[Bug 1942784] [NEW] makedumpfile not properly working on focal with 5.11 kernel

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[IMPACT]

When running Focal with the hwe 5.11 kernel makedumpfile is not working as it should.
Instead of compressing the dump makedumpfile falls back to cp.
This can create problems on systems with very large RAM and result into exhausting all storage on the host.
This can be resolved with upstream commit 54aec3878b3f([PATCH] make use of 'uts_namespace.name' offset in VMCOREINFO).

In addition the dmesg.<timestamp> is not created.
This can be resolved with the following two commits  :
- commit c617ec633392([PATCH 1/2] printk: add support for lockless ringbuffer)
- commit 44b073b7ec46([PATCH 2/2] printk: use committed/finalized state values)

[TEST CASE]

For testing a machine running focal with the 5.11 kernel is required.
Then trigger a crash.
On the console we can see that makedumpfile fails and `falls back to cp`. 
In /var/crash we can see that no dmesg file is created and instead of the dump file
the uncompressed vmcoreinfo is created.

[WHERE PROBLEMS COULD OCCUR]

The 3 commits pulled into focal make makedumpfile compatible with the 5.11 kernel.
Any regression potential would involve the crash dump not being created after a crash in case kdump is configured.

[OTHER]

Only Focal with 5.11 kernel is affected.

** Affects: makedumpfile (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif)
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: patch sts
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makedumpfile not properly working on focal with 5.11 kernel
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942784
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