@@ -152,25 +151,35 @@ static int qcow2_break_l1cow(struct qcow2_target *tgt)
  static void set_backward_merge_in_process(struct qcow2_target *tgt,
                                     struct qcow2 *qcow2, bool set)
  {
+       struct qcow2 *top = tgt->top;
        LIST_HEAD(list);
+ /*
+        * There are no writes if it is not the top qcow2 image.
+        * so we do not need to stop and flush requests when setting
+        */
+       if (qcow2 != top && set) {
+               qcow2->backward_merge_in_process = set;
+               return;
+       }
+

Below hunks in this function feel excess to me. Why replace s/qcow2/top/ where qcow2 == top was just explicitly checked?

In that light, I would've removed top variable all together and used "qcow2 != tgt->top" directly, to simplify the code.

        /*
         * To avoid race between allocations and COWS
         * we completely stop queueing qios and wait
         * for pending qios. Lock is for visability.
         */
-       spin_lock_irq(&qcow2->deferred_lock);
-       qcow2->pause_submitting_qios = true;
-       spin_unlock_irq(&qcow2->deferred_lock);
+       spin_lock_irq(&top->deferred_lock);
+       top->pause_submitting_qios = true;
+       spin_unlock_irq(&top->deferred_lock);
        qcow2_inflight_ref_switch(tgt);
/* queue is stopped */
-       spin_lock_irq(&qcow2->deferred_lock);
+       spin_lock_irq(&top->deferred_lock);
        WARN_ON_ONCE(qcow2->backward_merge_in_process == set);
        qcow2->backward_merge_in_process = set;
-       qcow2->pause_submitting_qios = false;
-       list_splice_init(&qcow2->paused_qios, &list);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&qcow2->deferred_lock);
+       top->pause_submitting_qios = false;
+       list_splice_init(&top->paused_qios, &list);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&top->deferred_lock);
qcow2_submit_embedded_qios(tgt, &list);
  }
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