u32 now = tcp_time_stamp;
        int fully_acked = 1;
        int flag = 0;
-       int prior_packets = tp->packets_out;
-       u32 cnt = 0;
+       u32 pkts_acked = 0;
        u32 reord = tp->packets_out;
        s32 seq_rtt = -1;
        s32 ca_seq_rtt = -1;
        while ((skb = tcp_write_queue_head(sk)) && skb != tcp_send_head(sk)) {
                struct tcp_skb_cb *scb = TCP_SKB_CB(skb);
                u32 end_seq;
-               u32 packets_acked;
+               u32 acked_pcount;
                u8 sacked = scb->sacked;
 
                /* Determine how many packets and what bytes were acked, tso and else */
                            !after(tp->snd_una, scb->seq))
                                break;
 
-                       packets_acked = tcp_tso_acked(sk, skb);
-                       if (!packets_acked)
+                       acked_pcount = tcp_tso_acked(sk, skb);
+                       if (!acked_pcount)
                                break;
 
                        fully_acked = 0;
                        end_seq = tp->snd_una;
                } else {
-                       packets_acked = tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
+                       acked_pcount = tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
                        end_seq = scb->end_seq;
                }
 
 
                if (sacked & TCPCB_RETRANS) {
                        if (sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_RETRANS)
-                               tp->retrans_out -= packets_acked;
+                               tp->retrans_out -= acked_pcount;
                        flag |= FLAG_RETRANS_DATA_ACKED;
                        ca_seq_rtt = -1;
                        seq_rtt = -1;
                        if ((flag & FLAG_DATA_ACKED) ||
-                           (packets_acked > 1))
+                           (acked_pcount > 1))
                                flag |= FLAG_NONHEAD_RETRANS_ACKED;
                } else {
                        ca_seq_rtt = now - scb->when;
                                seq_rtt = ca_seq_rtt;
                        }
                        if (!(sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED))
-                               reord = min(cnt, reord);
+                               reord = min(pkts_acked, reord);
                }
 
                if (sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED)
-                       tp->sacked_out -= packets_acked;
+                       tp->sacked_out -= acked_pcount;
                if (sacked & TCPCB_LOST)
-                       tp->lost_out -= packets_acked;
+                       tp->lost_out -= acked_pcount;
 
                if (unlikely((sacked & TCPCB_URG) && tp->urg_mode &&
                             !before(end_seq, tp->snd_up)))
                        tp->urg_mode = 0;
 
-               tp->packets_out -= packets_acked;
-               cnt += packets_acked;
+               tp->packets_out -= acked_pcount;
+               pkts_acked += acked_pcount;
 
                /* Initial outgoing SYN's get put onto the write_queue
                 * just like anything else we transmit.  It is not
        }
 
        if (flag & FLAG_ACKED) {
-               u32 pkts_acked = prior_packets - tp->packets_out;
                const struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca_ops
                        = inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_ops;