Add and use own rmmod module instead of rmmod command.

This is a workaround for the modprobe module which fails to unload
modules using modprobe -r MODULE.

Using a dedicated module instead of a plain (shell) command allows to
fail only on important errors.

Manual.org

@@ -2701,13 +2701,22 @@ preferred_refreshrates:
 
     # unloading the drivers using the modprobe module does not work for some strange reason...
     - name: unload kms drivers
-      command: rmmod '{{ item }}'
+      rmmod:
+        name: '{{ item }}'
       loop:
         - nouveau
         - ttm
         - drm_kms_helper
         - drm
-      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    #- name: unload kms drivers
+    #  command: rmmod '{{ item }}'
+    #  loop:
+    #    - nouveau
+    #    - ttm
+    #    - drm_kms_helper
+    #    - drm
+    #  ignore_errors: yes
 
     - name: load nvidia driver
       modprobe:
@@ -7297,6 +7306,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 - [ ] support multiple screens (-d :0.0 .. :0.n)
 
 #+INCLUDE: "library/xrandr_facts.py" src python
+** rmmod.py
+#+INCLUDE: library/rmmod.py src python
 * Handlers
 :PROPERTIES:
 :ID:       e90af299-d84f-4924-803f-5644509c0a2f

library/rmmod.py

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: (c) 2019, Alexander Grothe <seahawk1986@gmx.de>
+# 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
+import traceback
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: rmmod
+short_description: unload kernel modules with rmmod
+version_added: 2.7
+author:
+    - Alexander Grothe
+description:
+    - Unload kernel modules with rmmod.
+    - Builtin kernel modules can't be removed (will do nothing in this case).
+options:
+    name:
+        required: true
+        description:
+            - Name of kernel module to remove.
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Unload nouveau module
+  rmmod:
+    name: nouveau
+'''
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=True,
+    )
+
+    name = module.params['name']
+
+    # FIXME: Adding all parameters as result values is useless
+    result = dict(
+        changed=False,
+        name=name,
+    )
+
+    # Check if module is loaded
+    try:
+        is_loaded = False
+        with open('/proc/modules') as modules:
+            module_name = name.replace('-', '_') + ' '
+            for line in modules:
+                if line.startswith(module_name):
+                    is_loaded = True
+                    break
+    except IOError as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc(), **result)
+
+    # remove module if it is loaded
+    if is_loaded:
+        if not module.check_mode:
+            rc, out, err = module.run_command([module.get_bin_path('rmmod', True), name])
+            if rc != 0:
+                module.fail_json(msg=err, rc=rc, stdout=out, stderr=err, **result)
+        result['changed'] = True
+
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

roles/yavdr-xorg/tasks/detect-xorg.yml

@@ -56,13 +56,22 @@
 
     # unloading the drivers using the modprobe module does not work for some strange reason...
     - name: unload kms drivers
-      command: rmmod '{{ item }}'
+      rmmod:
+        name: '{{ item }}'
       loop:
         - nouveau
         - ttm
         - drm_kms_helper
         - drm
-      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    #- name: unload kms drivers
+    #  command: rmmod '{{ item }}'
+    #  loop:
+    #    - nouveau
+    #    - ttm
+    #    - drm_kms_helper
+    #    - drm
+    #  ignore_errors: yes
 
     - name: load nvidia driver
       modprobe: