u16     mss_clamp;      /* Maximal mss, negotiated at connection setup */
 };
 
+/* This is the max number of SACKS that we'll generate and process. It's safe
+ * to increse this, although since:
+ *   size = TCPOLEN_SACK_BASE_ALIGNED (4) + n * TCPOLEN_SACK_PERBLOCK (8)
+ * only four options will fit in a standard TCP header */
+#define TCP_NUM_SACKS 4
+
 struct tcp_request_sock {
        struct inet_request_sock        req;
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG
 
        unsigned char *ptr = (skb_transport_header(ack_skb) +
                              TCP_SKB_CB(ack_skb)->sacked);
        struct tcp_sack_block_wire *sp_wire = (struct tcp_sack_block_wire *)(ptr+2);
-       struct tcp_sack_block sp[4];
+       struct tcp_sack_block sp[TCP_NUM_SACKS];
        struct tcp_sack_block *cache;
        struct sk_buff *skb;
-       int num_sacks = (ptr[1] - TCPOLEN_SACK_BASE) >> 3;
+       int num_sacks = min(TCP_NUM_SACKS, (ptr[1] - TCPOLEN_SACK_BASE) >> 3);
        int used_sacks;
        int reord = tp->packets_out;
        int flag = 0;
                tp->rx_opt.dsack = 1;
                tp->duplicate_sack[0].start_seq = seq;
                tp->duplicate_sack[0].end_seq = end_seq;
-               tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = min(tp->rx_opt.num_sacks + 1,
-                                          4 - tp->rx_opt.tstamp_ok);
+               tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks + 1;
        }
 }
 
                         * Decrease num_sacks.
                         */
                        tp->rx_opt.num_sacks--;
-                       tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = min(tp->rx_opt.num_sacks +
-                                                  tp->rx_opt.dsack,
-                                                  4 - tp->rx_opt.tstamp_ok);
+                       tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks +
+                                              tp->rx_opt.dsack;
                        for (i = this_sack; i < tp->rx_opt.num_sacks; i++)
                                sp[i] = sp[i + 1];
                        continue;
         *
         * If the sack array is full, forget about the last one.
         */
-       if (this_sack >= 4) {
+       if (this_sack >= TCP_NUM_SACKS) {
                this_sack--;
                tp->rx_opt.num_sacks--;
                sp--;
        sp->start_seq = seq;
        sp->end_seq = end_seq;
        tp->rx_opt.num_sacks++;
-       tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = min(tp->rx_opt.num_sacks + tp->rx_opt.dsack,
-                                  4 - tp->rx_opt.tstamp_ok);
+       tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks + tp->rx_opt.dsack;
 }
 
 /* RCV.NXT advances, some SACKs should be eaten. */
        }
        if (num_sacks != tp->rx_opt.num_sacks) {
                tp->rx_opt.num_sacks = num_sacks;
-               tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = min(tp->rx_opt.num_sacks +
-                                          tp->rx_opt.dsack,
-                                          4 - tp->rx_opt.tstamp_ok);
+               tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks +
+                                      tp->rx_opt.dsack;
        }
 }
 
 
        if (tp->rx_opt.dsack) {
                tp->rx_opt.dsack = 0;
-               tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = min_t(unsigned int, tp->rx_opt.num_sacks,
-                                            4 - tp->rx_opt.tstamp_ok);
+               tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks;
        }
 
        /*  Queue data for delivery to the user.