Fix iosxr integration tests (#34663)

* Handle non-XML errors

* Move iosxr_netconf tuning to prepare

* Apply provider warning to netconf as well

* Update netconf task files

lib/ansible/module_utils/network/common/netconf.py

@@ -25,13 +25,19 @@
 # LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
 # USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #
+import sys
+
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text, to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection, ConnectionError
 
 try:
-    from lxml.etree import Element, fromstring
+    from lxml.etree import Element, fromstring, XMLSyntaxError
 except ImportError:
     from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, fromstring
+    if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+        from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError as XMLSyntaxError
+    else:
+        from xml.etree.ElementTree import ParseError as XMLSyntaxError
 
 NS_MAP = {'nc': "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"}
 
@@ -67,25 +73,28 @@ class NetconfConnection(Connection):
 
     def parse_rpc_error(self, rpc_error):
         if self.check_rc:
-            error_root = fromstring(rpc_error)
-            root = Element('root')
-            root.append(error_root)
+            try:
+                error_root = fromstring(rpc_error)
+                root = Element('root')
+                root.append(error_root)
 
-            error_list = root.findall('.//nc:rpc-error', NS_MAP)
-            if not error_list:
-                raise ConnectionError(to_text(rpc_error, errors='surrogate_then_replace'))
-
-            warnings = []
-            for error in error_list:
-                try:
-                    message = error.find('./nc:error-message', NS_MAP).text
-                except Exception:
-                    message = error.find('./nc:error-info', NS_MAP).text
-
-                severity = error.find('./nc:error-severity', NS_MAP).text
-
-                if severity == 'warning' and self.ignore_warning:
-                    warnings.append(message)
-                else:
+                error_list = root.findall('.//nc:rpc-error', NS_MAP)
+                if not error_list:
                     raise ConnectionError(to_text(rpc_error, errors='surrogate_then_replace'))
-            return warnings
+
+                warnings = []
+                for error in error_list:
+                    try:
+                        message = error.find('./nc:error-message', NS_MAP).text
+                    except Exception:
+                        message = error.find('./nc:error-info', NS_MAP).text
+
+                    severity = error.find('./nc:error-severity', NS_MAP).text
+
+                    if severity == 'warning' and self.ignore_warning:
+                        warnings.append(message)
+                    else:
+                        raise ConnectionError(to_text(rpc_error, errors='surrogate_then_replace'))
+                return warnings
+            except XMLSyntaxError:
+                raise ConnectionError(rpc_error)

lib/ansible/plugins/action/iosxr.py

@@ -41,11 +41,7 @@ class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
         socket_path = None
 
-        if self._play_context.connection == 'network_cli':
-            provider = self._task.args.get('provider', {})
-            if any(provider.values()):
-                display.warning('provider is unnecessary when using network_cli and will be ignored')
-        elif self._play_context.connection == 'local':
+        if self._play_context.connection == 'local':
             provider = load_provider(iosxr_provider_spec, self._task.args)
             pc = copy.deepcopy(self._play_context)
             if self._task.action in ['iosxr_netconf', 'iosxr_config', 'iosxr_command'] or \
@@ -77,6 +73,10 @@ class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
                                'https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/network_debug_troubleshooting.html#unable-to-open-shell'}
 
             task_vars['ansible_socket'] = socket_path
+        else:
+            provider = self._task.args.get('provider', {})
+            if any(provider.values()):
+                display.warning('provider is unnecessary when using {0} and will be ignored'.format(self._play_context.connection))
 
         # make sure we are in the right cli context which should be
         # enable mode and not config module