Perf improvement for Templar.is_template (#57489)

* Faster is_template

changelogs/fragments/faster-is-template.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+minor_changes:
+- Templar - Speed up ``is_template`` by lexing the string, instead of actually
+  templating the string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57489)
+- InventoryManager - Speed up host subset calculation by performing direct host
+  uuid comparisons, instead of Host object comparisons

lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class TaskExecutor:
                 loop_terms = listify_lookup_plugin_terms(terms=self._task.loop, templar=templar, loader=self._loader, fail_on_undefined=fail,
                                                          convert_bare=False)
                 if not fail:
-                    loop_terms = [t for t in loop_terms if not templar._contains_vars(t)]
+                    loop_terms = [t for t in loop_terms if not templar.is_template(t)]
 
                 # get lookup
                 mylookup = self._shared_loader_obj.lookup_loader.get(self._task.loop_with, loader=self._loader, templar=templar)
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class TaskExecutor:
             # with_items loop) so don't make the templated string permanent yet.
             templar = Templar(loader=self._loader, shared_loader_obj=self._shared_loader_obj, variables=variables)
             task_action = self._task.action
-            if templar._contains_vars(task_action):
+            if templar.is_template(task_action):
                 task_action = templar.template(task_action, fail_on_undefined=False)
 
             if len(items) > 0 and task_action in self.SQUASH_ACTIONS:
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class TaskExecutor:
                     # contains a template that we can squash for
                     template_no_item = template_with_item = None
                     if name:
-                        if templar._contains_vars(name):
+                        if templar.is_template(name):
                             variables[loop_var] = '\0$'
                             template_no_item = templar.template(name, variables, cache=False)
                             variables[loop_var] = '\0@'

lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py

@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ class InventoryManager(object):
                 # mainly useful for hostvars[host] access
                 if not ignore_limits and self._subset:
                     # exclude hosts not in a subset, if defined
-                    subset = self._evaluate_patterns(self._subset)
+                    subset_uuids = [s._uuid for s in self._evaluate_patterns(self._subset)]
-                    hosts = [h for h in hosts if h in subset]
+                    hosts = [h for h in hosts if h._uuid in subset_uuids]
 
                 if not ignore_restrictions and self._restriction:
                     # exclude hosts mentioned in any restriction (ex: failed hosts)

lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class ModuleArgsParser:
         if additional_args:
             if isinstance(additional_args, string_types):
                 templar = Templar(loader=None)
-                if templar._contains_vars(additional_args):
+                if templar.is_template(additional_args):
                     final_args['_variable_params'] = additional_args
                 else:
                     raise AnsibleParserError("Complex args containing variables cannot use bare variables (without Jinja2 delimiters), "
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ class ModuleArgsParser:
         elif args.get('_raw_params', '') != '' and action not in RAW_PARAM_MODULES:
             templar = Templar(loader=None)
             raw_params = args.pop('_raw_params')
-            if templar._contains_vars(raw_params):
+            if templar.is_template(raw_params):
                 args['_variable_params'] = raw_params
             else:
                 raise AnsibleParserError("this task '%s' has extra params, which is only allowed in the following modules: %s" % (action,

lib/ansible/playbook/helpers.py

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def load_list_of_tasks(ds, play, block=None, role=None, task_include=None, use_h
                 else:
                     is_static = C.DEFAULT_TASK_INCLUDES_STATIC or \
                         (use_handlers and C.DEFAULT_HANDLER_INCLUDES_STATIC) or \
-                        (not templar._contains_vars(t.args['_raw_params']) and t.all_parents_static() and not t.loop)
+                        (not templar.is_template(t.args['_raw_params']) and t.all_parents_static() and not t.loop)
 
                 if is_static:
                     if t.loop is not None:
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def load_list_of_tasks(ds, play, block=None, role=None, task_include=None, use_h
                     # template the role name now, if needed
                     all_vars = variable_manager.get_vars(play=play, task=ir)
                     templar = Templar(loader=loader, variables=all_vars)
-                    if templar._contains_vars(ir._role_name):
+                    if templar.is_template(ir._role_name):
                         ir._role_name = templar.template(ir._role_name)
 
                     # uses compiled list from object

lib/ansible/playbook/role/definition.py

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class RoleDefinition(Base, Conditional, Taggable, CollectionSearch):
         if self._variable_manager:
             all_vars = self._variable_manager.get_vars(play=self._play)
             templar = Templar(loader=self._loader, variables=all_vars)
-            if templar._contains_vars(role_name):
+            if templar.is_template(role_name):
                 role_name = templar.template(role_name)
 
         return role_name

lib/ansible/template/__init__.py

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ else:
     from jinja2.utils import concat as j2_concat
 
 
+JINJA2_BEGIN_TOKENS = frozenset(('variable_begin', 'block_begin', 'comment_begin', 'raw_begin'))
+JINJA2_END_TOKENS = frozenset(('variable_end', 'block_end', 'comment_end', 'raw_end'))
+
+
 def generate_ansible_template_vars(path, dest_path=None):
     b_path = to_bytes(path)
     try:
@@ -159,6 +163,39 @@ def _escape_backslashes(data, jinja_env):
     return data
 
 
+def is_template(data, jinja_env):
+    """This function attempts to quickly detect whether a value is a jinja2
+    template. To do so, we look for the first 2 matching jinja2 tokens for
+    start and end delimiters.
+    """
+    found = None
+    start = True
+    comment = False
+    d2 = jinja_env.preprocess(data)
+
+    # This wraps a lot of code, but this is due to lex returing a generator
+    # so we may get an exception at any part of the loop
+    try:
+        for token in jinja_env.lex(d2):
+            if token[1] in JINJA2_BEGIN_TOKENS:
+                if start and token[1] == 'comment_begin':
+                    # Comments can wrap other token types
+                    comment = True
+                start = False
+                # Example: variable_end -> variable
+                found = token[1].split('_')[0]
+            elif token[1] in JINJA2_END_TOKENS:
+                if token[1].split('_')[0] == found:
+                    return True
+                elif comment:
+                    continue
+                return False
+    except TemplateSyntaxError:
+        return False
+
+    return False
+
+
 def _count_newlines_from_end(in_str):
     '''
     Counts the number of newlines at the end of a string. This is used during
@@ -498,7 +535,7 @@ class Templar:
             if isinstance(variable, string_types):
                 result = variable
 
-                if self._contains_vars(variable):
+                if self.is_template(variable):
                     # Check to see if the string we are trying to render is just referencing a single
                     # var.  In this case we don't want to accidentally change the type of the variable
                     # to a string by using the jinja template renderer. We just want to pass it.
@@ -596,13 +633,7 @@ class Templar:
     def is_template(self, data):
         ''' lets us know if data has a template'''
         if isinstance(data, string_types):
-            try:
+            return is_template(data, self.environment)
-                new = self.do_template(data, fail_on_undefined=True)
-            except (AnsibleUndefinedVariable, UndefinedError):
-                return True
-            except Exception:
-                return False
-            return (new != data)
         elif isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
             for v in data:
                 if self.is_template(v):
@@ -613,26 +644,7 @@ class Templar:
                     return True
         return False
 
-    def templatable(self, data):
+    templatable = _contains_vars = is_template
-        '''
-        returns True if the data can be templated w/o errors
-        '''
-        templatable = True
-        try:
-            self.template(data)
-        except Exception:
-            templatable = False
-        return templatable
-
-    def _contains_vars(self, data):
-        '''
-        returns True if the data contains a variable pattern
-        '''
-        if isinstance(data, string_types):
-            for marker in (self.environment.block_start_string, self.environment.variable_start_string, self.environment.comment_start_string):
-                if marker in data:
-                    return True
-        return False
 
     def _convert_bare_variable(self, variable):
         '''

test/units/template/test_templar.py

@@ -104,17 +104,43 @@ class TestTemplarTemplate(BaseTemplar, unittest.TestCase):
         # self.assertEqual(res['{{ a_keyword }}'], "blip")
         print(res)
 
-    def test_templatable(self):
+    def test_is_template_true(self):
-        res = self.templar.templatable('foo')
+        tests = [
-        self.assertTrue(res)
+            '{{ foo }}',
+            '{% foo %}',
+            '{# foo #}',
+            '{# {{ foo }} #}',
+            '{# {{ nothing }} {# #}',
+            '{# {{ nothing }} {# #} #}',
+            '{% raw %}{{ foo }}{% endraw %}',
+        ]
+        for test in tests:
+            self.assertTrue(self.templar.is_template(test))
 
-    def test_templatable_none(self):
+    def test_is_template_false(self):
-        res = self.templar.templatable(None)
+        tests = [
-        self.assertTrue(res)
+            'foo',
+            '{{ foo',
+            '{% foo',
+            '{# foo',
+            '{{ foo %}',
+            '{{ foo #}',
+            '{% foo }}',
+            '{% foo #}',
+            '{# foo %}',
+            '{# foo }}',
+            '{{ foo {{',
+            '{% raw %}{% foo %}',
+        ]
+        for test in tests:
+            self.assertFalse(self.templar.is_template(test))
 
-    @patch('ansible.template.Templar.template', side_effect=AnsibleError)
+    def test_is_template_raw_string(self):
-    def test_templatable_exception(self, mock_template):
+        res = self.templar.is_template('foo')
-        res = self.templar.templatable('foo')
+        self.assertFalse(res)
+
+    def test_is_template_none(self):
+        res = self.templar.is_template(None)
         self.assertFalse(res)
 
     def test_template_convert_bare_string(self):