1) We didn't remove any skbs, so no need to handle stale refs.
2) scoreboard_skb_hint is trivial, no timestamps were changed
   so no need to clear that one
3) lost_skb_hint needs tweaking similar to that of
   tcp_sacktag_one().
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
 
        BUG_ON(len > skb->len);
 
-       tcp_clear_retrans_hints_partial(tp);
        nsize = skb_headlen(skb) - len;
        if (nsize < 0)
                nsize = 0;
                        tcp_verify_left_out(tp);
                }
                tcp_adjust_fackets_out(sk, skb, diff);
+
+               if (tp->lost_skb_hint &&
+                   before(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq,
+                          TCP_SKB_CB(tp->lost_skb_hint)->seq) &&
+                   (tcp_is_fack(tp) || TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked))
+                       tp->lost_cnt_hint -= diff;
        }
 
        /* Link BUFF into the send queue. */