Add utils function to invoke a returner's save_minions() func

salt/utils/job.py

@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ def store_job(opts, load, event=None, mminion=None):
         if 'user' in ret_:
             load.update({'user': ret_['user']})
     try:
-        if 'jid' in load and 'get_load' in mminion.returners and not mminion.returners[getfstr](load.get('jid', '')):
+        if 'jid' in load \
+				and 'get_load' in mminion.returners \
+				and not mminion.returners[getfstr](load.get('jid', '')):
             mminion.returners[savefstr](load['jid'], load)
         mminion.returners[fstr](load)
 
@@ -98,6 +100,26 @@ def store_job(opts, load, event=None, mminion=None):
         raise KeyError(emsg)
 
 
+def store_minions(opts, jid, minions, mminion=None):
+    '''
+    Store additional minions matched on lower-level masters using the configured
+    master_job_cache
+    '''
+    if mminion is None:
+        mminion = salt.minion.MasterMinion(opts, states=False, rend=False)
+    job_cache = opts['master_job_cache']
+    minions_fstr = '{0}.save_minions'.format(job_cache)
+
+    try:
+        mminion.returners[minions_fstr](jid, minions)
+    except KeyError:
+        raise KeyError(
+            'Returner \'{0}\' does not support function save_minions'.format(
+                job_cache
+            )
+        )
+
+
 def get_retcode(ret):
     '''
     Determine a retcode for a given return