[tor-bugs] #10168 [Tor]: Use monotonic clocks for time as appropriate

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#10168: Use monotonic clocks for time as appropriate
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     Reporter:  nickm        |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Comment (by nickm):

 A thought: these should not use timeval or time_t, but rather should use a
 new set of structs, eg

 {{{
   typedef monotime_s {
     time_t t;
   } monotime_t;

   typedef monotimeval_s {
     struct timeval tv;
   } monotimeval_t;
   ...
 }}}

 This will help us make the code safe, since the timevals that you get from
 clock_gettime() do not necessarily correspond to the ones you get from
 gettimeofday().

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