Pass encoding to _validate_str_list

salt/states/file.py

@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ import salt.utils.stringutils
 import salt.utils.templates
 import salt.utils.url
 import salt.utils.versions
-from salt.utils.locales import sdecode
 from salt.exceptions import CommandExecutionError
 from salt.serializers import DeserializationError
 from salt.state import get_accumulator_dir as _get_accumulator_dir
@@ -1176,12 +1175,12 @@ def _get_template_texts(source_list=None,
     return ret
 
 
-def _validate_str_list(arg):
+def _validate_str_list(arg, encoding=None):
     '''
     ensure ``arg`` is a list of strings
     '''
     if isinstance(arg, six.binary_type):
-        ret = [salt.utils.stringutils.to_unicode(arg)]
+        ret = [salt.utils.stringutils.to_unicode(arg, encoding=encoding)]
     elif isinstance(arg, six.string_types):
         ret = [arg]
     elif isinstance(arg, Iterable) and not isinstance(arg, Mapping):
@@ -2623,7 +2622,7 @@ def managed(name,
             )
 
         try:
-            validated_contents = _validate_str_list(use_contents)
+            validated_contents = _validate_str_list(use_contents, encoding=encoding)
             if not validated_contents:
                 return _error(
                     ret,
@@ -3756,7 +3755,7 @@ def recurse(name,
         # "env" is not supported; Use "saltenv".
         kwargs.pop('env')
 
-    name = os.path.expanduser(sdecode(name))
+    name = os.path.expanduser(salt.utils.data.decode(name))
 
     user = _test_owner(kwargs, user=user)
     if salt.utils.platform.is_windows():

tests/unit/states/test_file.py

@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ class TestFileState(TestCase, LoaderModuleMockMixin):
                 ret = filestate.managed(
                     filename,
                     contents_pillar='fnord',
+                    encoding='utf-8'
                 )
                 actual_contents = mock_manage.call_args[0][14]
                 self.assertEqual(actual_contents, expected_contents)