Fix bogus reentrancy from read_event -> do_attempt_write_data

`Julian Knutsen <julianknutsen@users.noreply.github.com>` pointed
out in a previous discussion that `read_event` can reenter user
code despite the documentation stating explicitly that it will not.

This was addressed in #456 by simply codifying the reentrancy, but
its somewhat simpler to just drop the `do_attempt_write_data` call.

Ideally we could land most of Julian's work, but its still in need
of substantial git history cleanup to get it in a reviewable state
and this solves the immediate issue.