diff --git a/kmod/src/block.c b/kmod/src/block.c
index ce79f608..146925cb 100644
--- a/kmod/src/block.c
+++ b/kmod/src/block.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct block_info {
 #define DECLARE_BLOCK_INFO(sb, name) \
 	struct block_info *name = SCOUTFS_SB(sb)->block_info
 
-enum {
+enum block_status_bits {
 	BLOCK_BIT_UPTODATE = 0,	/* contents consistent with media */
 	BLOCK_BIT_NEW,		/* newly allocated, contents undefined */
 	BLOCK_BIT_DIRTY,	/* dirty, writer will write */
diff --git a/kmod/src/btree.c b/kmod/src/btree.c
index 654b7dc7..d4eee1cc 100644
--- a/kmod/src/btree.c
+++ b/kmod/src/btree.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
  */
 
 /* btree walking has a bunch of behavioural bit flags */
-enum {
+enum btree_walk_flags {
 	 BTW_NEXT	= (1 <<  0), /* return >= key */
 	 BTW_PREV	= (1 <<  1), /* return <= key */
 	 BTW_DIRTY	= (1 <<  2), /* cow stable blocks */
diff --git a/kmod/src/dir.c b/kmod/src/dir.c
index 83ab48c2..8cbc20f0 100644
--- a/kmod/src/dir.c
+++ b/kmod/src/dir.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static unsigned int mode_to_type(umode_t mode)
 #undef S_SHIFT
 }
 
-static unsigned int dentry_type(unsigned int type)
+static unsigned int dentry_type(enum scoutfs_dentry_type type)
 {
 	static unsigned char types[] = {
 		[SCOUTFS_DT_FIFO]	= DT_FIFO,
@@ -988,12 +988,12 @@ static void init_symlink_key(struct scoutfs_key *key, u64 ino, u8 nr)
  * The target name can be null for deletion when val isn't used.  Size
  * still has to be provided to determine the number of items.
  */
-enum {
+enum symlink_ops {
 	SYM_CREATE = 0,
 	SYM_LOOKUP,
 	SYM_DELETE,
 };
-static int symlink_item_ops(struct super_block *sb, int op, u64 ino,
+static int symlink_item_ops(struct super_block *sb, enum symlink_ops op, u64 ino,
 			    struct scoutfs_lock *lock, const char *target,
 			    size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/kmod/src/format.h b/kmod/src/format.h
index cf601885..033552bf 100644
--- a/kmod/src/format.h
+++ b/kmod/src/format.h
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ struct scoutfs_dirent {
 /* getdents returns next pos with an entry, no entry at (f_pos)~0 */
 #define SCOUTFS_DIRENT_LAST_POS (U64_MAX - 1)
 
-enum {
+enum scoutfs_dentry_type {
 	SCOUTFS_DT_FIFO = 0,
 	SCOUTFS_DT_CHR,
 	SCOUTFS_DT_DIR,
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ struct scoutfs_net_header {
 #define SCOUTFS_NET_FLAG_RESPONSE	(1 << 0)
 #define SCOUTFS_NET_FLAGS_UNKNOWN	(U8_MAX << 1)
 
-enum {
+enum scoutfs_net_cmd {
 	SCOUTFS_NET_CMD_GREETING = 0,
 	SCOUTFS_NET_CMD_ALLOC_INODES,
 	SCOUTFS_NET_CMD_GET_LOG_TREES,
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ enum {
 
 #undef EXPAND_NET_ERRNO
 #define EXPAND_NET_ERRNO(which) SCOUTFS_NET_ERR_##which,
-enum {
+enum scoutfs_net_errors {
 	SCOUTFS_NET_ERR_NONE = 0,
 	EXPAND_EACH_NET_ERRNO
 	SCOUTFS_NET_ERR_UNKNOWN,
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ struct scoutfs_net_lock_recover {
 	 sizeof(struct scoutfs_net_lock))
 
 /* some enums for tracing */
-enum {
+enum scoutfs_lock_trace {
 	SLT_CLIENT,
 	SLT_SERVER,
 	SLT_GRANT,
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ struct scoutfs_fid {
 /*
  * Identifiers for sources of corruption that can generate messages.
  */
-enum {
+enum scoutfs_corruption_sources {
 	SC_DIRENT_NAME_LEN = 0,
 	SC_DIRENT_BACKREF_NAME_LEN,
 	SC_DIRENT_READDIR_NAME_LEN,
diff --git a/kmod/src/ioctl.h b/kmod/src/ioctl.h
index 8dc9d93c..a53626a0 100644
--- a/kmod/src/ioctl.h
+++ b/kmod/src/ioctl.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct scoutfs_ioctl_walk_inodes {
 	__u8 _pad[11]; /* padded to align walk_inodes_entry total size */
 };
 
-enum {
+enum scoutfs_ino_walk_seq_type {
 	SCOUTFS_IOC_WALK_INODES_META_SEQ = 0,
 	SCOUTFS_IOC_WALK_INODES_DATA_SEQ,
 	SCOUTFS_IOC_WALK_INODES_UNKNOWN,
diff --git a/kmod/src/item.c b/kmod/src/item.c
index 72051828..7afd34cf 100644
--- a/kmod/src/item.c
+++ b/kmod/src/item.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ static void move_page_items(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 }
 
-enum {
+enum page_intersection_type {
 	PGI_DISJOINT,
 	PGI_INSIDE,
 	PGI_START_OLAP,
diff --git a/kmod/src/lock_server.c b/kmod/src/lock_server.c
index af01f553..036bfcc4 100644
--- a/kmod/src/lock_server.c
+++ b/kmod/src/lock_server.c
@@ -118,12 +118,6 @@ struct server_lock_node {
 	struct list_head invalidated;
 };
 
-enum {
-	CLE_GRANTED,
-	CLE_REQUESTED,
-	CLE_INVALIDATED,
-};
-
 /*
  * Interactions with the client are tracked with these little mode
  * wrappers.
diff --git a/kmod/src/net.c b/kmod/src/net.c
index 0db03705..c885d2bd 100644
--- a/kmod/src/net.c
+++ b/kmod/src/net.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ do {								\
 } while (0)
 
 /* listening and their accepting sockets have a fixed locking order */
-enum {
+enum spin_lock_subtype {
 	CONN_LOCK_LISTENER,
 	CONN_LOCK_ACCEPTED,
 };
diff --git a/kmod/src/net.h b/kmod/src/net.h
index 2d8ef91d..05e9c3be 100644
--- a/kmod/src/net.h
+++ b/kmod/src/net.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct scoutfs_net_connection {
 	void *info;
 };
 
-enum {
+enum conn_flags {
 	CONN_FL_valid_greeting = (1UL << 0), /* other commands can proceed */
 	CONN_FL_established =	 (1UL << 1), /* added sends queue send work */
 	CONN_FL_shutting_down =	 (1UL << 2), /* shutdown work was queued */
diff --git a/kmod/src/options.h b/kmod/src/options.h
index aab863f8..b62be4d3 100644
--- a/kmod/src/options.h
+++ b/kmod/src/options.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include "format.h"
 
-enum {
+enum scoutfs_mount_options {
 	Opt_server_addr,
 	Opt_metadev_path,
 	Opt_err,
diff --git a/kmod/src/spbm.c b/kmod/src/spbm.c
index 6960f65b..d2ff89eb 100644
--- a/kmod/src/spbm.c
+++ b/kmod/src/spbm.c
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ bool scoutfs_spbm_empty(struct scoutfs_spbm *spbm)
 	return RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&spbm->root);
 }
 
-enum {
+enum spbm_flags {
 	/* if a node isn't found then return an allocated new node */
-	SPBM_FIND_ALLOC = 0x1,
+	SPBM_FIND_ALLOC = (1 << 0),
 };
 static struct spbm_node *find_node(struct scoutfs_spbm *spbm, u64 index,
 				   int flags)
diff --git a/kmod/src/srch.c b/kmod/src/srch.c
index 585a2a42..bfe7a567 100644
--- a/kmod/src/srch.c
+++ b/kmod/src/srch.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static int read_path_block(struct super_block *sb,
  * allocate new blocks, or return errors for missing blocks (files are
  * never sparse, this won't happen).
  */
-enum {
+enum gfb_flags {
 	GFB_INSERT = (1 << 0),
 	GFB_DIRTY = (1 << 1),
 };
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static int get_file_block(struct super_block *sb,
 			  struct scoutfs_alloc *alloc,
 			  struct scoutfs_block_writer *wri,
 			  struct scoutfs_srch_file *sfl,
-			  int gfb, u64 blk, struct scoutfs_block **bl_ret)
+			  int flags, u64 blk, struct scoutfs_block **bl_ret)
 {
 	struct scoutfs_block *parent = NULL;
 	struct scoutfs_block_header *hdr;
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static int get_file_block(struct super_block *sb,
 	/* see if we need to grow to insert a new largest blk */
 	hei = height_for_blk(blk);
 	while (sfl->height < hei) {
-		if (!(gfb & GFB_INSERT)) {
+		if (!(flags & GFB_INSERT)) {
 			ret = -ENOENT;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ static int get_file_block(struct super_block *sb,
 	level = sfl->height;
 	ref = &sfl->ref;
 	while (level--) {
-		/* searchin an unused part of the tree */
-		if (!ref->blkno && !(gfb & GFB_INSERT)) {
+		/* searching an unused part of the tree */
+		if (!ref->blkno && !(flags & GFB_INSERT)) {
 			ret = -ENOENT;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static int get_file_block(struct super_block *sb,
 		}
 
 		/* allocate a new block if we need it */
-		if (!ref->blkno || ((gfb & GFB_DIRTY) &&
+		if (!ref->blkno || ((flags & GFB_DIRTY) &&
 				    !scoutfs_block_writer_is_dirty(sb, bl))) {
 			ret = scoutfs_alloc_meta(sb, alloc, wri, &blkno);
 			if (ret < 0)
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ out:
 	}
 
 	/* record that we successfully grew the file */
-	if (ret == 0 && (gfb & GFB_INSERT) && blk >= le64_to_cpu(sfl->blocks))
+	if (ret == 0 && (flags & GFB_INSERT) && blk >= le64_to_cpu(sfl->blocks))
 		sfl->blocks = cpu_to_le64(blk + 1);
 
 	*bl_ret = bl;
diff --git a/kmod/src/triggers.h b/kmod/src/triggers.h
index d1fa9e71..8796cd18 100644
--- a/kmod/src/triggers.h
+++ b/kmod/src/triggers.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _SCOUTFS_TRIGGERS_H_
 #define _SCOUTFS_TRIGGERS_H_
 
-enum {
+enum scoutfs_trigger {
 	SCOUTFS_TRIGGER_BTREE_STALE_READ,
 	SCOUTFS_TRIGGER_BTREE_ADVANCE_RING_HALF,
 	SCOUTFS_TRIGGER_HARD_STALE_ERROR,