[tor-bugs] #32058 [Core Tor/Tor]: mainloop: make periodic events restartable

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#32058: mainloop: make periodic events restartable
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.4.2.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.4.1-alpha
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  042-should, regression?,             |  Actual Points:  0.1
  035-backport, 040-backport, 041-backport,      |
  042-backport, BugSmashFund                     |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  0.5
 Reviewer:  nickm                                |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by dgoulet):

 * status:  assigned => needs_review
 * reviewer:  dgoulet => nickm
 * actualpoints:   => 0.1


Comment:

 035 PR: https://github.com/torproject/tor/pull/1409
 041+ PR: https://github.com/torproject/tor/pull/1410

 Approach here was to disable the event before disconnecting it when
 tearing down everything.

 This code is well known by nickm and already commented on the approach.
 Setting nickm as the Reviewer.

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