Sebastian Dröge authored Oct 19, 2021 and GStreamer Marge Bot committed Oct 25, 2021

Also refactor various internals of the monitor code:
  - Don't allow starting twice but just return directly when starting a
    second time.
  - Don't end up in an inconsistent state if call start() a second time
    while the monitor is starting up.
  - Remove complicated cookie code: it was not possible to add/remove
    filters while the monitor was started anyway so this was only useful
    in the very small time-window while starting the monitor or while
    getting the devices. Instead disallow adding/removing filters while
    the monitor is starting, and when getting devices work on a snapshot
    of providers/filters.

Fixes #667

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