** Description changed:

+ [impact]
+ 
+ autopkgtest failures
+ 
+ [test case]
+ 
  crash autopkgtests have began to fail on arm64, as seen here:
  
  
https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac
  /autopkgtest-focal/focal/arm64/c/crash/20191223_190616_50c73@/log.gz
  
  The significant difference between this test and the last successful one
  is that the host kernel has moved from 5.3 to 5.4. As crash needs to
  understand some internals of the kernel memory, it often needs updates
  to deal with new kernels.
  
  I've verified that the existing crash still works fine w/ a 5.3
  kernel[1], but does not w/ 5.4:
  
  $ sudo crash -st /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r)
  
  crash: cannot determine VA_BITS_ACTUAL: please use /proc/kcore
  
  However, note hte "please use /proc/kcore" - if I point crash at that
  instead of whatever it normally uses (/dev/mem?) it is able to start
  [2]. The same is also true w/ current upstream as of commit 7c2d41e btw
  - it fails w/o /proc/kcore and works with it.
  
- 
  [1]
- ubuntu@d05-3:~$ sudo crash /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-5.3.0-26-generic 
+ ubuntu@d05-3:~$ sudo crash /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-5.3.0-26-generic
  
  crash 7.2.6
  Copyright (C) 2002-2019  Red Hat, Inc.
  Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010  IBM Corporation
  Copyright (C) 1999-2006  Hewlett-Packard Co
  Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012  Fujitsu Limited
  Copyright (C) 2006, 2007  VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
  Copyright (C) 2005, 2011  NEC Corporation
  Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007  Silicon Graphics, Inc.
  Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002  Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
  This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
  and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under
  certain conditions.  Enter "help copying" to see the conditions.
  This program has absolutely no warranty.  Enter "help warranty" for details.
-  
+ 
  GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6
  Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
  and "show warranty" for details.
  This GDB was configured as "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"...
  
-       KERNEL: /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-5.3.0-26-generic
-     DUMPFILE: /proc/kcore
-         CPUS: 64
-         DATE: Wed Jan  8 22:32:40 2020
-       UPTIME: 4 days, 20:46:37
+       KERNEL: /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-5.3.0-26-generic
+     DUMPFILE: /proc/kcore
+         CPUS: 64
+         DATE: Wed Jan  8 22:32:40 2020
+       UPTIME: 4 days, 20:46:37
  LOAD AVERAGE: 1.09, 0.76, 0.46
-        TASKS: 836
-     NODENAME: d05-3
-      RELEASE: 5.3.0-26-generic
-      VERSION: #28-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 18 05:39:18 UTC 2019
-      MACHINE: aarch64  (unknown Mhz)
-       MEMORY: 127.7 GB
-          PID: 19415
-      COMMAND: "crash"
-         TASK: ffff801464623b00  [THREAD_INFO: ffff801464623b00]
-          CPU: 13
-        STATE: TASK_RUNNING (ACTIVE)
+        TASKS: 836
+     NODENAME: d05-3
+      RELEASE: 5.3.0-26-generic
+      VERSION: #28-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 18 05:39:18 UTC 2019
+      MACHINE: aarch64  (unknown Mhz)
+       MEMORY: 127.7 GB
+          PID: 19415
+      COMMAND: "crash"
+         TASK: ffff801464623b00  [THREAD_INFO: ffff801464623b00]
+          CPU: 13
+        STATE: TASK_RUNNING (ACTIVE)
  
  crash> quit
  
  [2]
  ubuntu@d05-3:~$ sudo crash -st /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r) 
/proc/kcore
  Thu Jan  9 00:20:20 2020
  
  ubuntu@d05-3:~$ sudo crash /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r)
  /proc/kcore
  
  crash 7.2.6
  Copyright (C) 2002-2019  Red Hat, Inc.
  Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010  IBM Corporation
  Copyright (C) 1999-2006  Hewlett-Packard Co
  Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012  Fujitsu Limited
  Copyright (C) 2006, 2007  VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
  Copyright (C) 2005, 2011  NEC Corporation
  Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007  Silicon Graphics, Inc.
  Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002  Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
  This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
  and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under
  certain conditions.  Enter "help copying" to see the conditions.
  This program has absolutely no warranty.  Enter "help warranty" for details.
-  
+ 
  GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6
  Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
  and "show warranty" for details.
  This GDB was configured as "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"...
  
-       KERNEL: /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-5.4.0-9-generic
-     DUMPFILE: /proc/kcore
-         CPUS: 64
-         DATE: Thu Jan  9 00:20:57 2020
-       UPTIME: 03:36:15
+       KERNEL: /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-5.4.0-9-generic
+     DUMPFILE: /proc/kcore
+         CPUS: 64
+         DATE: Thu Jan  9 00:20:57 2020
+       UPTIME: 03:36:15
  LOAD AVERAGE: 0.56, 0.31, 0.26
-        TASKS: 823
-     NODENAME: d05-3
-      RELEASE: 5.4.0-9-generic
-      VERSION: #12-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 16 22:33:31 UTC 2019
-      MACHINE: aarch64  (unknown Mhz)
-       MEMORY: 127.7 GB
-          PID: 44363
-      COMMAND: "crash"
-         TASK: ffff00179ae0da00  [THREAD_INFO: ffff00179ae0da00]
-          CPU: 11
-        STATE: TASK_RUNNING (ACTIVE)
+        TASKS: 823
+     NODENAME: d05-3
+      RELEASE: 5.4.0-9-generic
+      VERSION: #12-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 16 22:33:31 UTC 2019
+      MACHINE: aarch64  (unknown Mhz)
+       MEMORY: 127.7 GB
+          PID: 44363
+      COMMAND: "crash"
+         TASK: ffff00179ae0da00  [THREAD_INFO: ffff00179ae0da00]
+          CPU: 11
+        STATE: TASK_RUNNING (ACTIVE)
  
  crash>
+ 
+ [regression potential]
+ 
+ autopkgtest change only; any regression would involve false
+ positive/negative tests.

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  fails on arm64 w/ 5.4 kernel: crash: cannot determine VA_BITS_ACTUAL:
  please use /proc/kcore

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