struct timb_dma_chan {
        struct dma_chan         chan;
        void __iomem            *membase;
-       spinlock_t              lock; /* Used for mutual exclusion */
+       spinlock_t              lock; /* Used to protect data structures,
+                                       especially the lists and descriptors,
+                                       from races between the tasklet and calls
+                                       from above */
        dma_cookie_t            last_completed_cookie;
        bool                    ongoing;
        struct list_head        active_list;
        }
 
        dev_dbg(chan2dev(&td_chan->chan), "desc: %p, addr: %p\n",
-               dma_desc, (void *)(int)sg_dma_address(sg));
+               dma_desc, (void *)sg_dma_address(sg));
 
        dma_desc[7] = (sg_dma_address(sg) >> 24) & 0xff;
        dma_desc[6] = (sg_dma_address(sg) >> 16) & 0xff;