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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] netlink: extend buffers to 16K
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:00:11 -0700
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On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 09:43 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> Starting from linux-3.15 (commit 9063e21fb026, "netlink: autosize skb
> lengths"), kernel is able to send up to 16K in netlink replies.
> 
> This change enables iproute2 commands to get bigger chunks,
> without breaking compatibility with old kernels.

Maybe a #define for the next time it's increased?