virNetlinkEventCallback: nl_recv returned with error: No buffer space available.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Errors like the below are shown in the logs:

virNetlinkEventCallback: nl_recv returned with error: No buffer space available.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2.
    • libvirt-1.2.8-16.el7.x86_64

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