diff --git a/common/include/villas/kernel/kernel.hpp b/common/include/villas/kernel/kernel.hpp
index 056f23afc..0c9d77bf4 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/kernel/kernel.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/kernel/kernel.hpp
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ namespace kernel {
 utils::Version getVersion();
 
 /** Get number of reserved hugepages. */
-int get_nr_hugepages();
+int getNrHugepages();
 
 /** Set number of reserved hugepages. */
-int set_nr_hugepages(int nr);
+int setNrHugepages(int nr);
 
 /** Get kernel cmdline parameter
  *
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int set_nr_hugepages(int nr);
  * @retval 0 Parameter \p key was found and value was copied to \p value
  * @reval <>0 Kernel was not booted with parameter \p key
  */
-int get_cmdline_param(const char *param, char *buf, size_t len);
+int getCmdlineParam(const char *param, char *buf, size_t len);
 
 /** Checks if a kernel module is loaded
  *
@@ -57,28 +57,28 @@ int get_cmdline_param(const char *param, char *buf, size_t len);
  * @retval 0 Module is loaded.
  * @reval <>0 Module is not loaded.
  */
-int module_loaded(const char *module);
+int isModuleLoaded(const char *module);
 
 /** Load kernel module via modprobe */
-int module_load(const char *module);
+int loadModule(const char *module);
 
 /** Set parameter of loaded kernel module */
-int module_set_param(const char *module, const char *param, const char *value);
+int setModuleParam(const char *module, const char *param, const char *value);
 
 /** Get cacheline size in bytes */
-int get_cacheline_size();
+int getCachelineSize();
 
 /** Get the size of a standard page in bytes. */
-int get_page_size();
+int getPageSize();
 
 /** Get the size of a huge page in bytes. */
-int get_hugepage_size();
+int getHugePageSize();
 
 /** Get CPU base frequency */
 int get_cpu_frequency(uint64_t *freq);
 
 /** Set SMP affinity of IRQ */
-int irq_setaffinity(unsigned irq, uintmax_t aff , uintmax_t *old);
+int setIRQAffinity(unsigned irq, uintmax_t aff , uintmax_t *old);
 
 } /* namespace villas */
 } /* namespace kernel */
diff --git a/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp b/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp
index c48db41f8..bc6bbe626 100644
--- a/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Version villas::kernel::getVersion()
 	return Version(ver);
 }
 
-int villas::kernel::get_cacheline_size()
+int villas::kernel::getCachelineSize()
 {
 #if defined(__linux__) && defined(__x86_64__) && defined(__GLIBC__)
 	return sysconf(_SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_LINESIZE);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int villas::kernel::get_cacheline_size()
 }
 
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
-int villas::kernel::get_page_size()
+int villas::kernel::getPageSize()
 {
 	return sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
 }
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int villas::kernel::get_page_size()
 #endif
 
 /* There is no sysconf interface to get the hugepage size */
-int villas::kernel::get_hugepage_size()
+int villas::kernel::getHugePageSize()
 {
 #ifdef __linux__
 	char *key, *value, *unit, *line = nullptr, *lasts;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int villas::kernel::get_hugepage_size()
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 
-int villas::kernel::module_set_param(const char *module, const char *param, const char *value)
+int villas::kernel::setModuleParam(const char *module, const char *param, const char *value)
 {
 	FILE *f;
 	char fn[256];
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ int villas::kernel::module_set_param(const char *module, const char *param, cons
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int villas::kernel::module_load(const char *module)
+int villas::kernel::loadModule(const char *module)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = module_loaded(module);
+	ret = isModuleLoaded(module);
 	if (!ret) {
 		auto logger = logging.get("kernel");
 		logger->debug("Kernel module {} already loaded...", module);
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ int villas::kernel::module_load(const char *module)
 		default:
 			wait(&ret);
 
-			return module_loaded(module);
+			return isModuleLoaded(module);
 	}
 }
 
-int villas::kernel::module_loaded(const char *module)
+int villas::kernel::isModuleLoaded(const char *module)
 {
 	FILE *f;
 	int ret = -1;
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ int villas::kernel::module_loaded(const char *module)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int villas::kernel::get_cmdline_param(const char *param, char *buf, size_t len)
+int villas::kernel::getCmdlineParam(const char *param, char *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	int ret;
 	char cmdline[512], key[128], value[128], *lasts, *tok;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ out:
 	return -1; /* not found or error */
 }
 
-int villas::kernel::get_nr_hugepages()
+int villas::kernel::getNrHugepages()
 {
 	FILE *f;
 	int nr, ret;
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int villas::kernel::get_nr_hugepages()
 	return nr;
 }
 
-int villas::kernel::set_nr_hugepages(int nr)
+int villas::kernel::setNrHugepages(int nr)
 {
 	FILE *f;
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int villas::kernel::set_nr_hugepages(int nr)
 		auto logger = logging.get("kernel");
 
 		if (is_container()) {
-			logger->warn("This functionality is unavailable in this mode. Please run the Docker container in the privileged mode:");
+			logger->warn("This functionality is unavailable in this mode. Please run the container in the privileged mode:");
 			logger->warn("    $ docker run --privilged ...");
 		}
 		else
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int villas::kernel::set_nr_hugepages(int nr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int villas::kernel::irq_setaffinity(unsigned irq, uintmax_t aff, uintmax_t *old)
+int villas::kernel::setIRQAffinity(unsigned irq, uintmax_t aff, uintmax_t *old)
 {
 	char fn[64];
 	FILE *f;
diff --git a/common/lib/kernel/rt.cpp b/common/lib/kernel/rt.cpp
index 1ba25a82e..f42635205 100644
--- a/common/lib/kernel/rt.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/kernel/rt.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void init(int priority, int affinity)
 		logger->warn("You might want to use the 'priority' setting to increase " PROJECT_NAME "'s process priority");
 
 	if (affinity) {
-		is_isol = get_cmdline_param("isolcpus", isolcpus, sizeof(isolcpus));
+		is_isol = getCmdlineParam("isolcpus", isolcpus, sizeof(isolcpus));
 		if (is_isol)
 			logger->warn("You should reserve some cores for " PROJECT_NAME " (see 'isolcpus')");
 		else {
diff --git a/common/lib/kernel/vfio.cpp b/common/lib/kernel/vfio.cpp
index 0b0e33ac7..3cae0a7be 100644
--- a/common/lib/kernel/vfio.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/kernel/vfio.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Container::Container()
 	};
 
 	for (const char* module : requiredKernelModules) {
-		if (kernel::module_load(module) != 0)
+		if (kernel::loadModule(module) != 0)
 			throw RuntimeError("Kernel module '{}' required but could not be loaded. "
 			              "Please load manually!", module);
 	}
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Container::attachDevice(const pci::Device &pdev)
 	Logger logger = logging.get("kernel:vfio");
 
 	/* Load PCI bus driver for VFIO */
-	if (kernel::module_load("vfio_pci"))
+	if (kernel::loadModule("vfio_pci"))
 		throw RuntimeError("Failed to load kernel driver: vfio_pci");
 
 	/* Bind PCI card to vfio-pci driver if not already bound */
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ Container::attachDevice(const pci::Device &pdev)
 	/* Get IOMMU group of device */
 	int index = isIommuEnabled() ? pdev.getIOMMUGroup() : 0;
 	if (index < 0) {
-		ret = kernel::get_cmdline_param("intel_iommu", iommu_state, sizeof(iommu_state));
+		ret = kernel::getCmdlineParam("intel_iommu", iommu_state, sizeof(iommu_state));
 		if (ret != 0 || strcmp("on", iommu_state) != 0)
 			logger->warn("Kernel booted without command line parameter "
 					"'intel_iommu' set to 'on'. Please check documentation "
diff --git a/common/tests/unit/kernel.cpp b/common/tests/unit/kernel.cpp
index a77953e5a..36107df24 100644
--- a/common/tests/unit/kernel.cpp
+++ b/common/tests/unit/kernel.cpp
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ Test(kernel, sizes)
 {
 	int sz;
 
-	sz = get_page_size();
+	sz = getPageSize();
 	cr_assert_eq(sz, PAGESIZE);
 
-	sz = get_hugepage_size();
+	sz = getHugePageSize();
 	cr_assert(sz == HUGEPAGESIZE);
 
-	sz = get_cacheline_size();
+	sz = getCachelineSize();
 	cr_assert_eq(sz, CACHELINESIZE);
 }
 
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ Test(kernel, hugepages)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = set_nr_hugepages(25);
+	ret = setNrHugepages(25);
 	cr_assert_eq(ret, 0);
 
-	ret = get_nr_hugepages();
+	ret = getNrHugepages();
 	cr_assert_eq(ret, 25);
 
-	ret = set_nr_hugepages(10);
+	ret = setNrHugepages(10);
 	cr_assert_eq(ret, 0);
 
-	ret = get_nr_hugepages();
+	ret = getNrHugepages();
 	cr_assert_eq(ret, 10);
 }
 
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ Test(kernel, module, .disabled = true)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = module_loaded("nf_nat");
+	ret = isModuleLoaded("nf_nat");
 	cr_assert_eq(ret, 0);
 
-	ret = module_loaded("does_not_exist");
+	ret = isModuleLoaded("does_not_exist");
 	cr_assert_neq(ret, 0);
 }