Ansible 源码解析: shell模块的实现方式

（本文基于Ansible 2.7）
Ansible的Shell模块（lib/ansible/modules/commands/shell.py）中几乎不包含python代码，注释表明其实际上运行的是command模块：

# # There is no actual shell module source, when you use 'shell' in ansible,
# it runs the 'command' module with special arguments and it behaves differently.
# See the command source and the comment "#USE_SHELL".

command模块（lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py）实际上是通过调用AnsibleModule.run_command()来运行命令的：
在195行,为shell赋值：

shell = module.params['_uses_shell']

257-263行

if not module.check_mode:
        rc, out, err = module.run_command(args, executable=executable, use_unsafe_shell=shell, encoding=None, data=stdin)
    elif creates or removes:
        rc = 0
        out = err = b'Command would have run if not in check mode'
    else:
        module.exit_json(msg="skipped, running in check mode", skipped=True)

其中，use_unsafe_shell=shell这个参数的处理，在lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py的2742-2768行，与本文主题相关度不高，代码就不贴了。
那么shell模块是如何与command模块建立起联系，_uses_shell又是从哪里传入的呢？答案是，通过plugin。
下面是lib/ansible/plugins/action/shell.py的源码：

# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)

from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
__metaclass__ = type

from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
from ansible.utils.vars import merge_hash


class ActionModule(ActionBase):

    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
        del tmp  # tmp no longer has any effect

        # Shell module is implemented via command
        self._task.action = 'command'
        self._task.args['_uses_shell'] = True

        command_action = self._shared_loader_obj.action_loader.get('command',
                                                                   task=self._task,
                                                                   connection=self._connection,
                                                                   play_context=self._play_context,
                                                                   loader=self._loader,
                                                                   templar=self._templar,
                                                                   shared_loader_obj=self._shared_loader_obj)
        result = command_action.run(task_vars=task_vars)

        return result

可以看到_uses_shell值被显式指定为True。