Using illumos/solaris controller fails with termios.error: (22, 'Invalid argument')

[olbohlen]

Summary

When I try to run any ansible module from my illumos (SunOS) control node using the network_cli connection method, I get the following error:

The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/export/home/olbohlen/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 1155, in start_connection
    termios.tcsetattr(master, termios.TCSANOW, new)
termios.error: (22, 'Invalid argument')

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/export/home/olbohlen/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 158, in run
    res = self._execute()
  File "/export/home/olbohlen/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 532, in _execute
    self._connection = self._get_connection(cvars, templar)
  File "/export/home/olbohlen/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 965, in _get_connection
    socket_path = start_connection(self._play_context, options, self._task._uuid)
  File "/export/home/olbohlen/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 1161, in start_connection
    termios.tcsetattr(master, termios.TCSANOW, old)
termios.error: (22, 'Invalid argument')
bifroest.mgmt.home.eenfach.de | FAILED! => {
    "msg": "Unexpected failure during module execution.",
    "stdout": ""
}

(1481) x230:/export/home/olbohlen/git/ansible-playbooks/sin$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.12.2]
  config file = /export/home/olbohlen/git/ansible-playbooks/sin/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/export/home/olbohlen/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /export/home/olbohlen/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /export/home/olbohlen/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /export/home/olbohlen/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.10 (main, Jan 17 2022, 16:23:45) [GCC 7.5.0]
  jinja version = 3.0.3
  libyaml = True

The reason is described also in https://github.com/amoffat/sh/issues/143, you cannot call termios.tcsetattr() on the master side of the pty pair on Unix98 systems like illumos, Solaris, HP-UX, etc...

Unfortunately my python knowledge is way too bad to fix the issue by myself.

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

network_cli

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version
$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.12.2]
  config file = /export/home/olbohlen/git/ansible-playbooks/sin/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/export/home/olbohlen/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /export/home/olbohlen/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /export/home/olbohlen/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /export/home/olbohlen/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.10 (main, Jan 17 2022, 16:23:45) [GCC 7.5.0]
  jinja version = 3.0.3
  libyaml = True

Configuration

$ ansible-config dump --only-changed
$ ansible-config dump --only-changed | cat                                        
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/export/home/olbohlen/git/ansible-playbooks/sin/ansible.cfg) = ['/export/home/olbohlen/git/ansible-playbooks/sin/inventory']
DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER(/export/home/olbohlen/git/ansible-playbooks/sin/ansible.cfg) = localadm
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/export/home/olbohlen/git/ansible-playbooks/sin/ansible.cfg) = 30
DEFAULT_TRANSPORT(/export/home/olbohlen/git/ansible-playbooks/sin/ansible.cfg) = ssh

OS / Environment

OpenIndiana Hipster 2021.10, SunOS x230 5.11 illumos-3e8b6b84e5 i86pc i386 i86pc

Steps to Reproduce

$ ansible -m ping bifroest.mgmt.home.eenfach.de                                  

Expected Results

I expected to get the typical "ping": "pong" reply back

Actual Results

(1488) x230:/export/home/olbohlen/git/ansible-playbooks/sin$ ansible -m ping bifroest.mgmt.home.eenfach.de                                   
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: termios.error: (22, 'Invalid argument')
bifroest.mgmt.home.eenfach.de | FAILED! => {
    "msg": "Unexpected failure during module execution.",
    "stdout": ""
}

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