in the timer thread start function, self->timer_id was accessed
without synchronization; the timer thread could fail to see the store
from the calling thread, resulting in timer_delete failing to delete
the correct kernel-level timer.

this fix is based on a patch by changdiankang, but with the load moved
to after receiving the timer_delete signal rather than just after the
start barrier, so as not to retain the possibility of data race with
timer_delete.