blockinfile: avoid crash on Python 3 when creating directory fails (#81662)

* Avoid crash on Python 3.

* Add a test for the crash on Python 3

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/integration/targets/blockinfile/tasks/create_dir.yml b/test/integration/targets/blockinfile/tasks/create_dir.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a16ada5e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/blockinfile/tasks/create_dir.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+- name: Set up a directory to test module error handling
+  file:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir_test }}/unreadable"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "000"
+
+- name: Create a directory and file with blockinfile
+  blockinfile:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir_test }}/unreadable/createme/file.txt"
+    block: |
+      line 1
+      line 2
+    state: present
+    create: yes
+  register: permissions_error
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: assert the error looks right
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - permissions_error.msg.startswith('Error creating')
+  when: "ansible_user_id != 'root'"
+
+- name: otherwise (root) assert the directory and file exists
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir_test }}/unreadable/createme/file.txt"
+  register: path_created
+  failed_when: path_created.exists is false
+  when: "ansible_user_id == 'root'"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/blockinfile/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/blockinfile/tasks/main.yml
index b7f5161c8a..f26cb165e9 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/blockinfile/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/blockinfile/tasks/main.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 - import_tasks: add_block_to_existing_file.yml
 - import_tasks: create_file.yml
+- import_tasks: create_dir.yml
 - import_tasks: preserve_line_endings.yml
 - import_tasks: block_without_trailing_newline.yml
 - import_tasks: file_without_trailing_newline.yml