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+/* libhw/host_util.c - Utilities for GNU/Linux hosts
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024  Luke T. Shumaker <lukeshu@lukeshu.com>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include <error.h>  /* for error(3gnu) */
+#include <signal.h> /* for SIGRTMIN, SIGRTMAX */
+
+#include "host_util.h"
+
+int host_sigrt_alloc(void) {
+	static int next = 0;
+
+	if (!next)
+		next = SIGRTMIN;
+	int ret = next++;
+	if (ret > SIGRTMAX)
+		error(1, 0, "SIGRTMAX exceeded");
+	return ret;
+}