[tor-bugs] #20826 [Core Tor/Tor]: Restrict GUARDS set to EntryNodes when the set of guards is restrictive

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#20826: Restrict GUARDS set to EntryNodes when the set of guards is restrictive
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 Reporter:  nickm                                |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-guard regression                 |  Actual Points:  .1
  TorCoreTeam201612                              |
Parent ID:  #20822                               |         Points:  2
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by asn):

 Kind of a kludgy fix but I can see why it works! I wonder how we could do
 this more cleanly instead of special-casing restricted mode in that
 function.

 If no obvious better way, perhaps we can add a bit of motivation on the
 new comment?

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