iptables flush always reports ok

[p53]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

iptables

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.2.0.0

CONFIGURATION

not any special configuration

OS / ENVIRONMENT

control machine ubuntu 16.04

SUMMARY

running:
ansible somehost -i inventory -m iptables 'flush=yes'
answers that's status is ok and changed false, even when rules were there before...

test-ubuntu-16.04 | SUCCESS => {
"chain": null,
"changed": false,
"failed": false,
"flush": true,
"ip_version": "ipv4",
"rule": "",
"state": "present",
"table": "filter"
}

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

ansible test-ubuntu-16.04 -i inventory -m iptables 'flush=yes'

EXPECTED RESULTS

test-ubuntu-16.04 | SUCCESS => {
    "chain": null, 
    "changed": true, 
    "failed": false, 
    "flush": true, 
    "ip_version": "ipv4", 
    "rule": "", 
    "state": "present", 
    "table": "filter"
}

ACTUAL RESULTS

test-ubuntu-16.04 | SUCCESS => {
    "chain": null, 
    "changed": false, 
    "failed": false, 
    "flush": true, 
    "ip_version": "ipv4", 
    "rule": "", 
    "state": "present", 
    "table": "filter"
}

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[mtpereira]

AFAICT, it doesn't actually flush the existing rules.

[sebastiendarocha]

Didn't reproduce

fixed by 3691c78

test: system/module/test_iptebles.py: test_flush_table_without_chain

@mscherer could you close this