Ensure that the become password is written on py3 in the ssh connection plugin. Fixes #34727

(cherry picked from commit 29c1d5cb5d)

lib/ansible/plugins/connection/ssh.py

@@ -758,6 +758,9 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                     if self._flags['become_prompt']:
                         display.debug('Sending become_pass in response to prompt')
                         stdin.write(to_bytes(self._play_context.become_pass) + b'\n')
+                        # On python3 stdin is a BufferedWriter, and we don't have a guarantee
+                        # that the write will happen without a flush
+                        stdin.flush()
                         self._flags['become_prompt'] = False
                         state += 1
                     elif self._flags['become_success']:

test/units/plugins/connection/test_ssh.py

@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ class TestSSHConnectionRun(object):
         self.mock_selector.get_map.side_effect = lambda: True
 
         return_code, b_stdout, b_stderr = self.conn._run("ssh", "this is input data")
+        self.mock_popen_res.stdin.flush.assert_called_once_with()
         assert return_code == 0
         assert b_stdout == b'abc'
         assert b_stderr == b'123'