Sync with upstream

[Shubham8287]

upstream sync for changes in haraldng#170.

Commands used:

  git remote add upstream https://github.com/haraldng/omnipaxos.git
  git fetch origin
  git fetch upstream --tags

  git checkout -b shub/sync-upstream-for-origin origin/master
  git merge upstream/master

  # Resolved omnipaxos/Cargo.toml by keeping both local and upstream deps:
  # nohash-hasher = "0.2.0"
  # uuid = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["v4"] }

  git add omnipaxos/Cargo.toml
  git commit -m "Sync upstream async runtime"
  

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