iptables, use existing validation (#83907)

also remove redundant  and wrong test

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/iptables.py b/lib/ansible/modules/iptables.py
index 9976d805c8..fad9b405ae 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/iptables.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/iptables.py
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ def main():
         required_if=[
             ['jump', 'TEE', ['gateway']],
             ['jump', 'tee', ['gateway']],
+            ['flush', False, ['chain']],
         ]
     )
     args = dict(
@@ -865,10 +866,6 @@ def main():
     ip_version = module.params['ip_version']
     iptables_path = module.get_bin_path(BINS[ip_version], True)
 
-    # Check if chain option is required
-    if args['flush'] is False and args['chain'] is None:
-        module.fail_json(msg="Either chain or flush parameter must be specified.")
-
     if module.params.get('log_prefix', None) or module.params.get('log_level', None):
         if module.params['jump'] is None:
             module.params['jump'] = 'LOG'
diff --git a/test/units/modules/test_iptables.py b/test/units/modules/test_iptables.py
index 67e3909839..2b93b4b62d 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/test_iptables.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/test_iptables.py
@@ -22,20 +22,6 @@ def _mock_basic_commands(mocker):
     mocker.patch("ansible.modules.iptables.get_iptables_version", return_value=IPTABLES_VERSION)
 
 
-def test_without_required_parameters(mocker):
-    """Test module without any parameters."""
-    mocker.patch(
-        "ansible.module_utils.basic.AnsibleModule.fail_json",
-        side_effect=fail_json,
-    )
-    set_module_args({})
-    with pytest.raises(AnsibleFailJson) as exc:
-        iptables.main()
-
-    assert exc.value.args[0]["failed"]
-    assert "Failed to find required executable" in exc.value.args[0]["msg"]
-
-
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('_mock_basic_commands')
 def test_flush_table_without_chain(mocker):
     """Test flush without chain, flush the table."""