[PR #8720/9a16eaf9 backport][stable-9] Fix pylint and pep8 issues exposed by latest ansible-core's ansible-test sanity checks (#8722)

Fix pylint and pep8 issues exposed by latest ansible-core's ansible-test sanity checks (#8720)

* Remove bad whitespace.

* 'Fixing' various used-before-assignment issues that pylint flagged.

(cherry picked from commit 9a16eaf9ba)

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

plugins/action/iptables_state.py

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             max_timeout = self._connection._play_context.timeout
             module_args = self._task.args
 
+            async_status_args = {}
+            starter_cmd = None
+            confirm_cmd = None
+
             if module_args.get('state', None) == 'restored':
                 if not wrap_async:
                     if not check_mode:

plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py

@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
         status = Status(status_code=StatusCode.OK)
         if host_data.status != 'included':
             # Support loops
+            enriched_error_message = None
             if 'results' in host_data.result._result:
                 if host_data.status == 'failed':
                     message = self.get_error_message_from_results(host_data.result._result['results'], task_data.action)

plugins/module_utils/ilo_redfish_utils.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class iLORedfishUtils(RedfishUtils):
         result['ret'] = True
         data = response['data']
 
+        current_session = None
         if 'Oem' in data:
             if data["Oem"]["Hpe"]["Links"]["MySession"]["@odata.id"]:
                 current_session = data["Oem"]["Hpe"]["Links"]["MySession"]["@odata.id"]

plugins/modules/aix_inittab.py

@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ def main():
     rmitab = module.get_bin_path('rmitab')
     chitab = module.get_bin_path('chitab')
     rc = 0
+    err = None
 
     # check if the new entry exists
     current_entry = check_current_entry(module)

plugins/modules/cronvar.py

@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ class CronVar(object):
             fileh = open(backup_file, 'w')
         elif self.cron_file:
             fileh = open(self.cron_file, 'w')
+            path = None
         else:
             filed, path = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='crontab')
             fileh = os.fdopen(filed, 'w')

plugins/modules/iptables_state.py

@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ def main():
         if not os.access(b_path, os.R_OK):
             module.fail_json(msg="Source %s not readable" % path)
         state_to_restore = read_state(b_path)
+        cmd = None
     else:
         cmd = ' '.join(SAVECOMMAND)
 

plugins/modules/memset_zone_record.py

@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ def api_validation(args=None):
     https://www.memset.com/apidocs/methods_dns.html#dns.zone_record_create)
     '''
     failed_validation = False
+    error = None
 
     # priority can only be integer 0 > 999
     if not 0 <= args['priority'] <= 999:

plugins/modules/proxmox.py

@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ class ProxmoxLxcAnsible(ProxmoxAnsible):
                 # If not, we have proxmox create one using the special syntax
                 except Exception:
                     vol_string = "{storage}:{size}".format(storage=storage, size=size)
+            else:
+                raise AssertionError('Internal error')
 
             # 1.3 If we have a host_path, we don't have storage, a volume, or a size
             vol_string = ",".join(

plugins/modules/proxmox_disk.py

@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ class ProxmoxDiskAnsible(ProxmoxAnsible):
             # NOOP
             return False, "Disk %s not found in VM %s and creation was disabled in parameters." % (disk, vmid)
 
+        timeout_str = "Reached timeout. Last line in task before timeout: %s"
         if (create == 'regular' and disk not in vm_config) or (create == 'forced'):
             # CREATE
             playbook_config = self.get_create_attributes()

plugins/modules/snmp_facts.py

@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ def main():
         if m_args['community'] is None:
             module.fail_json(msg='Community not set when using snmp version 2')
 
+    integrity_proto = None
+    privacy_proto = None
     if m_args['version'] == "v3":
         if m_args['username'] is None:
             module.fail_json(msg='Username not set when using snmp version 3')