feat: Argument spec implementation for kernel settings role

[DonatSzabo]

Enhancement: Added argument spec and assert role spec validation to the kernel settings role. Also wrote tests for it found in tests/tests_invalid_input.

Reason: Because it is a good addition to the linux-system-roles project.

Result: Successfully added it and prepared tests for it. I used AI during this implementation.

Issue Tracker Tickets (Jira or BZ if any): linux-system-roles/postfix#206 https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/RHELMISC-16008

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added validation for kernel settings role parameters, including supported types, keys, and values.
  • Added documented argument specifications with defaults for available kernel settings options.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for invalid parameter types, unsupported keys, and invalid setting values.
  • Added checks confirming expected validation failures and default behavior.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The role now declares its parameters, validates parameter shapes and values before execution, and tests invalid inputs for argument-spec and runtime assertion failures.

Changes

Kernel settings validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define role parameter contracts meta/argument_specs.yml	The role declares eight parameters with defaults, accepted types, supported values, and state mappings.
Validate parameters before role tasks tasks/assert_role_vars.yml, tasks/main.yml	The role validates collection shapes, mapping keys, enum values, and boolean values before running subsequent tasks.
Test rejected parameter inputs tests/tests_invalid_input.yml	The tests cover valid defaults, argument-spec failures, runtime validation failures, and cleanup of temporary facts.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ef664

The role can accept malformed kernel-setting inputs that later fail or silently skip requested configuration, so the validation contract should be tightened before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title uses the required Conventional Commits format with the valid type "feat:" and accurately describes the argument specification implementation.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes all required sections: Enhancement, Reason, Result, and Issue Tracker Tickets. It describes the implementation and associated tests.
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In `@tasks/assert_role_vars.yml`:
- Around line 7-11: Update tasks/assert_role_vars.yml lines 7-11 so
kernel_settings_sysctl accepts a top-level mapping only when it is exactly the
state: empty sentinel; at lines 20-21 require name, require value unless state
is absent, and restrict state and previous to supported markers. Apply the
equivalent top-level rule at lines 48-52 and item validation at lines 61-62 for
kernel_settings_sysfs. Extend tests/tests_invalid_input.yml lines 84-102 with
failures for a single-setting mapping, extra keys on the empty sentinel, missing
name, and invalid previous values.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject settings forms that tasks/main.yml cannot process.

A mapping such as {name: fs.file-max, value: 400000} passes validation. tasks/main.yml then iterates its keys and fails when it reads item.name. An item with previous: invalid also passes validation, but the consumer excludes every item that defines previous, so the requested setting is silently ignored.

• tasks/assert_role_vars.yml#L7-L11: allow a top-level mapping only for the exact {"state": "empty"} sentinel.
• tasks/assert_role_vars.yml#L20-L21: require name, require value unless state: absent, and restrict state and previous to supported markers.
• tasks/assert_role_vars.yml#L48-L52: apply the same top-level mapping rule to kernel_settings_sysfs.
• tasks/assert_role_vars.yml#L61-L62: apply the same required-field and marker validation to kernel_settings_sysfs items.
• tests/tests_invalid_input.yml#L84-L102: add failure cases for a single setting mapping, an empty mapping with extra keys, a missing name, and an invalid previous value.

As per path instructions, “Argument validation should match documented defaults and accepted values” and “Tests should verify both success and failure/edge cases.”

📍 Affects 2 files

• tasks/assert_role_vars.yml#L7-L11 (this comment)
• tasks/assert_role_vars.yml#L20-L21
• tasks/assert_role_vars.yml#L48-L52
• tasks/assert_role_vars.yml#L61-L62
• tests/tests_invalid_input.yml#L84-L102

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@tasks/assert_role_vars.yml` around lines 7 - 11, Update
tasks/assert_role_vars.yml lines 7-11 so kernel_settings_sysctl accepts a
top-level mapping only when it is exactly the state: empty sentinel; at lines
20-21 require name, require value unless state is absent, and restrict state and
previous to supported markers. Apply the equivalent top-level rule at lines
48-52 and item validation at lines 61-62 for kernel_settings_sysfs. Extend
tests/tests_invalid_input.yml lines 84-102 with failures for a single-setting
mapping, extra keys on the empty sentinel, missing name, and invalid previous
values.

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