[tor-bugs] #18907 [Core Tor/Tor]: tor_gettimeofday_cached_monotonic, as designed, could stall indefinitely

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#18907: tor_gettimeofday_cached_monotonic, as designed, could stall indefinitely
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     Reporter:  nickm         |      Owner:
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium        |  Milestone:
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:  029-proposed
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 As designed, our implementation of faked monotonic time can pause
 indefinitely if clock time jumps backwards.  That probably isn't such a
 good idea.

 (See #18906 for why I'm saying "as designed" here)

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