xtimer: Add reference point for _xtimer_set_absolute #7630
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Avoids a possible race condition in xtimer_set, xtimer_periodic where the target time will have already passed when execution reaches the _xtimer_now() call inside _xtimer_set_absolute. The race condition is more easily triggered in xtimer_periodic because of the longer execution time, but it is possible inside xtimer_set as well if an interrupt arrives before the _xtimer_set_absolute call and the ISR is non-trivial, and/or a context switch is triggered by the ISR.
Based on top of #7496, #7628