How to change size of logcat buffer in Android?

Question

I noticed that the size of the logcat buffer varies on different devices. Assuming I have root permissions on my device, is there a way to change the buffer size of the main

Answer 1

"Logger buffer size option" in "Developer options"

It allows to change the size to a few values between 64k and 16M.

adb logcat -g then immediately shows the update limit.

Tested on 5.1.1, and this answer claims that it is a recent addition.