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divert: Use a better source identifier for netisr_queue_src() calls
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Authored by markj on Feb 26 2026, 6:40 PM.
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These opaque IDs are used by netisr to distribute work among threads.
The mapping function is simply SourceID % numthreads, so using socket
addresses as source IDs isn't going to distribute packets well due to
alignment.

Use the divert socket's generation number instead, as that suits this
purpose much better.

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