diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c
index 65839c5..72c2561 100644
--- a/kernel/softlockup.c
+++ b/kernel/softlockup.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, print_timestamp);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, watchdog_task);
 
-static int did_panic = 0;
+static int did_panic;
 
 static int
 softlock_panic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 /*
  * The watchdog thread - runs every second and touches the timestamp.
  */
-static int watchdog(void * __bind_cpu)
+static int watchdog(void *__bind_cpu)
 {
 	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 };
 
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@
 		BUG_ON(per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu));
 		p = kthread_create(watchdog, hcpu, "watchdog/%d", hotcpu);
 		if (IS_ERR(p)) {
-			printk("watchdog for %i failed\n", hotcpu);
+			printk(KERN_ERR "watchdog for %i failed\n", hotcpu);
 			return NOTIFY_BAD;
 		}
-  		per_cpu(touch_timestamp, hotcpu) = 0;
-  		per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu) = p;
+		per_cpu(touch_timestamp, hotcpu) = 0;
+		per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu) = p;
 		kthread_bind(p, hotcpu);
- 		break;
+		break;
 	case CPU_ONLINE:
 	case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
 		wake_up_process(per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu));
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 		kthread_stop(p);
 		break;
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
- 	}
+	}
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }