index 64104b9..388770c 100644
--- a/net/9p/error.c
+++ b/net/9p/error.c
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <net/9p/9p.h>
 
+/**
+ * struct errormap - map string errors from Plan 9 to Linux numeric ids
+ * @name: string sent over 9P
+ * @val: numeric id most closely representing @name
+ * @namelen: length of string
+ * @list: hash-table list for string lookup
+ */
 struct errormap {
 	char *name;
 	int val;
@@ -177,8 +184,7 @@
 };
 
 /**
- * p9_error_init - preload
- * @errstr: error string
+ * p9_error_init - preload mappings into hash list
  *
  */
 
@@ -206,6 +212,7 @@
 /**
  * errstr2errno - convert error string to error number
  * @errstr: error string
+ * @len: length of error string
  *
  */
 
diff --git a/net/9p/fcprint.c b/net/9p/fcprint.c
index 40244fb..53dd8e2 100644
--- a/net/9p/fcprint.c
+++ b/net/9p/fcprint.c
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@
 	return p9_dumpdata(buf, buflen, data, datalen < 16?datalen:16);
 }
 
+/**
+ * p9_printfcall - decode and print a protocol structure into a buffer
+ * @buf: buffer to deposit decoded structure into
+ * @buflen: available space in buffer
+ * @fc: protocol rpc structure of type &p9_fcall
+ * @extended: whether or not session is operating with extended protocol
+ */
+
 int
 p9_printfcall(char *buf, int buflen, struct p9_fcall *fc, int extended)
 {
diff --git a/net/9p/mod.c b/net/9p/mod.c
index c285aab..c6d9695 100644
--- a/net/9p/mod.c
+++ b/net/9p/mod.c
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "9P debugging level");
 #endif
 
-extern int p9_mux_global_init(void);
-extern void p9_mux_global_exit(void);
-
 /*
  * Dynamic Transport Registration Routines
  *
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@
 
 /**
  * v9fs_register_trans - register a new transport with 9p
- * @m - structure describing the transport module and entry points
+ * @m: structure describing the transport module and entry points
  *
  */
 void v9fs_register_trans(struct p9_trans_module *m)
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@
 
 /**
  * v9fs_match_trans - match transport versus registered transports
- * @arg: string identifying transport
+ * @name: string identifying transport
  *
  */
 struct p9_trans_module *v9fs_match_trans(const substring_t *name)
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_fd.c b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
index f624dff..c6eda99 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -47,12 +47,29 @@
 #define SCHED_TIMEOUT	10
 #define MAXPOLLWADDR	2
 
+/**
+ * struct p9_fd_opts - per-transport options
+ * @rfd: file descriptor for reading (trans=fd)
+ * @wfd: file descriptor for writing (trans=fd)
+ * @port: port to connect to (trans=tcp)
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_fd_opts {
 	int rfd;
 	int wfd;
 	u16 port;
 };
 
+
+/**
+ * struct p9_trans_fd - transport state
+ * @rd: reference to file to read from
+ * @wr: reference of file to write to
+ * @conn: connection state reference
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_trans_fd {
 	struct file *rd;
 	struct file *wr;
@@ -90,10 +107,24 @@
 };
 
 struct p9_req;
-
 typedef void (*p9_conn_req_callback)(struct p9_req *req, void *a);
+
+/**
+ * struct p9_req - fd mux encoding of an rpc transaction
+ * @lock: protects req_list
+ * @tag: numeric tag for rpc transaction
+ * @tcall: request &p9_fcall structure
+ * @rcall: response &p9_fcall structure
+ * @err: error state
+ * @cb: callback for when response is received
+ * @cba: argument to pass to callback
+ * @flush: flag to indicate RPC has been flushed
+ * @req_list: list link for higher level objects to chain requests
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_req {
-	spinlock_t lock; /* protect request structure */
+	spinlock_t lock;
 	int tag;
 	struct p9_fcall *tcall;
 	struct p9_fcall *rcall;
@@ -104,7 +135,39 @@
 	struct list_head req_list;
 };
 
-struct p9_mux_poll_task;
+struct p9_mux_poll_task {
+	struct task_struct *task;
+	struct list_head mux_list;
+	int muxnum;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct p9_conn - fd mux connection state information
+ * @lock: protects mux_list (?)
+ * @mux_list: list link for mux to manage multiple connections (?)
+ * @poll_task: task polling on this connection
+ * @msize: maximum size for connection (dup)
+ * @extended: 9p2000.u flag (dup)
+ * @trans: reference to transport instance for this connection
+ * @tagpool: id accounting for transactions
+ * @err: error state
+ * @equeue: event wait_q (?)
+ * @req_list: accounting for requests which have been sent
+ * @unsent_req_list: accounting for requests that haven't been sent
+ * @rcall: current response &p9_fcall structure
+ * @rpos: read position in current frame
+ * @rbuf: current read buffer
+ * @wpos: write position for current frame
+ * @wsize: amount of data to write for current frame
+ * @wbuf: current write buffer
+ * @poll_wait: array of wait_q's for various worker threads
+ * @poll_waddr: ????
+ * @pt: poll state
+ * @rq: current read work
+ * @wq: current write work
+ * @wsched: ????
+ *
+ */
 
 struct p9_conn {
 	spinlock_t lock; /* protect lock structure */
@@ -132,11 +195,16 @@
 	unsigned long wsched;
 };
 
-struct p9_mux_poll_task {
-	struct task_struct *task;
-	struct list_head mux_list;
-	int muxnum;
-};
+/**
+ * struct p9_mux_rpc - fd mux rpc accounting structure
+ * @m: connection this request was issued on
+ * @err: error state
+ * @tcall: request &p9_fcall
+ * @rcall: response &p9_fcall
+ * @wqueue: wait queue that client is blocked on for this rpc
+ *
+ * Bug: isn't this information duplicated elsewhere like &p9_req
+ */
 
 struct p9_mux_rpc {
 	struct p9_conn *m;
@@ -207,10 +275,12 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_mux_calc_poll_procs - calculates the number of polling procs
- * based on the number of mounted v9fs filesystems.
+ * @muxnum: number of mounts
  *
+ * Calculation is based on the number of mounted v9fs filesystems.
  * The current implementation returns sqrt of the number of mounts.
  */
+
 static int p9_mux_calc_poll_procs(int muxnum)
 {
 	int n;
@@ -331,12 +401,11 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_conn_create - allocate and initialize the per-session mux data
- * Creates the polling task if this is the first session.
+ * @trans: transport structure
  *
- * @trans - transport structure
- * @msize - maximum message size
- * @extended - extended flag
+ * Note: Creates the polling task if this is the first session.
  */
+
 static struct p9_conn *p9_conn_create(struct p9_trans *trans)
 {
 	int i, n;
@@ -406,7 +475,10 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_mux_destroy - cancels all pending requests and frees mux resources
+ * @m: mux to destroy
+ *
  */
+
 static void p9_conn_destroy(struct p9_conn *m)
 {
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p prev %p next %p\n", m,
@@ -429,9 +501,14 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * p9_pollwait - called by files poll operation to add v9fs-poll task
- * 	to files wait queue
+ * p9_pollwait - add poll task to the wait queue
+ * @filp: file pointer being polled
+ * @wait_address: wait_q to block on
+ * @p: poll state
+ *
+ * called by files poll operation to add v9fs-poll task to files wait queue
  */
+
 static void
 p9_pollwait(struct file *filp, wait_queue_head_t *wait_address, poll_table *p)
 {
@@ -462,7 +539,10 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_poll_mux - polls a mux and schedules read or write works if necessary
+ * @m: connection to poll
+ *
  */
+
 static void p9_poll_mux(struct p9_conn *m)
 {
 	int n;
@@ -499,9 +579,14 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * p9_poll_proc - polls all v9fs transports for new events and queues
- * 	the appropriate work to the work queue
+ * p9_poll_proc - poll worker thread
+ * @a: thread state and arguments
+ *
+ * polls all v9fs transports for new events and queues the appropriate
+ * work to the work queue
+ *
  */
+
 static int p9_poll_proc(void *a)
 {
 	struct p9_conn *m, *mtmp;
@@ -527,7 +612,10 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_write_work - called when a transport can send some data
+ * @work: container for work to be done
+ *
  */
+
 static void p9_write_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int n, err;
@@ -638,7 +726,10 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_read_work - called when there is some data to be read from a transport
+ * @work: container of work to be done
+ *
  */
+
 static void p9_read_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int n, err;
@@ -793,7 +884,9 @@
  * @tc: request to be sent
  * @cb: callback function to call when response is received
  * @cba: parameter to pass to the callback function
+ *
  */
+
 static struct p9_req *p9_send_request(struct p9_conn *m,
 					  struct p9_fcall *tc,
 					  p9_conn_req_callback cb, void *cba)
@@ -961,10 +1054,12 @@
 /**
  * p9_fd_rpc- sends 9P request and waits until a response is available.
  *	The function can be interrupted.
- * @m: mux data
+ * @t: transport data
  * @tc: request to be sent
  * @rc: pointer where a pointer to the response is stored
+ *
  */
+
 int
 p9_fd_rpc(struct p9_trans *t, struct p9_fcall *tc, struct p9_fcall **rc)
 {
@@ -1041,8 +1136,10 @@
  * @m: mux data
  * @tc: request to be sent
  * @cb: callback function to be called when response arrives
- * @cba: value to pass to the callback function
+ * @a: value to pass to the callback function
+ *
  */
+
 int p9_conn_rpcnb(struct p9_conn *m, struct p9_fcall *tc,
 		   p9_conn_req_callback cb, void *a)
 {
@@ -1065,7 +1162,9 @@
  * p9_conn_cancel - cancel all pending requests with error
  * @m: mux data
  * @err: error code
+ *
  */
+
 void p9_conn_cancel(struct p9_conn *m, int err)
 {
 	struct p9_req *req, *rtmp;
@@ -1099,7 +1198,7 @@
 /**
  * v9fs_parse_options - parse mount options into session structure
  * @options: options string passed from mount
- * @v9ses: existing v9fs session information
+ * @opts: transport-specific structure to parse options into
  *
  */
 
@@ -1193,11 +1292,12 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_fd_read- read from a fd
- * @v9ses: session information
+ * @trans: transport instance state
  * @v: buffer to receive data into
  * @len: size of receive buffer
  *
  */
+
 static int p9_fd_read(struct p9_trans *trans, void *v, int len)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -1220,11 +1320,12 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_fd_write - write to a socket
- * @v9ses: session information
+ * @trans: transport instance state
  * @v: buffer to send data from
  * @len: size of send buffer
  *
  */
+
 static int p9_fd_write(struct p9_trans *trans, void *v, int len)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -1296,6 +1397,7 @@
  * @trans: private socket structure
  *
  */
+
 static void p9_fd_close(struct p9_trans *trans)
 {
 	struct p9_trans_fd *ts;
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index de7a9f5..0bab1f2 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -55,23 +55,69 @@
 
 #define P9_INIT_MAXTAG	16
 
-#define REQ_STATUS_IDLE	0
-#define REQ_STATUS_SENT 1
-#define REQ_STATUS_RCVD 2
-#define REQ_STATUS_FLSH 3
+
+/**
+ * enum p9_req_status_t - virtio request status
+ * @REQ_STATUS_IDLE: request slot unused
+ * @REQ_STATUS_SENT: request sent to server
+ * @REQ_STATUS_RCVD: response received from server
+ * @REQ_STATUS_FLSH: request has been flushed
+ *
+ * The @REQ_STATUS_IDLE state is used to mark a request slot as unused
+ * but use is actually tracked by the idpool structure which handles tag
+ * id allocation.
+ *
+ */
+
+enum p9_req_status_t {
+	REQ_STATUS_IDLE,
+	REQ_STATUS_SENT,
+	REQ_STATUS_RCVD,
+	REQ_STATUS_FLSH,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct p9_req_t - virtio request slots
+ * @status: status of this request slot
+ * @wq: wait_queue for the client to block on for this request
+ *
+ * The virtio transport uses an array to track outstanding requests
+ * instead of a list.  While this may incurr overhead during initial
+ * allocation or expansion, it makes request lookup much easier as the
+ * tag id is a index into an array.  (We use tag+1 so that we can accomodate
+ * the -1 tag for the T_VERSION request).
+ * This also has the nice effect of only having to allocate wait_queues
+ * once, instead of constantly allocating and freeing them.  Its possible
+ * other resources could benefit from this scheme as well.
+ *
+ */
 
 struct p9_req_t {
 	int status;
 	wait_queue_head_t *wq;
 };
 
-/* We keep all per-channel information in a structure.
+/**
+ * struct virtio_chan - per-instance transport information
+ * @initialized: whether the channel is initialized
+ * @inuse: whether the channel is in use
+ * @lock: protects multiple elements within this structure
+ * @vdev: virtio dev associated with this channel
+ * @vq: virtio queue associated with this channel
+ * @tagpool: accounting for tag ids (and request slots)
+ * @reqs: array of request slots
+ * @max_tag: current number of request_slots allocated
+ * @sg: scatter gather list which is used to pack a request (protected?)
+ *
+ * We keep all per-channel information in a structure.
  * This structure is allocated within the devices dev->mem space.
  * A pointer to the structure will get put in the transport private.
+ *
  */
+
 static struct virtio_chan {
-	bool initialized;		/* channel is initialized */
-	bool inuse;			/* channel is in use */
+	bool initialized;
+	bool inuse;
 
 	spinlock_t lock;
 
@@ -86,7 +132,19 @@
 	struct scatterlist sg[VIRTQUEUE_NUM];
 } channels[MAX_9P_CHAN];
 
-/* Lookup requests by tag */
+/**
+ * p9_lookup_tag - Lookup requests by tag
+ * @c: virtio channel to lookup tag within
+ * @tag: numeric id for transaction
+ *
+ * this is a simple array lookup, but will grow the
+ * request_slots as necessary to accomodate transaction
+ * ids which did not previously have a slot.
+ *
+ * Bugs: there is currently no upper limit on request slots set
+ * here, but that should be constrained by the id accounting.
+ */
+
 static struct p9_req_t *p9_lookup_tag(struct virtio_chan *c, u16 tag)
 {
 	/* This looks up the original request by tag so we know which
@@ -130,6 +188,15 @@
 	return PAGE_SIZE - ((unsigned long)data % PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
+/**
+ * p9_virtio_close - reclaim resources of a channel
+ * @trans: transport state
+ *
+ * This reclaims a channel by freeing its resources and
+ * reseting its inuse flag.
+ *
+ */
+
 static void p9_virtio_close(struct p9_trans *trans)
 {
 	struct virtio_chan *chan = trans->priv;
@@ -151,6 +218,19 @@
 	kfree(trans);
 }
 
+/**
+ * req_done - callback which signals activity from the server
+ * @vq: virtio queue activity was received on
+ *
+ * This notifies us that the server has triggered some activity
+ * on the virtio channel - most likely a response to request we
+ * sent.  Figure out which requests now have responses and wake up
+ * those threads.
+ *
+ * Bugs: could do with some additional sanity checking, but appears to work.
+ *
+ */
+
 static void req_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
 {
 	struct virtio_chan *chan = vq->vdev->priv;
@@ -169,6 +249,20 @@
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
 }
 
+/**
+ * pack_sg_list - pack a scatter gather list from a linear buffer
+ * @sg: scatter/gather list to pack into
+ * @start: which segment of the sg_list to start at
+ * @limit: maximum segment to pack data to
+ * @data: data to pack into scatter/gather list
+ * @count: amount of data to pack into the scatter/gather list
+ *
+ * sg_lists have multiple segments of various sizes.  This will pack
+ * arbitrary data into an existing scatter gather list, segmenting the
+ * data as necessary within constraints.
+ *
+ */
+
 static int
 pack_sg_list(struct scatterlist *sg, int start, int limit, char *data,
 								int count)
@@ -189,6 +283,14 @@
 	return index-start;
 }
 
+/**
+ * p9_virtio_rpc - issue a request and wait for a response
+ * @t: transport state
+ * @tc: &p9_fcall request to transmit
+ * @rc: &p9_fcall to put reponse into
+ *
+ */
+
 static int
 p9_virtio_rpc(struct p9_trans *t, struct p9_fcall *tc, struct p9_fcall **rc)
 {
@@ -263,6 +365,16 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * p9_virtio_probe - probe for existence of 9P virtio channels
+ * @vdev: virtio device to probe
+ *
+ * This probes for existing virtio channels.  At present only
+ * a single channel is in use, so in the future more work may need
+ * to be done here.
+ *
+ */
+
 static int p9_virtio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -307,11 +419,28 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-/* This sets up a transport channel for 9p communication.  Right now
+
+/**
+ * p9_virtio_create - allocate a new virtio channel
+ * @devname: string identifying the channel to connect to (unused)
+ * @args: args passed from sys_mount() for per-transport options (unused)
+ * @msize: requested maximum packet size
+ * @extended: 9p2000.u enabled flag
+ *
+ * This sets up a transport channel for 9p communication.  Right now
  * we only match the first available channel, but eventually we couldlook up
  * alternate channels by matching devname versus a virtio_config entry.
  * We use a simple reference count mechanism to ensure that only a single
- * mount has a channel open at a time. */
+ * mount has a channel open at a time.
+ *
+ * Bugs: doesn't allow identification of a specific channel
+ * to allocate, channels are allocated sequentially. This was
+ * a pragmatic decision to get things rolling, but ideally some
+ * way of identifying the channel to attach to would be nice
+ * if we are going to support multiple channels.
+ *
+ */
+
 static struct p9_trans *
 p9_virtio_create(const char *devname, char *args, int msize,
 							unsigned char extended)
@@ -360,6 +489,12 @@
 	return trans;
 }
 
+/**
+ * p9_virtio_remove - clean up resources associated with a virtio device
+ * @vdev: virtio device to remove
+ *
+ */
+
 static void p9_virtio_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_chan *chan = vdev->priv;
diff --git a/net/9p/util.c b/net/9p/util.c
index ef72155..4d56460 100644
--- a/net/9p/util.c
+++ b/net/9p/util.c
@@ -32,11 +32,23 @@
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <net/9p/9p.h>
 
+/**
+ * struct p9_idpool - per-connection accounting for tag idpool
+ * @lock: protects the pool
+ * @pool: idr to allocate tag id from
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_idpool {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct idr pool;
 };
 
+/**
+ * p9_idpool_create - create a new per-connection id pool
+ *
+ */
+
 struct p9_idpool *p9_idpool_create(void)
 {
 	struct p9_idpool *p;
@@ -52,6 +64,11 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_idpool_create);
 
+/**
+ * p9_idpool_destroy - create a new per-connection id pool
+ * @p: idpool to destory
+ */
+
 void p9_idpool_destroy(struct p9_idpool *p)
 {
 	idr_destroy(&p->pool);
@@ -61,9 +78,9 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_idpool_get - allocate numeric id from pool
- * @p - pool to allocate from
+ * @p: pool to allocate from
  *
- * XXX - This seems to be an awful generic function, should it be in idr.c with
+ * Bugs: This seems to be an awful generic function, should it be in idr.c with
  *            the lock included in struct idr?
  */
 
@@ -94,9 +111,10 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_idpool_put - release numeric id from pool
- * @p - pool to allocate from
+ * @id: numeric id which is being released
+ * @p: pool to release id into
  *
- * XXX - This seems to be an awful generic function, should it be in idr.c with
+ * Bugs: This seems to be an awful generic function, should it be in idr.c with
  *            the lock included in struct idr?
  */
 
@@ -111,11 +129,13 @@
 
 /**
  * p9_idpool_check - check if the specified id is available
- * @id - id to check
- * @p - pool
+ * @id: id to check
+ * @p: pool to check
  */
+
 int p9_idpool_check(int id, struct p9_idpool *p)
 {
 	return idr_find(&p->pool, id) != NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_idpool_check);
+