Function to run a state with the given chunk via salt-ssh

def _ssh_state(chunks, st_kwargs,
              kwargs, test=False):
    '''
    Function to run a state with the given chunk via salt-ssh
    '''
    file_refs = salt.client.ssh.state.lowstate_file_refs(
            chunks,
            _merge_extra_filerefs(
                kwargs.get('extra_filerefs', ''),
                __opts__.get('extra_filerefs', '')
                )
            )
    # Create the tar containing the state pkg and relevant files.
    trans_tar = salt.client.ssh.state.prep_trans_tar(
            __context__['fileclient'],
            chunks,
            file_refs,
            __pillar__,
            st_kwargs['id_'])
    trans_tar_sum = salt.utils.hashutils.get_hash(trans_tar, __opts__['hash_type'])
    cmd = 'state.pkg {0}/salt_state.tgz test={1} pkg_sum={2} hash_type={3}'.format(
            __opts__['thin_dir'],
            test,
            trans_tar_sum,
            __opts__['hash_type'])
    single = salt.client.ssh.Single(
            __opts__,
            cmd,
            fsclient=__context__['fileclient'],
            minion_opts=__salt__.minion_opts,
            **st_kwargs)
    single.shell.send(
            trans_tar,
            '{0}/salt_state.tgz'.format(__opts__['thin_dir']))
    stdout, stderr, _ = single.cmd_block()

    # Clean up our tar
    try:
        os.remove(trans_tar)
    except (OSError, IOError):
        pass

    # Read in the JSON data and return the data structure
    try:
        return salt.utils.data.decode(salt.utils.json.loads(stdout, object_hook=salt.utils.data.encode_dict))
    except Exception as e:
        log.error("JSON Render failed for: %s\n%s", stdout, stderr)
        log.error(str(e))

    # If for some reason the json load fails, return the stdout
    return salt.utils.data.decode(stdout)