3004: Ignore non utf8 characters while reading files with core grains module #558
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What does this PR do?
UnicodeDecodeError
exception is possible while reading one of the following files if there is any non utf8 character (for example0x80
):/proc/1/environ
/proc/1/cmdline
/proc/cmdline
It's safe just to ignore these characters.
Note: No need to backport it. As it makes sense for salt running with Python 3
Previous Behavior
Possible tracebacks on invoking
core
grains module.New Behavior
Normal behavior with ignoring characters causing the tracebacks.
What issues does this PR fix or reference?
Upstream PR: saltstack/salt#62633
Tracks: https://github.com/SUSE/spacewalk/issues/18668
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