As it already said in the comment, we don't want to create loops in
parent->child relations. So, when we try to append @to to @c, we should
check that @c is not in @to children subtree, and we should check it
recursively, not only the first level. The patch provides BFS-based
search, to check the relations.

This is needed for further fleecing-hook filter usage: we need to
append it to source, when the hook is already a parent of target, and
source may be in a backing chain of target (fleecing-scheme). So, on
appending, the hook should not became a child (direct or through
children subtree) of the target.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
---
 block.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index c298ca6a19..7f605b0bf0 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -3432,7 +3432,7 @@ void bdrv_close_all(void)
 
 static bool should_update_child(BdrvChild *c, BlockDriverState *to)
 {
-    BdrvChild *to_c;
+    GList *queue = NULL, *pos;
 
     if (c->role->stay_at_node) {
         return false;
@@ -3468,13 +3468,35 @@ static bool should_update_child(BdrvChild *c, BlockDriverState *to)
      * if A is a child of B, that means we cannot replace A by B there
      * because that would create a loop.  Silently detaching A from B
      * is also not really an option.  So overall just leaving A in
-     * place there is the most sensible choice. */
-    QLIST_FOREACH(to_c, &to->children, next) {
-        if (to_c == c) {
-            return false;
+     * place there is the most sensible choice.
+     *
+     * upd: If the child @c belongs to the @to's children, or children of it's
+     * children and so on - this would create a loop to. To prevent it let's do
+     * a BFS search on @to children subtree.
+     */
+
+    pos = queue = g_list_append(queue, to);
+    while (pos) {
+        BlockDriverState *v = pos->data;
+        BdrvChild *c2;
+
+        QLIST_FOREACH(c2, &v->children, next) {
+            if (c2 == c) {
+                g_list_free(queue);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (g_list_find(queue, c2->bs)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            queue = g_list_append(queue, c2->bs);
         }
+
+        pos = pos->next;
     }
 
+    g_list_free(queue);
     return true;
 }
 
-- 
2.18.0