diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/tail_conversion.c b/fs/reiserfs/tail_conversion.c
index fc1981d..f41e19b 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/tail_conversion.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/tail_conversion.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 1999 Hans Reiser, see reiserfs/README for licensing and copyright details
+ * Copyright 1999 Hans Reiser, see reiserfs/README for licensing and copyright
+ * details
  */
 
 #include <linux/time.h>
@@ -7,13 +8,19 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include "reiserfs.h"
 
-/* access to tail : when one is going to read tail it must make sure, that is not running.
- direct2indirect and indirect2direct can not run concurrently */
+/*
+ * access to tail : when one is going to read tail it must make sure, that is
+ * not running.  direct2indirect and indirect2direct can not run concurrently
+ */
 
-/* Converts direct items to an unformatted node. Panics if file has no
-   tail. -ENOSPC if no disk space for conversion */
-/* path points to first direct item of the file regarless of how many of
-   them are there */
+/*
+ * Converts direct items to an unformatted node. Panics if file has no
+ * tail. -ENOSPC if no disk space for conversion
+ */
+/*
+ * path points to first direct item of the file regardless of how many of
+ * them are there
+ */
 int direct2indirect(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, struct inode *inode,
 		    struct treepath *path, struct buffer_head *unbh,
 		    loff_t tail_offset)
@@ -22,14 +29,20 @@
 	struct buffer_head *up_to_date_bh;
 	struct item_head *p_le_ih = tp_item_head(path);
 	unsigned long total_tail = 0;
-	struct cpu_key end_key;	/* Key to search for the last byte of the
-				   converted item. */
-	struct item_head ind_ih;	/* new indirect item to be inserted or
-					   key of unfm pointer to be pasted */
-	int blk_size, retval;	/* returned value for reiserfs_insert_item and clones */
-	unp_t unfm_ptr;		/* Handle on an unformatted node
-				   that will be inserted in the
-				   tree. */
+
+	/* Key to search for the last byte of the converted item. */
+	struct cpu_key end_key;
+
+	/*
+	 * new indirect item to be inserted or key
+	 * of unfm pointer to be pasted
+	 */
+	struct item_head ind_ih;
+	int blk_size;
+	/* returned value for reiserfs_insert_item and clones */
+	int  retval;
+	/* Handle on an unformatted node that will be inserted in the tree. */
+	unp_t unfm_ptr;
 
 	BUG_ON(!th->t_trans_id);
 
@@ -37,8 +50,10 @@
 
 	blk_size = sb->s_blocksize;
 
-	/* and key to search for append or insert pointer to the new
-	   unformatted node. */
+	/*
+	 * and key to search for append or insert pointer to the new
+	 * unformatted node.
+	 */
 	copy_item_head(&ind_ih, p_le_ih);
 	set_le_ih_k_offset(&ind_ih, tail_offset);
 	set_le_ih_k_type(&ind_ih, TYPE_INDIRECT);
@@ -76,20 +91,26 @@
 	if (retval) {
 		return retval;
 	}
-	// note: from here there are two keys which have matching first
-	// three key components. They only differ by the fourth one.
+	/*
+	 * note: from here there are two keys which have matching first
+	 *  three key components. They only differ by the fourth one.
+	 */
 
 	/* Set the key to search for the direct items of the file */
 	make_cpu_key(&end_key, inode, max_reiserfs_offset(inode), TYPE_DIRECT,
 		     4);
 
-	/* Move bytes from the direct items to the new unformatted node
-	   and delete them. */
+	/*
+	 * Move bytes from the direct items to the new unformatted node
+	 * and delete them.
+	 */
 	while (1) {
 		int tail_size;
 
-		/* end_key.k_offset is set so, that we will always have found
-		   last item of the file */
+		/*
+		 * end_key.k_offset is set so, that we will always have found
+		 * last item of the file
+		 */
 		if (search_for_position_by_key(sb, &end_key, path) ==
 		    POSITION_FOUND)
 			reiserfs_panic(sb, "PAP-14050",
@@ -101,11 +122,12 @@
 		tail_size = (le_ih_k_offset(p_le_ih) & (blk_size - 1))
 		    + ih_item_len(p_le_ih) - 1;
 
-		/* we only send the unbh pointer if the buffer is not up to date.
-		 ** this avoids overwriting good data from writepage() with old data
-		 ** from the disk or buffer cache
-		 ** Special case: unbh->b_page will be NULL if we are coming through
-		 ** DIRECT_IO handler here.
+		/*
+		 * we only send the unbh pointer if the buffer is not
+		 * up to date.  this avoids overwriting good data from
+		 * writepage() with old data from the disk or buffer cache
+		 * Special case: unbh->b_page will be NULL if we are coming
+		 * through DIRECT_IO handler here.
 		 */
 		if (!unbh->b_page || buffer_uptodate(unbh)
 		    || PageUptodate(unbh->b_page)) {
@@ -117,13 +139,15 @@
 						up_to_date_bh);
 
 		total_tail += retval;
+
+		/* done: file does not have direct items anymore */
 		if (tail_size == retval)
-			// done: file does not have direct items anymore
 			break;
 
 	}
-	/* if we've copied bytes from disk into the page, we need to zero
-	 ** out the unused part of the block (it was not up to date before)
+	/*
+	 * if we've copied bytes from disk into the page, we need to zero
+	 * out the unused part of the block (it was not up to date before)
 	 */
 	if (up_to_date_bh) {
 		unsigned pgoff =
@@ -146,9 +170,11 @@
 		BUG();
 	}
 	clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	/* Remove the buffer from whatever list it belongs to. We are mostly
-	   interested in removing it from per-sb j_dirty_buffers list, to avoid
-	   BUG() on attempt to write not mapped buffer */
+	/*
+	 * Remove the buffer from whatever list it belongs to. We are mostly
+	 * interested in removing it from per-sb j_dirty_buffers list, to avoid
+	 * BUG() on attempt to write not mapped buffer
+	 */
 	if ((!list_empty(&bh->b_assoc_buffers) || bh->b_private) && bh->b_page) {
 		struct inode *inode = bh->b_page->mapping->host;
 		struct reiserfs_journal *j = SB_JOURNAL(inode->i_sb);
@@ -164,12 +190,14 @@
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
 }
 
-/* this first locks inode (neither reads nor sync are permitted),
-   reads tail through page cache, insert direct item. When direct item
-   inserted successfully inode is left locked. Return value is always
-   what we expect from it (number of cut bytes). But when tail remains
-   in the unformatted node, we set mode to SKIP_BALANCING and unlock
-   inode */
+/*
+ * this first locks inode (neither reads nor sync are permitted),
+ * reads tail through page cache, insert direct item. When direct item
+ * inserted successfully inode is left locked. Return value is always
+ * what we expect from it (number of cut bytes). But when tail remains
+ * in the unformatted node, we set mode to SKIP_BALANCING and unlock
+ * inode
+ */
 int indirect2direct(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 		    struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 		    struct treepath *path,	/* path to the indirect item. */
@@ -207,9 +235,11 @@
 					 1) * sb->s_blocksize;
 	pos1 = pos;
 
-	// we are protected by i_mutex. The tail can not disapper, not
-	// append can be done either
-	// we are in truncate or packing tail in file_release
+	/*
+	 * we are protected by i_mutex. The tail can not disapper, not
+	 * append can be done either
+	 * we are in truncate or packing tail in file_release
+	 */
 
 	tail = (char *)kmap(page);	/* this can schedule */
 
@@ -236,9 +266,10 @@
 			  pos1 + 1, TYPE_DIRECT, round_tail_len,
 			  0xffff /*ih_free_space */ );
 
-	/* we want a pointer to the first byte of the tail in the page.
-	 ** the page was locked and this part of the page was up to date when
-	 ** indirect2direct was called, so we know the bytes are still valid
+	/*
+	 * we want a pointer to the first byte of the tail in the page.
+	 * the page was locked and this part of the page was up to date when
+	 * indirect2direct was called, so we know the bytes are still valid
 	 */
 	tail = tail + (pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1));
 
@@ -250,12 +281,14 @@
 	/* Insert tail as new direct item in the tree */
 	if (reiserfs_insert_item(th, path, &key, &s_ih, inode,
 				 tail ? tail : NULL) < 0) {
-		/* No disk memory. So we can not convert last unformatted node
-		   to the direct item.  In this case we used to adjust
-		   indirect items's ih_free_space. Now ih_free_space is not
-		   used, it would be ideal to write zeros to corresponding
-		   unformatted node. For now i_size is considered as guard for
-		   going out of file size */
+		/*
+		 * No disk memory. So we can not convert last unformatted node
+		 * to the direct item.  In this case we used to adjust
+		 * indirect items's ih_free_space. Now ih_free_space is not
+		 * used, it would be ideal to write zeros to corresponding
+		 * unformatted node. For now i_size is considered as guard for
+		 * going out of file size
+		 */
 		kunmap(page);
 		return block_size - round_tail_len;
 	}
@@ -264,12 +297,16 @@
 	/* make sure to get the i_blocks changes from reiserfs_insert_item */
 	reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode);
 
-	// note: we have now the same as in above direct2indirect
-	// conversion: there are two keys which have matching first three
-	// key components. They only differ by the fouhth one.
+	/*
+	 * note: we have now the same as in above direct2indirect
+	 * conversion: there are two keys which have matching first three
+	 * key components. They only differ by the fourth one.
+	 */
 
-	/* We have inserted new direct item and must remove last
-	   unformatted node. */
+	/*
+	 * We have inserted new direct item and must remove last
+	 * unformatted node.
+	 */
 	*mode = M_CUT;
 
 	/* we store position of first direct item in the in-core inode */