Don't do additional path expand in file module

Since the module's path parameter is of the AnsibleModule type path
it's already being expanded. Hence no need to have the
set_fs_attributes_if_different method do its own expand.

This additional expand is an actual problem when the file module runs
recursively, as real existing file names can be mistakenly expanded to
something completely wrong and non-existing.

Fixes #25005
Fixes #25639

lib/ansible/modules/files/file.py

@@ -159,18 +159,18 @@ def recursive_set_attributes(module, b_path, follow, file_args):
             if not os.path.islink(b_fsname):
                 tmp_file_args = file_args.copy()
                 tmp_file_args['path'] = to_native(b_fsname, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
-                changed |= module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed)
+                changed |= module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed, expand=False)
             else:
                 tmp_file_args = file_args.copy()
                 tmp_file_args['path'] = to_native(b_fsname, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
-                changed |= module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed)
+                changed |= module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed, expand=False)
                 if follow:
                     b_fsname = os.path.join(b_root, os.readlink(b_fsname))
                     if os.path.isdir(b_fsname):
                         changed |= recursive_set_attributes(module, b_fsname, follow, file_args)
                     tmp_file_args = file_args.copy()
                     tmp_file_args['path'] = to_native(b_fsname, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
-                    changed |= module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed)
+                    changed |= module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed, expand=False)
     return changed
 
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def main():
             # file is not absent and any other state is a conflict
             module.fail_json(path=path, msg='file (%s) is %s, cannot continue' % (path, prev_state))
 
-        changed = module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, changed, diff)
+        changed = module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, changed, diff, expand=False)
         module.exit_json(path=path, changed=changed, diff=diff)
 
     elif state == 'directory':
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def main():
                                 raise
                         tmp_file_args = file_args.copy()
                         tmp_file_args['path'] = curpath
-                        changed = module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed, diff)
+                        changed = module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(tmp_file_args, changed, diff, expand=False)
             except Exception as e:
                 module.fail_json(path=path, msg='There was an issue creating %s as requested: %s' % (curpath, to_native(e)))
 
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def main():
         elif prev_state != 'directory':
             module.fail_json(path=path, msg='%s already exists as a %s' % (path, prev_state))
 
-        changed = module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, changed, diff)
+        changed = module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, changed, diff, expand=False)
 
         if recurse:
             changed |= recursive_set_attributes(module, to_bytes(file_args['path'], errors='surrogate_or_strict'), follow, file_args)
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ def main():
         if module.check_mode and not os.path.exists(b_path):
             module.exit_json(dest=path, src=src, changed=changed, diff=diff)
 
-        changed = module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, changed, diff)
+        changed = module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, changed, diff, expand=False)
         module.exit_json(dest=path, src=src, changed=changed, diff=diff)
 
     elif state == 'touch':
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def main():
             else:
                 module.fail_json(msg='Cannot touch other than files, directories, and hardlinks (%s is %s)' % (path, prev_state))
             try:
-                module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, True, diff)
+                module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, True, diff, expand=False)
             except SystemExit as e:
                 if e.code:
                     # We take this to mean that fail_json() was called from