diff --git a/ls.c b/ls.c
index d8c2a6a..6bee6b7 100644
--- a/ls.c
+++ b/ls.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
       }
       if(dirent.inum != 0) {
         // xxx prepend to name the pathname supplied to ls (e.g. .. in ls ..)
-        if(stat (dirent.name, &st) < 0)  {
+        if(stat (dirent.name, &st) < 0) {
           printf(1, "stat: failed %s\n", dirent.name);
           continue;
         }
diff --git a/userfs.c b/userfs.c
index b2a01e7..201db40 100644
--- a/userfs.c
+++ b/userfs.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ writetest1(void)
   }
 
   n = 0;
-  while(1) {
+  for(;;) {
     i = read(fd, buf, 512);
     if(i == 0) {
       if(n == MAXFILE - 1) {
@@ -162,17 +162,17 @@ void dirtest(void)
 {
   printf(stdout, "mkdir\n");
 
-  if(mkdir("dir0") < 0)  {
+  if(mkdir("dir0") < 0) {
     printf(stdout, "mkdir failed\n");
     exit();
   }
 
-  if(chdir("dir0") < 0)  {
+  if(chdir("dir0") < 0) {
     printf(stdout, "chdir dir0 failed\n");
     exit();
   }
 
-  if(chdir("..") < 0)  {
+  if(chdir("..") < 0) {
     printf(stdout, "chdir .. failed\n");
     exit();
   }