1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c b/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
index ceebfc29305b..148c98ca9b45 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ vmalloc_fault:
                  * Do _not_ use "tsk->active_mm->pgd" here.
                  * We might be inside an interrupt in the middle
                  * of a task switch.
+                 *
+                 * Note: Use the old spbtr name instead of using the current
+                 * satp name to support binutils 2.29 which doesn't know about
+                 * the privileged ISA 1.10 yet.
                  */
                 index = pgd_index(addr);
                 pgd = (pgd_t *)pfn_to_virt(csr_read(sptbr)) + index;