Merge pull request #15419 from nitzmahone/module_debug_arg_override

add _load_params debug overrides for module args/file passed on cmdline

lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py

@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ def debug(command, zipped_mod, json_params):
 
     # Okay to use __file__ here because we're running from a kept file
     basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    args_path = os.path.join(basedir, 'args')
     if command == 'explode':
         # transform the ZIPDATA into an exploded directory of code and then
         # print the path to the code.  This is an easy way for people to look
@@ -163,6 +164,11 @@ def debug(command, zipped_mod, json_params):
                 f.write(z.read(filename))
                 f.close()
 
+        # write the args file
+        f = open(args_path, 'w')
+        f.write(json_params)
+        f.close()
+
         print('Module expanded into:')
         print('%%s' %% os.path.join(basedir, 'ansible'))
         exitcode = 0
@@ -171,7 +177,29 @@ def debug(command, zipped_mod, json_params):
         # Execute the exploded code instead of executing the module from the
         # embedded ZIPDATA.  This allows people to easily run their modified
         # code on the remote machine to see how changes will affect it.
-        exitcode = invoke_module(os.path.join(basedir, 'ansible_module_%(ansible_module)s.py'), basedir, json_params)
+        # This differs slightly from default Ansible execution of Python modules
+        # as it passes the arguments to the module via a file instead of stdin.
+
+        pythonpath = os.environ.get('PYTHONPATH')
+        if pythonpath:
+            os.environ['PYTHONPATH'] = ':'.join((basedir, pythonpath))
+        else:
+            os.environ['PYTHONPATH'] = basedir
+
+        p = subprocess.Popen(['%(interpreter)s', 'ansible_module_%(ansible_module)s.py', args_path], env=os.environ, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
+        (stdout, stderr) = p.communicate()
+
+        if not isinstance(stderr, (bytes, unicode)):
+            stderr = stderr.read()
+        if not isinstance(stdout, (bytes, unicode)):
+            stdout = stdout.read()
+        if PY3:
+            sys.stderr.buffer.write(stderr)
+            sys.stdout.buffer.write(stdout)
+        else:
+            sys.stderr.write(stderr)
+            sys.stdout.write(stdout)
+        return p.returncode
 
     elif command == 'excommunicate':
         # This attempts to run the module in-process (by importing a main
@@ -182,8 +210,9 @@ def debug(command, zipped_mod, json_params):
         # when using this that are only artifacts of how we're invoking here,
         # not actual bugs (as they don't affect the real way that we invoke
         # ansible modules)
-        sys.stdin = IOStream(json_params)
-        sys.path.insert(0, basedir)
+
+        # stub the
+        sys.argv = ['%(ansible_module)s', args_path]
         from ansible_module_%(ansible_module)s import main
         main()
         print('WARNING: Module returned to wrapper instead of exiting')

lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py

@@ -1435,11 +1435,23 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
 
     def _load_params(self):
         ''' read the input and set the params attribute.  Sets the constants as well.'''
+        # debug overrides to read args from file or cmdline
+
         # Avoid tracebacks when locale is non-utf8
-        if sys.version_info < (3,):
-            buffer = sys.stdin.read()
+        if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+            if os.path.isfile(sys.argv[1]):
+                fd = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')
+                buffer = fd.read()
+                fd.close()
+            else:
+                buffer = sys.argv[1]
+        # default case, read from stdin
         else:
-            buffer = sys.stdin.buffer.read()
+            if sys.version_info < (3,):
+                buffer = sys.stdin.read()
+            else:
+                buffer = sys.stdin.buffer.read()
+
         try:
             params = json.loads(buffer.decode('utf-8'))
         except ValueError:

test/units/mock/procenv.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# (c) 2016, Matt Davis <mdavis@ansible.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import sys
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from io import BytesIO, StringIO
+from ansible.compat.six import PY3
+from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes
+
+@contextmanager
+def swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data='', argv_data=tuple()):
+    """
+    context manager that temporarily masks the test runner's values for stdin and argv
+    """
+    real_stdin = sys.stdin
+
+    if PY3:
+        sys.stdin = StringIO(stdin_data)
+        sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(stdin_data))
+    else:
+        sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(stdin_data))
+
+    real_argv = sys.argv
+    sys.argv = argv_data
+    yield
+    sys.stdin = real_stdin
+    sys.argv = real_argv
+
+@contextmanager
+def swap_stdout():
+    """
+    context manager that temporarily replaces stdout for tests that need to verify output
+    """
+    old_stdout = sys.stdout
+    fake_stream = BytesIO()
+    sys.stdout = fake_stream
+    yield fake_stream
+    sys.stdout = old_stdout

test/units/module_utils/basic/test__log_invocation.py

@@ -22,75 +22,62 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 import sys
 import json
-from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 
-from ansible.compat.six import PY3
-from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes
+from units.mock.procenv import swap_stdin_and_argv
 
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
 from ansible.compat.tests.mock import MagicMock
 
+
 class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.real_stdin = sys.stdin
-        args = json.dumps(
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] >= 3, "Python 3 is not supported on targets (yet)")
+    def test_module_utils_basic__log_invocation(self):
+        with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=json.dumps(
             dict(
                 ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=dict(
                     foo=False, bar=[1,2,3], bam="bam", baz=u'baz'),
                 ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS=dict()
-                )
-            )
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        sys.stdin = self.real_stdin
+                ))):
+            from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] >= 3, "Python 3 is not supported on targets (yet)")
-    def test_module_utils_basic__log_invocation(self):
-        from ansible.module_utils import basic
-
-        # test basic log invocation
-        am = basic.AnsibleModule(
-            argument_spec=dict(
-                foo = dict(default=True, type='bool'),
-                bar = dict(default=[], type='list'),
-                bam = dict(default="bam"),
-                baz = dict(default=u"baz"),
-                password = dict(default=True),
-                no_log = dict(default="you shouldn't see me", no_log=True),
-            ),
-        )
+            # test basic log invocation
+            am = basic.AnsibleModule(
+                argument_spec=dict(
+                    foo = dict(default=True, type='bool'),
+                    bar = dict(default=[], type='list'),
+                    bam = dict(default="bam"),
+                    baz = dict(default=u"baz"),
+                    password = dict(default=True),
+                    no_log = dict(default="you shouldn't see me", no_log=True),
+                ),
+            )
 
-        am.log = MagicMock()
-        am._log_invocation()
+            am.log = MagicMock()
+            am._log_invocation()
 
-        # Message is generated from a dict so it will be in an unknown order.
-        # have to check this manually rather than with assert_called_with()
-        args = am.log.call_args[0]
-        self.assertEqual(len(args), 1)
-        message = args[0]
+            # Message is generated from a dict so it will be in an unknown order.
+            # have to check this manually rather than with assert_called_with()
+            args = am.log.call_args[0]
+            self.assertEqual(len(args), 1)
+            message = args[0]
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(message), len('Invoked with bam=bam bar=[1, 2, 3] foo=False baz=baz no_log=NOT_LOGGING_PARAMETER password=NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD'))
-        self.assertTrue(message.startswith('Invoked with '))
-        self.assertIn(' bam=bam', message)
-        self.assertIn(' bar=[1, 2, 3]', message)
-        self.assertIn(' foo=False', message)
-        self.assertIn(' baz=baz', message)
-        self.assertIn(' no_log=NOT_LOGGING_PARAMETER', message)
-        self.assertIn(' password=NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD', message)
+            self.assertEqual(len(message), len('Invoked with bam=bam bar=[1, 2, 3] foo=False baz=baz no_log=NOT_LOGGING_PARAMETER password=NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD'))
+            self.assertTrue(message.startswith('Invoked with '))
+            self.assertIn(' bam=bam', message)
+            self.assertIn(' bar=[1, 2, 3]', message)
+            self.assertIn(' foo=False', message)
+            self.assertIn(' baz=baz', message)
+            self.assertIn(' no_log=NOT_LOGGING_PARAMETER', message)
+            self.assertIn(' password=NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD', message)
 
-        kwargs = am.log.call_args[1]
-        self.assertEqual(kwargs, 
-                dict(log_args={
-                    'foo': 'False',
-                    'bar': '[1, 2, 3]',
-                    'bam': 'bam',
-                    'baz': 'baz',
-                    'password': 'NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD',
-                    'no_log': 'NOT_LOGGING_PARAMETER',
-                })
-            )
+            kwargs = am.log.call_args[1]
+            self.assertEqual(kwargs,
+                    dict(log_args={
+                        'foo': 'False',
+                        'bar': '[1, 2, 3]',
+                        'bam': 'bam',
+                        'baz': 'baz',
+                        'password': 'NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD',
+                        'no_log': 'NOT_LOGGING_PARAMETER',
+                    })
+                )

test/units/module_utils/basic/test_exit_json.py

@@ -23,39 +23,34 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import copy
 import json
 import sys
-from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 
-from ansible.compat.six import PY3
-from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
+from units.mock.procenv import swap_stdin_and_argv, swap_stdout
 
 from ansible.module_utils import basic
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import heuristic_log_sanitize
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import return_values, remove_values
 
+
 empty_invocation = {u'module_args': {}}
 
 @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] >= 3, "Python 3 is not supported on targets (yet)")
 class TestAnsibleModuleExitJson(unittest.TestCase):
-
     def setUp(self):
-        self.old_stdin = sys.stdin
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
+        self.stdin_swap_ctx = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)
+        self.stdin_swap_ctx.__enter__()
 
-        self.old_stdout = sys.stdout
-        self.fake_stream = BytesIO()
-        sys.stdout = self.fake_stream
+        # since we can't use context managers and "with" without overriding run(), call them directly
+        self.stdout_swap_ctx = swap_stdout()
+        self.fake_stream = self.stdout_swap_ctx.__enter__()
 
         self.module = basic.AnsibleModule(argument_spec=dict())
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        sys.stdout = self.old_stdout
-        sys.stdin = self.old_stdin
+        # since we can't use context managers and "with" without overriding run(), call them directly to clean up
+        self.stdin_swap_ctx.__exit__(None, None, None)
+        self.stdout_swap_ctx.__exit__(None, None, None)
 
     def test_exit_json_no_args_exits(self):
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ctx:
@@ -123,42 +118,24 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitValuesRemoved(unittest.TestCase):
                 ),
             )
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.old_stdin = sys.stdin
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
-        self.old_stdout = sys.stdout
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        sys.stdin = self.old_stdin
-        sys.stdout = self.old_stdout
-
     def test_exit_json_removes_values(self):
         self.maxDiff = None
         for args, return_val, expected in self.dataset:
-            sys.stdout = BytesIO()
             params = dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=args, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={})
             params = json.dumps(params)
-            if PY3:
-                sys.stdin = StringIO(params)
-                sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(params))
-            else:
-                sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(params))
-            module = basic.AnsibleModule(
-                argument_spec = dict(
-                    username=dict(),
-                    password=dict(no_log=True),
-                    token=dict(no_log=True),
-                    ),
-                )
-            with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ctx:
-                self.assertEquals(module.exit_json(**return_val), expected)
-            self.assertEquals(json.loads(sys.stdout.getvalue()), expected)
+
+            with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=params):
+                with swap_stdout():
+                    module = basic.AnsibleModule(
+                        argument_spec = dict(
+                            username=dict(),
+                            password=dict(no_log=True),
+                            token=dict(no_log=True),
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ctx:
+                        self.assertEquals(module.exit_json(**return_val), expected)
+                    self.assertEquals(json.loads(sys.stdout.getvalue()), expected)
 
     def test_fail_json_removes_values(self):
         self.maxDiff = None
@@ -166,21 +143,17 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitValuesRemoved(unittest.TestCase):
             expected = copy.deepcopy(expected)
             del expected['changed']
             expected['failed'] = True
-            sys.stdout = BytesIO()
             params = dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=args, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={})
             params = json.dumps(params)
-            if PY3:
-                sys.stdin = StringIO(params)
-                sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(params))
-            else:
-                sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(params))
-            module = basic.AnsibleModule(
-                argument_spec = dict(
-                    username=dict(),
-                    password=dict(no_log=True),
-                    token=dict(no_log=True),
-                    ),
-                )
-            with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ctx:
-                self.assertEquals(module.fail_json(**return_val), expected)
-            self.assertEquals(json.loads(sys.stdout.getvalue()), expected)
+            with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=params):
+                with swap_stdout():
+                    module = basic.AnsibleModule(
+                        argument_spec = dict(
+                            username=dict(),
+                            password=dict(no_log=True),
+                            token=dict(no_log=True),
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ctx:
+                        self.assertEquals(module.fail_json(**return_val), expected)
+                    self.assertEquals(json.loads(sys.stdout.getvalue()), expected)

test/units/module_utils/basic/test_log.py

@@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import sys
 import json
 import syslog
-from io import BytesIO, StringIO
-
-from ansible.compat.six import PY3
-from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes
 
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
 from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch, MagicMock
+from units.mock.procenv import swap_stdin_and_argv
 
 from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
+
 try:
     # Python 3.4+
     from importlib import reload
@@ -44,15 +42,12 @@ except ImportError:
 
 
 class TestAnsibleModuleSysLogSmokeTest(unittest.TestCase):
-
     def setUp(self):
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        self.real_stdin = sys.stdin
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
+
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)
+        self.stdin_swap.__enter__()
 
         self.am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
@@ -64,7 +59,8 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleSysLogSmokeTest(unittest.TestCase):
             basic.has_journal = False
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        sys.stdin = self.real_stdin
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap.__exit__(None, None, None)
         basic.has_journal = self.has_journal
 
     def test_smoketest_syslog(self):
@@ -84,20 +80,18 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleJournaldSmokeTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        self.real_stdin = sys.stdin
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
 
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)
+        self.stdin_swap.__enter__()
 
         self.am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        sys.stdin = self.real_stdin
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap.__exit__(None, None, None)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(basic.has_journal, 'python systemd bindings not installed')
     def test_smoketest_journal(self):
@@ -134,26 +128,26 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleLogSyslog(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        self.real_stdin = sys.stdin
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)
+        self.stdin_swap.__enter__()
 
         self.am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
+
         self.has_journal = basic.has_journal
         if self.has_journal:
             # Systems with journal can still test syslog
             basic.has_journal = False
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        sys.stdin = self.real_stdin
+        # teardown/reset
         basic.has_journal = self.has_journal
 
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap.__exit__(None, None, None)
+
     @patch('syslog.syslog', autospec=True)
     def test_no_log(self, mock_func):
         no_log = self.am.no_log
@@ -191,21 +185,22 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleLogJournal(unittest.TestCase):
             b'non-utf8 :\xff: test': b'non-utf8 :\xff: test'.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
             }
 
+    # overriding run lets us use context managers for setup/teardown-esque behavior
     def setUp(self):
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        self.real_stdin = sys.stdin
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)
+        self.stdin_swap.__enter__()
 
         self.am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
 
         self.has_journal = basic.has_journal
-        basic.has_journal = True
+        if self.has_journal:
+            # Systems with journal can still test syslog
+            basic.has_journal = False
+
         self.module_patcher = None
 
         # In case systemd-python is not installed
@@ -218,9 +213,12 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleLogJournal(unittest.TestCase):
                 self._fake_out_reload(basic)
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        sys.stdin = self.real_stdin
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap.__exit__(None, None, None)
 
+        # teardown/reset
         basic.has_journal = self.has_journal
+
         if self.module_patcher:
             self.module_patcher.stop()
             reload(basic)

test/units/module_utils/basic/test_run_command.py

@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@ import sys
 import time
 from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 
-from ansible.compat.six import PY3
-from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes
-
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
 from ansible.compat.tests.mock import call, MagicMock, Mock, patch, sentinel
 
+from units.mock.procenv import swap_stdin_and_argv
+
 from ansible.module_utils import basic
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
@@ -46,9 +45,7 @@ class OpenBytesIO(BytesIO):
 
 @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] >= 3, "Python 3 is not supported on targets (yet)")
 class TestAnsibleModuleRunCommand(unittest.TestCase):
-
     def setUp(self):
-
         self.cmd_out = {
             # os.read() is returning 'bytes', not strings
             sentinel.stdout: BytesIO(),
@@ -66,11 +63,10 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleRunCommand(unittest.TestCase):
                 raise OSError(errno.EPERM, "Permission denied: '/inaccessible'")
 
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)
+        self.stdin_swap.__enter__()
+
         self.module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=dict())
         self.module.fail_json = MagicMock(side_effect=SystemExit)
 
@@ -96,6 +92,11 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleRunCommand(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.addCleanup(patch.stopall)
 
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap.__exit__(None, None, None)
+
     def test_list_as_args(self):
         self.module.run_command(['/bin/ls', 'a', ' b', 'c '])
         self.assertTrue(self.subprocess.Popen.called)

test/units/module_utils/basic/test_safe_eval.py

@@ -22,60 +22,48 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 import sys
 import json
-from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
-from ansible.compat.six import PY3
-from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes
+from units.mock.procenv import swap_stdin_and_argv
 
 class TestAnsibleModuleExitJson(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.real_stdin = sys.stdin
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        sys.stdin = self.real_stdin
-
     def test_module_utils_basic_safe_eval(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
 
-        am = basic.AnsibleModule(
-            argument_spec=dict(),
-        )
+        with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):
+            am = basic.AnsibleModule(
+                argument_spec=dict(),
+            )
 
-        # test some basic usage
-        # string (and with exceptions included), integer, bool
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("'a'"), 'a')
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("'a'", include_exceptions=True), ('a', None))
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("1"), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("True"), True)
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("False"), False)
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("{}"), {})
-        # not passing in a string to convert
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval({'a':1}), {'a':1})
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval({'a':1}, include_exceptions=True), ({'a':1}, None))
-        # invalid literal eval
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("a=1"), "a=1")
-        res = am.safe_eval("a=1", include_exceptions=True)
-        self.assertEqual(res[0], "a=1")
-        self.assertEqual(type(res[1]), SyntaxError)
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("a.foo()"), "a.foo()")
-        res = am.safe_eval("a.foo()", include_exceptions=True)
-        self.assertEqual(res[0], "a.foo()")
-        self.assertEqual(res[1], None)
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("import foo"), "import foo")
-        res = am.safe_eval("import foo", include_exceptions=True)
-        self.assertEqual(res[0], "import foo")
-        self.assertEqual(res[1], None)
-        self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("__import__('foo')"), "__import__('foo')")
-        res = am.safe_eval("__import__('foo')", include_exceptions=True)
-        self.assertEqual(res[0], "__import__('foo')")
-        self.assertEqual(type(res[1]), ValueError)
+            # test some basic usage
+            # string (and with exceptions included), integer, bool
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("'a'"), 'a')
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("'a'", include_exceptions=True), ('a', None))
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("1"), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("True"), True)
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("False"), False)
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("{}"), {})
+            # not passing in a string to convert
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval({'a':1}), {'a':1})
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval({'a':1}, include_exceptions=True), ({'a':1}, None))
+            # invalid literal eval
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("a=1"), "a=1")
+            res = am.safe_eval("a=1", include_exceptions=True)
+            self.assertEqual(res[0], "a=1")
+            self.assertEqual(type(res[1]), SyntaxError)
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("a.foo()"), "a.foo()")
+            res = am.safe_eval("a.foo()", include_exceptions=True)
+            self.assertEqual(res[0], "a.foo()")
+            self.assertEqual(res[1], None)
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("import foo"), "import foo")
+            res = am.safe_eval("import foo", include_exceptions=True)
+            self.assertEqual(res[0], "import foo")
+            self.assertEqual(res[1], None)
+            self.assertEqual(am.safe_eval("__import__('foo')"), "__import__('foo')")
+            res = am.safe_eval("__import__('foo')", include_exceptions=True)
+            self.assertEqual(res[0], "__import__('foo')")
+            self.assertEqual(type(res[1]), ValueError)
 

test/units/module_utils/test_basic.py

@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import __builtin__ as builtins
 
-from ansible.compat.six import PY3
-from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes
+from units.mock.procenv import swap_stdin_and_argv
 
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
 from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch, MagicMock, mock_open, Mock, call
@@ -42,10 +41,14 @@ realimport = builtins.__import__
 class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.real_stdin = sys.stdin
+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)
+        self.stdin_swap.__enter__()
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        sys.stdin = self.real_stdin
+        # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually
+        self.stdin_swap.__exit__(None, None, None)
 
     def clear_modules(self, mods):
         for mod in mods:
@@ -271,13 +274,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_creation(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec=dict(),
         )
@@ -293,94 +289,71 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # should test ok
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={"foo": "hello"}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
 
-        am = basic.AnsibleModule(
-            argument_spec = arg_spec,
-            mutually_exclusive = mut_ex,
-            required_together = req_to,
-            no_log=True, 
-            check_invalid_arguments=False, 
-            add_file_common_args=True, 
-            supports_check_mode=True,
-        )
+        with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):
+            am = basic.AnsibleModule(
+                argument_spec = arg_spec,
+                mutually_exclusive = mut_ex,
+                required_together = req_to,
+                no_log=True,
+                check_invalid_arguments=False,
+                add_file_common_args=True,
+                supports_check_mode=True,
+            )
 
         # FIXME: add asserts here to verify the basic config
 
         # fail, because a required param was not specified
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
-        self.assertRaises(
-            SystemExit,
-            basic.AnsibleModule,
-            argument_spec = arg_spec,
-            mutually_exclusive = mut_ex,
-            required_together = req_to,
-            no_log=True,
-            check_invalid_arguments=False,
-            add_file_common_args=True,
-            supports_check_mode=True,
-        )
+
+        with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):
+            self.assertRaises(
+                SystemExit,
+                basic.AnsibleModule,
+                argument_spec = arg_spec,
+                mutually_exclusive = mut_ex,
+                required_together = req_to,
+                no_log=True,
+                check_invalid_arguments=False,
+                add_file_common_args=True,
+                supports_check_mode=True,
+            )
 
         # fail because of mutually exclusive parameters
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={"foo":"hello", "bar": "bad", "bam": "bad"}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
-        self.assertRaises(
-            SystemExit, 
-            basic.AnsibleModule,
-            argument_spec = arg_spec,
-            mutually_exclusive = mut_ex,
-            required_together = req_to,
-            no_log=True, 
-            check_invalid_arguments=False, 
-            add_file_common_args=True, 
-            supports_check_mode=True,
-        )
+
+        with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):
+            self.assertRaises(
+                SystemExit,
+                basic.AnsibleModule,
+                argument_spec = arg_spec,
+                mutually_exclusive = mut_ex,
+                required_together = req_to,
+                no_log=True,
+                check_invalid_arguments=False,
+                add_file_common_args=True,
+                supports_check_mode=True,
+            )
 
         # fail because a param required due to another param was not specified
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={"bam": "bad"}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
-        self.assertRaises(
-            SystemExit,
-            basic.AnsibleModule,
-            argument_spec = arg_spec,
-            mutually_exclusive = mut_ex,
-            required_together = req_to,
-            no_log=True,
-            check_invalid_arguments=False,
-            add_file_common_args=True,
-            supports_check_mode=True,
-        )
+
+        with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):
+            self.assertRaises(
+                SystemExit,
+                basic.AnsibleModule,
+                argument_spec = arg_spec,
+                mutually_exclusive = mut_ex,
+                required_together = req_to,
+                no_log=True,
+                check_invalid_arguments=False,
+                add_file_common_args=True,
+                supports_check_mode=True,
+            )
 
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_load_file_common_arguments(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -429,13 +402,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_selinux_mls_enabled(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -455,13 +421,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_selinux_initial_context(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -475,13 +434,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_selinux_enabled(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -513,13 +465,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_selinux_default_context(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -555,13 +500,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_selinux_context(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -604,59 +542,49 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
         args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={"SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS": "nfs,nfsd,foos"}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
 
-        am = basic.AnsibleModule(
-            argument_spec = dict(),
-        )
-        print(am.constants)
+        with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):
 
-        def _mock_find_mount_point(path):
-            if path.startswith('/some/path'):
-                return '/some/path'
-            elif path.startswith('/weird/random/fstype'):
-                return '/weird/random/fstype'
-            return '/'
+            am = basic.AnsibleModule(
+                argument_spec = dict(),
+            )
+            print(am.constants)
 
-        am.find_mount_point = MagicMock(side_effect=_mock_find_mount_point)
-        am.selinux_context = MagicMock(return_value=['foo_u', 'foo_r', 'foo_t', 's0'])
+            def _mock_find_mount_point(path):
+                if path.startswith('/some/path'):
+                    return '/some/path'
+                elif path.startswith('/weird/random/fstype'):
+                    return '/weird/random/fstype'
+                return '/'
 
-        m = mock_open()
-        m.side_effect = OSError
+            am.find_mount_point = MagicMock(side_effect=_mock_find_mount_point)
+            am.selinux_context = MagicMock(return_value=['foo_u', 'foo_r', 'foo_t', 's0'])
 
-        with patch.object(builtins, 'open', m, create=True):
-            self.assertEqual(am.is_special_selinux_path('/some/path/that/should/be/nfs'), (False, None))
+            m = mock_open()
+            m.side_effect = OSError
 
-        mount_data = [
-            '/dev/disk1 / ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered 0 0\n',
-            '1.1.1.1:/path/to/nfs /some/path nfs ro 0 0\n',
-            'whatever /weird/random/fstype foos rw 0 0\n',
-        ]
+            with patch.object(builtins, 'open', m, create=True):
+                self.assertEqual(am.is_special_selinux_path('/some/path/that/should/be/nfs'), (False, None))
 
-        # mock_open has a broken readlines() implementation apparently...
-        # this should work by default but doesn't, so we fix it
-        m = mock_open(read_data=''.join(mount_data))
-        m.return_value.readlines.return_value = mount_data
+            mount_data = [
+                '/dev/disk1 / ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered 0 0\n',
+                '1.1.1.1:/path/to/nfs /some/path nfs ro 0 0\n',
+                'whatever /weird/random/fstype foos rw 0 0\n',
+            ]
 
-        with patch.object(builtins, 'open', m, create=True):
-            self.assertEqual(am.is_special_selinux_path('/some/random/path'), (False, None))
-            self.assertEqual(am.is_special_selinux_path('/some/path/that/should/be/nfs'), (True, ['foo_u', 'foo_r', 'foo_t', 's0']))
-            self.assertEqual(am.is_special_selinux_path('/weird/random/fstype/path'), (True, ['foo_u', 'foo_r', 'foo_t', 's0']))
+            # mock_open has a broken readlines() implementation apparently...
+            # this should work by default but doesn't, so we fix it
+            m = mock_open(read_data=''.join(mount_data))
+            m.return_value.readlines.return_value = mount_data
+
+            with patch.object(builtins, 'open', m, create=True):
+                self.assertEqual(am.is_special_selinux_path('/some/random/path'), (False, None))
+                self.assertEqual(am.is_special_selinux_path('/some/path/that/should/be/nfs'), (True, ['foo_u', 'foo_r', 'foo_t', 's0']))
+                self.assertEqual(am.is_special_selinux_path('/weird/random/fstype/path'), (True, ['foo_u', 'foo_r', 'foo_t', 's0']))
 
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_to_filesystem_str(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -667,13 +595,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_user_and_group(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -688,13 +609,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_find_mount_point(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -718,13 +632,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_set_context_if_different(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -769,13 +676,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_set_owner_if_different(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -814,13 +714,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_set_group_if_different(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -859,13 +752,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_module_utils_basic_ansible_module_set_mode_if_different(self):
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -953,13 +839,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
 
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )
@@ -1137,13 +1016,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):
 
         from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-        if PY3:
-            sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-            sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-        else:
-            sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-
         am = basic.AnsibleModule(
             argument_spec = dict(),
         )

test/units/module_utils/test_distribution_version.py

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 from ansible.compat.six import PY3
 from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes
 
+from units.mock.procenv import swap_stdin_and_argv
+
 # for testing
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
 from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch
@@ -323,26 +325,17 @@ def test_distribution_version():
     # needs to be in here, because the import fails with python3 still
     import ansible.module_utils.facts as facts
 
-    real_stdin = sys.stdin
     from ansible.module_utils import basic
 
     args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))
-    if PY3:
-        sys.stdin = StringIO(args)
-        sys.stdin.buffer = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-    else:
-        sys.stdin = BytesIO(to_bytes(args))
-    module = basic.AnsibleModule(argument_spec=dict())
-
-    for t in TESTSETS:
-        # run individual tests via generator
-        # set nicer stdout output for nosetest
-        _test_one_distribution.description = "check distribution_version for %s" % t['name']
-        yield _test_one_distribution, facts, module, t
-
-
-    sys.stdin = real_stdin
+    with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):
+        module = basic.AnsibleModule(argument_spec=dict())
 
+        for t in TESTSETS:
+            # run individual tests via generator
+            # set nicer stdout output for nosetest
+            _test_one_distribution.description = "check distribution_version for %s" % t['name']
+            yield _test_one_distribution, facts, module, t
 
 def _test_one_distribution(facts, module, testcase):
     """run the test on one distribution testcase