##### SUMMARY
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The [main configuration documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#ansible-pipelining) says that pipelining is enabled in the `ssh_connection` or `connection` section.

The [ssh connection plugin](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/connection/ssh.html#parameter-pipelining) configuration says pipelining should  be enabled in the `defaults` section.

#31125 (and the associated commit) seems to imply that the `ssh_connection` section is legacy, but the comments (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/31125#issuecomment-334071699) seem to say otherwise.

The actual sections (as demonstrated in the configuration section below) that works are `ssh_connection` and `connection`.


##### ISSUE TYPE
- Documentation Report

##### COMPONENT NAME
ssh

##### ANSIBLE VERSION

```paste below
ansible 2.9.9
  config file = /c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/c/Users/bendem/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /c/Users/bendem/.local/share/virtualenvs/ansible-oaopcvR0/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /c/Users/bendem/.local/share/virtualenvs/ansible-oaopcvR0/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.8.3 (default, May 18 2020, 08:39:23) [GCC 9.3.0]
```

##### CONFIGURATION
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With `[defaults]\npipelining = true`

```
ALLOW_WORLD_READABLE_TMPFILES(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False
ANSIBLE_SSH_EXECUTABLE(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /usr/bin/ssh
ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 1
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/c/xxx/ansible/inventory/inventory.ini']
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/c/xxx/ansible/vendors/roles', '/c/xxx/ansible/roles']
DEFAULT_VAULT_ID_MATCH(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = true
DIFF_ALWAYS(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
INTERPRETER_PYTHON(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /usr/bin/python3
INVENTORY_UNPARSED_IS_FAILED(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
```

With `[ssh_connection]\npipelining = true`

```paste below
ALLOW_WORLD_READABLE_TMPFILES(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False
ANSIBLE_PIPELINING(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
ANSIBLE_SSH_EXECUTABLE(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /usr/bin/ssh
ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 1
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/c/xxx/ansible/inventory/inventory.ini']
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/c/xxx/ansible/vendors/roles', '/c/xxx/ansible/roles']
DEFAULT_VAULT_ID_MATCH(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = true
DIFF_ALWAYS(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
INTERPRETER_PYTHON(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /usr/bin/python3
INVENTORY_UNPARSED_IS_FAILED(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
```

With `[connection]\npipelining = true`

```paste below
ALLOW_WORLD_READABLE_TMPFILES(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False
ANSIBLE_PIPELINING(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
ANSIBLE_SSH_EXECUTABLE(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /usr/bin/ssh
ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 1
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/c/xxx/ansible/inventory/inventory.ini']
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/c/xxx/ansible/vendors/roles', '/c/xxx/ansible/roles']
DEFAULT_VAULT_ID_MATCH(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = true
DIFF_ALWAYS(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
INTERPRETER_PYTHON(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /usr/bin/python3
INVENTORY_UNPARSED_IS_FAILED(/c/xxx/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
```

##### OS / ENVIRONMENT
Windows 10, msys2 python3, not that it matters.

##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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if tmp is not None:
            display.warning('_execute_remote_stat no longer honors the tmp parameter. Action'
                            ' plugins should set self._connection._shell.tmpdir to share'
                            ' the tmpdir')
        del tmp  
        module_args = dict(
            path=path,
            follow=follow,
            get_checksum=checksum,
            checksum_algorithm='sha1',
        )
        mystat = self._execute_module(module_name='stat', module_args=module_args, task_vars=all_vars,
                                      wrap_async=False)
        if mystat.get('failed'):
            msg = mystat.get('module_stderr')
            if not msg:
                msg = mystat.get('module_stdout')
            if not msg:
                msg = mystat.get('msg')
            raise AnsibleError('Failed to get information on remote file (%s): %s' % (path, msg))
        if not mystat['stat']['exists']:
            
            mystat['stat']['checksum'] = '1'
        
        if 'checksum' not in mystat['stat']:
            mystat['stat']['checksum'] = ''
        elif not isinstance(mystat['stat']['checksum'], string_types):
            raise AnsibleError("Invalid checksum returned by stat: expected a string type but got %s" % type(mystat['stat']['checksum']))
        return mystat['stat']
    def _remote_checksum(self, path, all_vars, follow=False):