@@ -388,12 +388,6 @@ def _get_shebang(interpreter, task_vars, args=tuple()):

     return (shebang, interpreter)

-def _get_facility(task_vars):

-    facility = C.DEFAULT_SYSLOG_FACILITY

-    if 'ansible_syslog_facility' in task_vars:

-        facility = task_vars['ansible_syslog_facility']

-    return facility

-

 def recursive_finder(name, data, py_module_names, py_module_cache, zf):

     """

     Using ModuleDepFinder, make sure we have all of the module_utils files that

@@ -532,15 +526,7 @@ def _find_snippet_imports(module_name, module_data, module_path, module_args, ta

     py_module_names = set()

     if module_substyle == 'python':

-        # ziploader for new-style python classes

-        constants = dict(

-                SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS=C.DEFAULT_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS,

-                SYSLOG_FACILITY=_get_facility(task_vars),

-                ANSIBLE_VERSION=__version__,

-                )

-        params = dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=module_args,

-                ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS=constants,

-                )

+        params = dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=module_args,)

         python_repred_params = to_bytes(repr(json.dumps(params)), errors='strict')

         try:

@@ -690,7 +676,7 @@ def _find_snippet_imports(module_name, module_data, module_path, module_args, ta

         # The main event -- substitute the JSON args string into the module

         module_data = module_data.replace(REPLACER_JSONARGS, module_args_json)

-        facility = b'syslog.' + to_bytes(_get_facility(task_vars), errors='strict')

+        facility = b'syslog.' + to_bytes(task_vars.get('ansible_syslog_facility', C.DEFAULT_SYSLOG_FACILITY), errors='strict')

         module_data = module_data.replace(b'syslog.LOG_USER', facility)

     return (module_data, module_style, shebang)

@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):

         self.run_command_environ_update = {}

         self.aliases = {}

-        self._legal_inputs = ['_ansible_check_mode', '_ansible_no_log', '_ansible_debug', '_ansible_diff', '_ansible_verbosity']

+        self._legal_inputs = ['_ansible_check_mode', '_ansible_no_log', '_ansible_debug', '_ansible_diff', '_ansible_verbosity', '_ansible_selinux_special_fs', '_ansible_version', '_ansible_syslog_facility']

         if add_file_common_args:

             for k, v in FILE_COMMON_ARGUMENTS.items():

@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):

             (device, mount_point, fstype, options, rest) = line.split(' ', 4)

             if path_mount_point == mount_point:

-                for fs in self.constants['SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS']:

+                for fs in self._selinux_special_fs:

                     if fs in fstype:

                         special_context = self.selinux_context(path_mount_point)

                         return (True, special_context)

@@ -1175,7 +1175,8 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):

         return aliases_results

     def _check_arguments(self, check_invalid_arguments):

-        for (k,v) in self.params.items():

+        self._syslog_facility = 'LOG_USER'

+        for (k,v) in list(self.params.items()):

             if k == '_ansible_check_mode' and v:

                 if not self.supports_check_mode:

@@ -1194,6 +1195,15 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):

             elif k == '_ansible_verbosity':

                 self._verbosity = v

+            elif k == '_ansible_selinux_special_fs':

+                self._selinux_special_fs = v

+

+            elif k == '_ansible_syslog_facility':

+                self._syslog_facility = v

+

+            elif k == '_ansible_version':

+                self.ansible_version = v

+

             elif check_invalid_arguments and k not in self._legal_inputs:

                 self.fail_json(msg="unsupported parameter for module: %s" % k)

@@ -1505,7 +1515,6 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):

         try:

             self.params = params['ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS']

-            self.constants = params['ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS']

         except KeyError:

             # This helper used too early for fail_json to work.

             print('\n{"msg": "Error: Module unable to locate ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS and ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS in json data from stdin.  Unable to figure out what parameters were passed", "failed": true}')

@@ -1514,7 +1523,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):

     def _log_to_syslog(self, msg):

         if HAS_SYSLOG:

             module = 'ansible-%s' % os.path.basename(__file__)

-            facility = getattr(syslog, self.constants.get('SYSLOG_FACILITY', 'LOG_USER'), syslog.LOG_USER)

+            facility = getattr(syslog, self._syslog_facility, syslog.LOG_USER)

             syslog.openlog(str(module), 0, facility)

             syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, msg)

@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def rax_required_together():

 def setup_rax_module(module, rax_module, region_required=True):

     """Set up pyrax in a standard way for all modules"""

-    rax_module.USER_AGENT = 'ansible/%s %s' % (module.constants['ANSIBLE_VERSION'],

+    rax_module.USER_AGENT = 'ansible/%s %s' % (module.ansible_version,

                                                rax_module.USER_AGENT)

     api_key = module.params.get('api_key')

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from ansible.compat.six import binary_type, text_type, iteritems, with_metaclass

 from ansible import constants as C

 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure

 from ansible.executor.module_common import modify_module

+from ansible.release import __version__

 from ansible.parsing.utils.jsonify import jsonify

 from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes, to_unicode

@@ -570,6 +571,15 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):

         # let module know our verbosity

         module_args['_ansible_verbosity'] = display.verbosity

+        # give the module information about the ansible version

+        module_args['_ansible_version'] = __version__

+

+        # set the syslog facility to be used in the module

+        module_args['_ansible_syslog_facility'] = task_vars.get('ansible_syslog_facility', C.DEFAULT_SYSLOG_FACILITY)

+

+        # let module know about filesystems that selinux treats specially

+        module_args['_ansible_selinux_special_fs'] = C.DEFAULT_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS

+

         (module_style, shebang, module_data) = self._configure_module(module_name=module_name, module_args=module_args, task_vars=task_vars)

         if not shebang:

             raise AnsibleError("module (%s) is missing interpreter line" % module_name)

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):

             dict(

                 ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=dict(

                     foo=False, bar=[1,2,3], bam="bam", baz=u'baz'),

-                ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS=dict()

                 ))):

             from ansible.module_utils import basic

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ empty_invocation = {u'module_args': {}}

 @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] >= 3, "Python 3 is not supported on targets (yet)")

 class TestAnsibleModuleExitJson(unittest.TestCase):

     def setUp(self):

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

         self.stdin_swap_ctx = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)

         self.stdin_swap_ctx.__enter__()

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitValuesRemoved(unittest.TestCase):

     def test_exit_json_removes_values(self):

         self.maxDiff = None

         for args, return_val, expected in self.dataset:

-            params = dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=args, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={})

+            params = dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=args)

             params = json.dumps(params)

             with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=params):

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitValuesRemoved(unittest.TestCase):

             expected = copy.deepcopy(expected)

             del expected['changed']

             expected['failed'] = True

-            params = dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=args, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={})

+            params = dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS=args)

             params = json.dumps(params)

             with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=params):

                 with swap_stdout():

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ except ImportError:

 class TestAnsibleModuleSysLogSmokeTest(unittest.TestCase):

     def setUp(self):

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

         # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually

         self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleSysLogSmokeTest(unittest.TestCase):

 class TestAnsibleModuleJournaldSmokeTest(unittest.TestCase):

     def setUp(self):

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

         # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually

         self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleLogSyslog(unittest.TestCase):

             }

     def setUp(self):

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

         # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually

         self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)

         self.stdin_swap.__enter__()

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleLogJournal(unittest.TestCase):

     # overriding run lets us use context managers for setup/teardown-esque behavior

     def setUp(self):

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

         # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually

         self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)

         self.stdin_swap.__enter__()

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleRunCommand(unittest.TestCase):

             if path == '/inaccessible':

                 raise OSError(errno.EPERM, "Permission denied: '/inaccessible'")

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

         # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually

         self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)

         self.stdin_swap.__enter__()

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitJson(unittest.TestCase):

     def test_module_utils_basic_safe_eval(self):

         from ansible.module_utils import basic

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

         with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):

             basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS = None

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ realimport = builtins.__import__

 class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):

     def setUp(self):

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

         # unittest doesn't have a clean place to use a context manager, so we have to enter/exit manually

         self.stdin_swap = swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args)

         self.stdin_swap.__enter__()

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):

         req_to = (('bam', 'baz'),)

         # should test ok

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={"foo": "hello"}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={"foo": "hello"}))

         with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):

             basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS = None

@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):

         # FIXME: add asserts here to verify the basic config

         # fail, because a required param was not specified

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

         with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):

             basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS = None

@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):

             )

         # fail because of mutually exclusive parameters

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={"foo":"hello", "bar": "bad", "bam": "bad"}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={"foo":"hello", "bar": "bad", "bam": "bad"}))

         with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):

             self.assertRaises(

@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):

             )

         # fail because a param required due to another param was not specified

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={"bam": "bad"}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={"bam": "bad"}))

         with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):

             self.assertRaises(

@@ -550,14 +550,13 @@ class TestModuleUtilsBasic(unittest.TestCase):

         from ansible.module_utils import basic

         basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS = None

-        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={"SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS": "nfs,nfsd,foos"}))

+        args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={'_ansible_selinux_special_fs': "nfs,nfsd,foos"}))

         with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):

             am = basic.AnsibleModule(

                 argument_spec = dict(),

             )

-            print(am.constants)

             def _mock_find_mount_point(path):

                 if path.startswith('/some/path'):

@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ def test_distribution_version():

     from ansible.module_utils import basic

-    args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTANTS={}))

+    args = json.dumps(dict(ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS={}))

     with swap_stdin_and_argv(stdin_data=args):

         module = basic.AnsibleModule(argument_spec=dict())