function has a return type of u_int32_t, into which it was somehow
supposed to encode:
* A valid 32-bit XID (which could be any value including 0).
* 0, meaning a duplicate request.
* -1, meaning a malloc failed (!);
We now ensure that all XIDs are non-zero, and pass the XID out via
a pointer argument.
In forward_find() and free_slot_by_xid(), remove an unnecessary
and confusing test for a negative result from an unsigned modulo
operation, but add an unnecessary cast to highlight why.
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