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Win32: Do not create lookup table entries for 0 length streams
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index 96d6676729aaa307acb4f340326e2ce37de48c2d..8b09449036b2ac52ad016278fe6f0f4180a91700 100644 (file)
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Carl Thijssen
- * Copyright (C) 2012 Eric Biggers
+ * Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 Eric Biggers
  *
  * This file is part of wimlib, a library for working with WIM files.
  *
  * along with wimlib; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
  */
 
+#include "config.h"
+
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_FILE_H) && defined(HAVE_FLOCK)
+/* On BSD, this should be included before "list.h" so that "list.h" can
+ * overwrite the LIST_HEAD macro. */
+#  include <sys/file.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+#  include "win32.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "list.h"
 #include "wimlib_internal.h"
-#include "io.h"
+#include "buffer_io.h"
 #include "dentry.h"
 #include "lookup_table.h"
 #include "xml.h"
-#include "lzx.h"
-#include "xpress.h"
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTITHREADED_COMPRESSION
-#include <semaphore.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <errno.h>
+#  include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
 #ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-#include <time.h>
-#include <ntfs-3g/attrib.h>
-#include <ntfs-3g/inode.h>
-#include <ntfs-3g/dir.h>
+#  include <time.h>
+#  include <ntfs-3g/attrib.h>
+#  include <ntfs-3g/inode.h>
+#  include <ntfs-3g/dir.h>
 #endif
 
-
 #ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
-#include <alloca.h>
+#  include <alloca.h>
 #else
-#include <stdlib.h>
+#  include <stdlib.h>
 #endif
 
-static int do_fflush(FILE *fp)
-{
-       int ret = fflush(fp);
-       if (ret != 0) {
-               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to flush data to output WIM file");
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-       }
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static int fflush_and_ftruncate(FILE *fp, off_t size)
-{
-       int ret;
-
-       ret = do_fflush(fp);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               return ret;
-       ret = ftruncate(fileno(fp), size);
-       if (ret != 0) {
-               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to truncate output WIM file to "
-                                "%"PRIu64" bytes", size);
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-       }
-       return 0;
-}
+#include <limits.h>
 
 /* Chunk table that's located at the beginning of each compressed resource in
  * the WIM.  (This is not the on-disk format; the on-disk format just has an
@@ -99,7 +84,7 @@ struct chunk_table {
  * output file.
  */
 static int
-begin_wim_resource_chunk_tab(const struct lookup_table_entry *lte,
+begin_wim_resource_chunk_tab(const struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte,
                             FILE *out_fp,
                             off_t file_offset,
                             struct chunk_table **chunk_tab_ret)
@@ -108,13 +93,13 @@ begin_wim_resource_chunk_tab(const struct lookup_table_entry *lte,
        u64 num_chunks = (size + WIM_CHUNK_SIZE - 1) / WIM_CHUNK_SIZE;
        size_t alloc_size = sizeof(struct chunk_table) + num_chunks * sizeof(u64);
        struct chunk_table *chunk_tab = CALLOC(1, alloc_size);
-       int ret;
+
+       DEBUG("Begin chunk table for stream with size %"PRIu64, size);
 
        if (!chunk_tab) {
                ERROR("Failed to allocate chunk table for %"PRIu64" byte "
                      "resource", size);
-               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-               goto out;
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
        }
        chunk_tab->file_offset = file_offset;
        chunk_tab->num_chunks = num_chunks;
@@ -129,39 +114,46 @@ begin_wim_resource_chunk_tab(const struct lookup_table_entry *lte,
                   chunk_tab->table_disk_size) {
                ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to write chunk table in compressed "
                                 "file resource");
-               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-               goto out;
+               FREE(chunk_tab);
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
        }
-
-       ret = 0;
-out:
        *chunk_tab_ret = chunk_tab;
-       return ret;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /*
- * Pointer to function to compresses a chunk of a WIM resource.
+ * compress_func_t- Pointer to a function to compresses a chunk
+ *                  of a WIM resource.  This may be either
+ *                  wimlib_xpress_compress() (xpress-compress.c) or
+ *                  wimlib_lzx_compress() (lzx-compress.c).
+ *
+ * @chunk:       Uncompressed data of the chunk.
+ * @chunk_size:          Size of the uncompressed chunk, in bytes.
+ * @out:         Pointer to output buffer of size at least (@chunk_size - 1) bytes.
+ *
+ * Returns the size of the compressed data written to @out in bytes, or 0 if the
+ * data could not be compressed to (@chunk_size - 1) bytes or fewer.
  *
- * @chunk:             Uncompressed data of the chunk.
- * @chunk_size:                Size of the uncompressed chunk in bytes.
- * @compressed_chunk:  Pointer to output buffer of size at least
- *                             (@chunk_size - 1) bytes.
- * @compressed_chunk_len_ret:  Pointer to an unsigned int into which the size
- *                                     of the compressed chunk will be
- *                                     returned.
+ * As a special requirement, the compression code is optimized for the WIM
+ * format and therefore requires (@chunk_size <= 32768).
  *
- * Returns zero if compressed succeeded, and nonzero if the chunk could not be
- * compressed to any smaller than @chunk_size.  This function cannot fail for
- * any other reasons.
+ * As another special requirement, the compression code will read up to 8 bytes
+ * off the end of the @chunk array for performance reasons.  The values of these
+ * bytes will not affect the output of the compression, but the calling code
+ * must make sure that the buffer holding the uncompressed chunk is actually at
+ * least (@chunk_size + 8) bytes, or at least that these extra bytes are in
+ * mapped memory that will not cause a memory access violation if accessed.
  */
-typedef int (*compress_func_t)(const void *, unsigned, void *, unsigned *);
+typedef unsigned (*compress_func_t)(const void *chunk, unsigned chunk_size,
+                                   void *out);
 
-compress_func_t get_compress_func(int out_ctype)
+static compress_func_t
+get_compress_func(int out_ctype)
 {
-       if (out_ctype == WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZX)
-               return lzx_compress;
+       if (out_ctype == WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZX)
+               return wimlib_lzx_compress;
        else
-               return xpress_compress;
+               return wimlib_xpress_compress;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -169,35 +161,39 @@ compress_func_t get_compress_func(int out_ctype)
  *
  * @chunk:       Uncompressed data of the chunk.
  * @chunk_size:          Size of the chunk (<= WIM_CHUNK_SIZE)
- * @out_fp:      FILE * to write tho chunk to.
- * @out_ctype:   Compression type to use when writing the chunk (ignored if no
- *                     chunk table provided)
+ * @out_fp:      FILE * to write the chunk to.
+ * @compress:     Compression function to use (NULL if writing uncompressed
+ *                     data).
  * @chunk_tab:   Pointer to chunk table being created.  It is updated with the
  *                     offset of the chunk we write.
  *
  * Returns 0 on success; nonzero on failure.
  */
-static int write_wim_resource_chunk(const u8 chunk[], unsigned chunk_size,
-                                   FILE *out_fp, compress_func_t compress,
-                                   struct chunk_table *chunk_tab)
+static int
+write_wim_resource_chunk(const void * restrict chunk,
+                        unsigned chunk_size,
+                        FILE * restrict out_fp,
+                        compress_func_t compress,
+                        struct chunk_table * restrict chunk_tab)
 {
-       const u8 *out_chunk;
+       const void *out_chunk;
        unsigned out_chunk_size;
-       if (chunk_tab) {
-               u8 *compressed_chunk = alloca(chunk_size);
-               int ret;
+       if (compress) {
+               void *compressed_chunk = alloca(chunk_size);
 
-               ret = compress(chunk, chunk_size, compressed_chunk,
-                              &out_chunk_size);
-               if (ret == 0) {
+               out_chunk_size = (*compress)(chunk, chunk_size, compressed_chunk);
+               if (out_chunk_size) {
+                       /* Write compressed */
                        out_chunk = compressed_chunk;
                } else {
+                       /* Write uncompressed */
                        out_chunk = chunk;
                        out_chunk_size = chunk_size;
                }
                *chunk_tab->cur_offset_p++ = chunk_tab->cur_offset;
                chunk_tab->cur_offset += out_chunk_size;
        } else {
+               /* Write uncompressed */
                out_chunk = chunk;
                out_chunk_size = chunk_size;
        }
@@ -209,15 +205,16 @@ static int write_wim_resource_chunk(const u8 chunk[], unsigned chunk_size,
 }
 
 /*
- * Finishes a WIM chunk tale and writes it to the output file at the correct
+ * Finishes a WIM chunk table and writes it to the output file at the correct
  * offset.
  *
  * The final size of the full compressed resource is returned in the
  * @compressed_size_p.
  */
 static int
-finish_wim_resource_chunk_tab(struct chunk_table *chunk_tab,
-                             FILE *out_fp, u64 *compressed_size_p)
+finish_wim_resource_chunk_tab(struct chunk_table * restrict chunk_tab,
+                             FILE * restrict out_fp,
+                             u64 * restrict compressed_size_p)
 {
        size_t bytes_written;
        if (fseeko(out_fp, chunk_tab->file_offset, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
@@ -249,347 +246,287 @@ finish_wim_resource_chunk_tab(struct chunk_table *chunk_tab,
        return 0;
 }
 
-/* Prepare for multiple reads to a resource by caching a FILE * or NTFS
- * attribute pointer in the lookup table entry. */
-static int prepare_resource_for_read(struct lookup_table_entry *lte
-
-                                       #ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-                                       , ntfs_inode **ni_ret
-                                       #endif
-               )
+static int
+fflush_and_ftruncate(FILE *out_fp, off_t offset)
 {
-       if (lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_FILE_ON_DISK
-            && !lte->file_on_disk_fp)
+       if (fseeko(out_fp, offset, SEEK_SET) ||
+           fflush(out_fp) ||
+           ftruncate(fileno(out_fp), offset))
        {
-               wimlib_assert(lte->file_on_disk);
-               lte->file_on_disk_fp = fopen(lte->file_on_disk, "rb");
-               if (!lte->file_on_disk_fp) {
-                       ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to open the file `%s' for "
-                                        "reading", lte->file_on_disk);
-                       return WIMLIB_ERR_OPEN;
-               }
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to flush and/or truncate "
+                                "output WIM file");
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
+       } else {
+               return 0;
        }
-#ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-       else if (lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_NTFS_VOLUME
-                 && !lte->attr)
-       {
-               struct ntfs_location *loc = lte->ntfs_loc;
-               ntfs_inode *ni;
-               wimlib_assert(loc);
-               ni = ntfs_pathname_to_inode(*loc->ntfs_vol_p, NULL, loc->path_utf8);
-               if (!ni) {
-                       ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to open inode `%s' in NTFS "
-                                        "volume", loc->path_utf8);
-                       return WIMLIB_ERR_NTFS_3G;
-               }
-               lte->attr = ntfs_attr_open(ni,
-                                          loc->is_reparse_point ? AT_REPARSE_POINT : AT_DATA,
-                                          (ntfschar*)loc->stream_name_utf16,
-                                          loc->stream_name_utf16_num_chars);
-               if (!lte->attr) {
-                       ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to open attribute of `%s' in "
-                                        "NTFS volume", loc->path_utf8);
-                       ntfs_inode_close(ni);
-                       return WIMLIB_ERR_NTFS_3G;
+}
+
+static int
+finalize_and_check_sha1(SHA_CTX * restrict sha_ctx,
+                       struct wim_lookup_table_entry * restrict lte)
+{
+       u8 md[SHA1_HASH_SIZE];
+       sha1_final(md, sha_ctx);
+       if (lte->unhashed) {
+               copy_hash(lte->hash, md);
+       } else if (!hashes_equal(md, lte->hash)) {
+               ERROR("WIM resource has incorrect hash!");
+               if (lte_filename_valid(lte)) {
+                       ERROR("We were reading it from \"%"TS"\"; maybe "
+                             "it changed while we were reading it.",
+                             lte->file_on_disk);
                }
-               *ni_ret = ni;
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_RESOURCE_HASH;
        }
-#endif
        return 0;
 }
 
-/* Undo prepare_resource_for_read() by closing the cached FILE * or NTFS
- * attribute. */
-static void end_wim_resource_read(struct lookup_table_entry *lte
-                               #ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-                                       , ntfs_inode *ni
-                               #endif
-                                       )
+
+struct write_resource_ctx {
+       compress_func_t compress;
+       struct chunk_table *chunk_tab;
+       FILE *out_fp;
+       SHA_CTX sha_ctx;
+       bool doing_sha;
+};
+
+static int
+write_resource_cb(const void *restrict chunk, size_t chunk_size,
+                 void *restrict _ctx)
 {
-       if (lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_FILE_ON_DISK
-           && lte->file_on_disk_fp) {
-               fclose(lte->file_on_disk_fp);
-               lte->file_on_disk_fp = NULL;
-       }
-#ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-       else if (lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_NTFS_VOLUME) {
-               if (lte->attr) {
-                       ntfs_attr_close(lte->attr);
-                       lte->attr = NULL;
-               }
-               if (ni)
-                       ntfs_inode_close(ni);
-       }
-#endif
+       struct write_resource_ctx *ctx = _ctx;
+
+       if (ctx->doing_sha)
+               sha1_update(&ctx->sha_ctx, chunk, chunk_size);
+       return write_wim_resource_chunk(chunk, chunk_size,
+                                       ctx->out_fp, ctx->compress,
+                                       ctx->chunk_tab);
 }
 
 /*
- * Writes a WIM resource to a FILE * opened for writing.  The resource may be
- * written uncompressed or compressed depending on the @out_ctype parameter.
+ * Write a resource to an output WIM.
  *
- * If by chance the resource compresses to more than the original size (this may
- * happen with random data or files than are pre-compressed), the resource is
- * instead written uncompressed (and this is reflected in the @out_res_entry by
- * removing the WIM_RESHDR_FLAG_COMPRESSED flag).
+ * @lte:  Lookup table entry for the resource, which could be in another WIM,
+ *        in an external file, or in another location.
  *
- * @lte:       The lookup table entry for the WIM resource.
- * @out_fp:    The FILE * to write the resource to.
- * @out_ctype:  The compression type of the resource to write.  Note: if this is
- *                     the same as the compression type of the WIM resource we
- *                     need to read, we simply copy the data (i.e. we do not
- *                     uncompress it, then compress it again).
- * @out_res_entry:  If non-NULL, a resource entry that is filled in with the
- *                 offset, original size, compressed size, and compression flag
- *                 of the output resource.
+ * @out_fp:  FILE * opened to the output WIM.
  *
- * Returns 0 on success; nonzero on failure.
+ * @out_ctype:  One of the WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_* constants to indicate
+ *              which compression algorithm to use.
+ *
+ * @out_res_entry:  On success, this is filled in with the offset, flags,
+ *                  compressed size, and uncompressed size of the resource
+ *                  in the output WIM.
+ *
+ * @flags:  WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RECOMPRESS to force data to be recompressed
+ *          even if it could otherwise be copied directly from the input.
+ *
+ * Additional notes:  The SHA1 message digest of the uncompressed data is
+ * calculated (except when doing a raw copy --- see below).  If the @unhashed
+ * flag is set on the lookup table entry, this message digest is simply copied
+ * to it; otherwise, the message digest is compared with the existing one, and
+ * the function will fail if they do not match.
  */
-int write_wim_resource(struct lookup_table_entry *lte,
-                      FILE *out_fp, int out_ctype,
-                      struct resource_entry *out_res_entry,
-                      int flags)
+int
+write_wim_resource(struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte,
+                  FILE *out_fp, int out_ctype,
+                  struct resource_entry *out_res_entry,
+                  int flags)
 {
-       u64 bytes_remaining;
-       u64 original_size;
-       u64 old_compressed_size;
-       u64 new_compressed_size;
-       u64 offset;
+       struct write_resource_ctx write_ctx;
+       u64 read_size;
+       u64 new_size;
+       off_t offset;
        int ret;
-       struct chunk_table *chunk_tab = NULL;
-       bool raw;
-       off_t file_offset;
-       compress_func_t compress;
-#ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-       ntfs_inode *ni = NULL;
-#endif
-
-       wimlib_assert(lte);
-
-       /* Original size of the resource */
-       original_size = wim_resource_size(lte);
 
-       /* Compressed size of the resource (as it exists now) */
-       old_compressed_size = wim_resource_compressed_size(lte);
+       flags &= ~WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RECOMPRESS;
 
-       /* Current offset in output file */
-       file_offset = ftello(out_fp);
-       if (file_offset == -1) {
-               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to get offset in output "
-                                "stream");
+       /* Get current position in output WIM */
+       offset = ftello(out_fp);
+       if (offset == -1) {
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Can't get position in output WIM");
                return WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
        }
 
-       /* Are the compression types the same?  If so, do a raw copy (copy
-        * without decompressing and recompressing the data). */
-       raw = (wim_resource_compression_type(lte) == out_ctype
-              && out_ctype != WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE);
-
-       if (raw) {
+       /* If we are not forcing the data to be recompressed, and the input
+        * resource is located in a WIM with the same compression type as that
+        * desired other than no compression, we can simply copy the compressed
+        * data without recompressing it.  This also means we must skip
+        * calculating the SHA1, as we never will see the uncompressed data. */
+       if (!(flags & WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RECOMPRESS) &&
+           lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_WIM &&
+           out_ctype != WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE &&
+           wimlib_get_compression_type(lte->wim) == out_ctype)
+       {
                flags |= WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RAW;
-               bytes_remaining = old_compressed_size;
+               write_ctx.doing_sha = false;
+               read_size = lte->resource_entry.size;
        } else {
-               flags &= ~WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RAW;
-               bytes_remaining = original_size;
-       }
-
-       /* Empty resource; nothing needs to be done, so just return success. */
-       if (bytes_remaining == 0)
-               return 0;
-
-       /* Buffer for reading chunks for the resource */
-       u8 buf[min(WIM_CHUNK_SIZE, bytes_remaining)];
-
-       /* If we are writing a compressed resource and not doing a raw copy, we
-        * need to initialize the chunk table */
-       if (out_ctype != WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE && !raw) {
-               ret = begin_wim_resource_chunk_tab(lte, out_fp, file_offset,
-                                                  &chunk_tab);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       goto out;
+               write_ctx.doing_sha = true;
+               sha1_init(&write_ctx.sha_ctx);
+               read_size = lte->resource_entry.original_size;
        }
 
-       /* If the WIM resource is in an external file, open a FILE * to it so we
-        * don't have to open a temporary one in read_wim_resource() for each
-        * chunk. */
-#ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-       ret = prepare_resource_for_read(lte, &ni);
-#else
-       ret = prepare_resource_for_read(lte);
-#endif
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto out;
-
-       /* If we aren't doing a raw copy, we will compute the SHA1 message
-        * digest of the resource as we read it, and verify it's the same as the
-        * hash given in the lookup table entry once we've finished reading the
-        * resource. */
-       SHA_CTX ctx;
-       if (!raw) {
-               sha1_init(&ctx);
-               compress = get_compress_func(out_ctype);
-       }
-       offset = 0;
-
-       /* While there are still bytes remaining in the WIM resource, read a
-        * chunk of the resource, update SHA1, then write that chunk using the
-        * desired compression type. */
-       do {
-               u64 to_read = min(bytes_remaining, WIM_CHUNK_SIZE);
-               ret = read_wim_resource(lte, buf, to_read, offset, flags);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       goto out_fclose;
-               if (!raw)
-                       sha1_update(&ctx, buf, to_read);
-               ret = write_wim_resource_chunk(buf, to_read, out_fp,
-                                              compress, chunk_tab);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       goto out_fclose;
-               bytes_remaining -= to_read;
-               offset += to_read;
-       } while (bytes_remaining);
-
-       /* Raw copy:  The new compressed size is the same as the old compressed
-        * size
-        *
-        * Using WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE:  The new compressed size is the
-        * original size
-        *
-        * Using a different compression type:  Call
-        * finish_wim_resource_chunk_tab() and it will provide the new
-        * compressed size.
-        */
-       if (raw) {
-               new_compressed_size = old_compressed_size;
+       /* Initialize the chunk table and set the compression function if
+        * compressing the resource. */
+       if (out_ctype == WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE ||
+           (flags & WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RAW)) {
+               write_ctx.compress = NULL;
+               write_ctx.chunk_tab = NULL;
        } else {
-               if (out_ctype == WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE)
-                       new_compressed_size = original_size;
-               else {
-                       ret = finish_wim_resource_chunk_tab(chunk_tab, out_fp,
-                                                           &new_compressed_size);
-                       if (ret != 0)
-                               goto out_fclose;
-               }
-       }
-
-       /* Verify SHA1 message digest of the resource, unless we are doing a raw
-        * write (in which case we never even saw the uncompressed data).  Or,
-        * if the hash we had before is all 0's, just re-set it to be the new
-        * hash. */
-       if (!raw) {
-               u8 md[SHA1_HASH_SIZE];
-               sha1_final(md, &ctx);
-               if (is_zero_hash(lte->hash)) {
-                       copy_hash(lte->hash, md);
-               } else if (!hashes_equal(md, lte->hash)) {
-                       ERROR("WIM resource has incorrect hash!");
-                       if (lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_FILE_ON_DISK) {
-                               ERROR("We were reading it from `%s'; maybe it changed "
-                                     "while we were reading it.",
-                                     lte->file_on_disk);
-                       }
-                       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_RESOURCE_HASH;
-                       goto out_fclose;
-               }
+               write_ctx.compress = get_compress_func(out_ctype);
+               ret = begin_wim_resource_chunk_tab(lte, out_fp,
+                                                  offset,
+                                                  &write_ctx.chunk_tab);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
        }
 
-       if (!raw && new_compressed_size >= original_size &&
-           out_ctype != WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE)
-       {
-               /* Oops!  We compressed the resource to larger than the original
-                * size.  Write the resource uncompressed instead. */
-               if (fseeko(out_fp, file_offset, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
-                       ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to seek to byte %"PRIu64" "
-                                        "of output WIM file", file_offset);
-                       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-                       goto out_fclose;
-               }
-               ret = write_wim_resource(lte, out_fp, WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE,
-                                        out_res_entry, flags);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       goto out_fclose;
-
-               ret = fflush_and_ftruncate(out_fp, file_offset + out_res_entry->size);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       goto out_fclose;
+       /* Write the entire resource by reading the entire resource and feeding
+        * the data through the write_resource_cb function. */
+       write_ctx.out_fp = out_fp;
+try_write_again:
+       ret = read_resource_prefix(lte, read_size,
+                                  write_resource_cb, &write_ctx, flags);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_free_chunk_tab;
+
+       /* Verify SHA1 message digest of the resource, or set the hash for the
+        * first time. */
+       if (write_ctx.doing_sha) {
+               ret = finalize_and_check_sha1(&write_ctx.sha_ctx, lte);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto out_free_chunk_tab;
+       }
+
+       out_res_entry->flags = lte->resource_entry.flags;
+       out_res_entry->original_size = wim_resource_size(lte);
+       out_res_entry->offset = offset;
+       if (flags & WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RAW) {
+               /* Doing a raw write:  The new compressed size is the same as
+                * the compressed size in the other WIM. */
+               new_size = lte->resource_entry.size;
+       } else if (out_ctype == WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE) {
+               /* Using WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE:  The new compressed size
+                * is the original size. */
+               new_size = lte->resource_entry.original_size;
+               out_res_entry->flags &= ~WIM_RESHDR_FLAG_COMPRESSED;
        } else {
-               if (out_res_entry) {
-                       out_res_entry->size          = new_compressed_size;
-                       out_res_entry->original_size = original_size;
-                       out_res_entry->offset        = file_offset;
-                       out_res_entry->flags         = lte->resource_entry.flags
-                                                       & ~WIM_RESHDR_FLAG_COMPRESSED;
-                       if (out_ctype != WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE)
-                               out_res_entry->flags |= WIM_RESHDR_FLAG_COMPRESSED;
+               /* Using a different compression type:  Call
+                * finish_wim_resource_chunk_tab() and it will provide the new
+                * compressed size. */
+               ret = finish_wim_resource_chunk_tab(write_ctx.chunk_tab, out_fp,
+                                                   &new_size);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto out_free_chunk_tab;
+               if (new_size >= wim_resource_size(lte)) {
+                       /* Oops!  We compressed the resource to larger than the original
+                        * size.  Write the resource uncompressed instead. */
+                       DEBUG("Compressed %"PRIu64" => %"PRIu64" bytes; "
+                             "writing uncompressed instead",
+                             wim_resource_size(lte), new_size);
+                       ret = fflush_and_ftruncate(out_fp, offset);
+                       if (ret)
+                               goto out_free_chunk_tab;
+                       write_ctx.compress = NULL;
+                       write_ctx.doing_sha = false;
+                       out_ctype = WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE;
+                       goto try_write_again;
                }
+               out_res_entry->flags |= WIM_RESHDR_FLAG_COMPRESSED;
        }
+       out_res_entry->size = new_size;
        ret = 0;
-out_fclose:
-#ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-       end_wim_resource_read(lte, ni);
-#else
-       end_wim_resource_read(lte);
-#endif
-out:
-       FREE(chunk_tab);
+out_free_chunk_tab:
+       FREE(write_ctx.chunk_tab);
        return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTITHREADED_COMPRESSION
+
+/* Blocking shared queue (solves the producer-consumer problem) */
 struct shared_queue {
-       sem_t filled_slots;
-       sem_t empty_slots;
-       pthread_mutex_t lock;
+       unsigned size;
        unsigned front;
        unsigned back;
+       unsigned filled_slots;
        void **array;
-       unsigned size;
+       pthread_mutex_t lock;
+       pthread_cond_t msg_avail_cond;
+       pthread_cond_t space_avail_cond;
 };
 
-static int shared_queue_init(struct shared_queue *q, unsigned size)
+static int
+shared_queue_init(struct shared_queue *q, unsigned size)
 {
+       wimlib_assert(size != 0);
        q->array = CALLOC(sizeof(q->array[0]), size);
        if (!q->array)
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-
-       sem_init(&q->filled_slots, 0, 0);
-       sem_init(&q->empty_slots, 0, size);
-       pthread_mutex_init(&q->lock, NULL);
+               goto err;
+       q->filled_slots = 0;
        q->front = 0;
        q->back = size - 1;
        q->size = size;
+       if (pthread_mutex_init(&q->lock, NULL)) {
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to initialize mutex");
+               goto err;
+       }
+       if (pthread_cond_init(&q->msg_avail_cond, NULL)) {
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to initialize condition variable");
+               goto err_destroy_lock;
+       }
+       if (pthread_cond_init(&q->space_avail_cond, NULL)) {
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to initialize condition variable");
+               goto err_destroy_msg_avail_cond;
+       }
        return 0;
+err_destroy_msg_avail_cond:
+       pthread_cond_destroy(&q->msg_avail_cond);
+err_destroy_lock:
+       pthread_mutex_destroy(&q->lock);
+err:
+       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
 }
 
-static void shared_queue_destroy(struct shared_queue *q)
+static void
+shared_queue_destroy(struct shared_queue *q)
 {
-       sem_destroy(&q->filled_slots);
-       sem_destroy(&q->empty_slots);
-       pthread_mutex_destroy(&q->lock);
        FREE(q->array);
+       pthread_mutex_destroy(&q->lock);
+       pthread_cond_destroy(&q->msg_avail_cond);
+       pthread_cond_destroy(&q->space_avail_cond);
 }
 
-static void shared_queue_put(struct shared_queue *q, void *obj)
+static void
+shared_queue_put(struct shared_queue *q, void *obj)
 {
-       sem_wait(&q->empty_slots);
        pthread_mutex_lock(&q->lock);
+       while (q->filled_slots == q->size)
+               pthread_cond_wait(&q->space_avail_cond, &q->lock);
 
        q->back = (q->back + 1) % q->size;
        q->array[q->back] = obj;
+       q->filled_slots++;
 
-       sem_post(&q->filled_slots);
+       pthread_cond_broadcast(&q->msg_avail_cond);
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&q->lock);
 }
 
-static void *shared_queue_get(struct shared_queue *q)
+static void *
+shared_queue_get(struct shared_queue *q)
 {
-       sem_wait(&q->filled_slots);
+       void *obj;
+
        pthread_mutex_lock(&q->lock);
+       while (q->filled_slots == 0)
+               pthread_cond_wait(&q->msg_avail_cond, &q->lock);
 
-       void *obj = q->array[q->front];
+       obj = q->array[q->front];
        q->array[q->front] = NULL;
        q->front = (q->front + 1) % q->size;
+       q->filled_slots--;
 
-       sem_post(&q->empty_slots);
+       pthread_cond_broadcast(&q->space_avail_cond);
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&q->lock);
        return obj;
 }
@@ -603,7 +540,7 @@ struct compressor_thread_params {
 #define MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG 2
 
 struct message {
-       struct lookup_table_entry *lte;
+       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte;
        u8 *uncompressed_chunks[MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG];
        u8 *out_compressed_chunks[MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG];
        u8 *compressed_chunks[MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG];
@@ -615,24 +552,33 @@ struct message {
        u64 begin_chunk;
 };
 
-static void compress_chunks(struct message *msg, compress_func_t compress)
+static void
+compress_chunks(struct message *msg, compress_func_t compress)
 {
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < msg->num_chunks; i++) {
-               DEBUG2("compress chunk %u of %u", i, msg->num_chunks);
-               int ret = compress(msg->uncompressed_chunks[i],
-                                  msg->uncompressed_chunk_sizes[i],
-                                  msg->compressed_chunks[i],
-                                  &msg->compressed_chunk_sizes[i]);
-               if (ret == 0) {
+               unsigned len = compress(msg->uncompressed_chunks[i],
+                                       msg->uncompressed_chunk_sizes[i],
+                                       msg->compressed_chunks[i]);
+               if (len) {
+                       /* To be written compressed */
                        msg->out_compressed_chunks[i] = msg->compressed_chunks[i];
+                       msg->compressed_chunk_sizes[i] = len;
                } else {
+                       /* To be written uncompressed */
                        msg->out_compressed_chunks[i] = msg->uncompressed_chunks[i];
                        msg->compressed_chunk_sizes[i] = msg->uncompressed_chunk_sizes[i];
+
                }
        }
 }
 
-static void *compressor_thread_proc(void *arg)
+/* Compressor thread routine.  This is a lot simpler than the main thread
+ * routine: just repeatedly get a group of chunks from the
+ * res_to_compress_queue, compress them, and put them in the
+ * compressed_res_queue.  A NULL pointer indicates that the thread should stop.
+ * */
+static void *
+compressor_thread_proc(void *arg)
 {
        struct compressor_thread_params *params = arg;
        struct shared_queue *res_to_compress_queue = params->res_to_compress_queue;
@@ -646,72 +592,188 @@ static void *compressor_thread_proc(void *arg)
                shared_queue_put(compressed_res_queue, msg);
        }
        DEBUG("Compressor thread terminating");
+       return NULL;
 }
-#endif
+#endif /* ENABLE_MULTITHREADED_COMPRESSION */
 
-static void show_stream_write_progress(u64 *cur_size, u64 *next_size,
-                                      u64 total_size, u64 one_percent,
-                                      unsigned *cur_percent,
-                                      const struct lookup_table_entry *cur_lte)
+static void
+do_write_streams_progress(union wimlib_progress_info *progress,
+                         wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func,
+                         uint64_t size_added)
 {
-       if (*cur_size >= *next_size) {
-               printf("\r%"PRIu64" MiB of %"PRIu64" MiB "
-                      "(uncompressed) written (%u%% done)",
-                      *cur_size >> 20,
-                      total_size >> 20, *cur_percent);
-               fflush(stdout);
-               *next_size += one_percent;
-               (*cur_percent)++;
-       }
-       *cur_size += wim_resource_size(cur_lte);
+       progress->write_streams.completed_bytes += size_added;
+       progress->write_streams.completed_streams++;
+       if (progress_func &&
+           progress->write_streams.completed_bytes >= progress->write_streams._private)
+       {
+               progress_func(WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_STREAMS,
+                             progress);
+               if (progress->write_streams._private == progress->write_streams.total_bytes) {
+                       progress->write_streams._private = ~0;
+               } else {
+                       progress->write_streams._private =
+                               min(progress->write_streams.total_bytes,
+                                   progress->write_streams.completed_bytes +
+                                       progress->write_streams.total_bytes / 100);
+               }
+       }
 }
 
-static void finish_stream_write_progress(u64 total_size)
+struct serial_write_stream_ctx {
+       FILE *out_fp;
+       int out_ctype;
+       int write_resource_flags;
+};
+
+static int
+serial_write_stream(struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte, void *_ctx)
 {
-       printf("\r%"PRIu64" MiB of %"PRIu64" MiB "
-              "(uncompressed) written (100%% done)\n",
-              total_size >> 20, total_size >> 20);
-       fflush(stdout);
+       struct serial_write_stream_ctx *ctx = _ctx;
+       return write_wim_resource(lte, ctx->out_fp,
+                                 ctx->out_ctype, &lte->output_resource_entry,
+                                 ctx->write_resource_flags);
 }
 
-static int write_stream_list_serial(struct list_head *stream_list,
-                                   FILE *out_fp, int out_ctype,
-                                   int write_flags, u64 total_size)
+/* Write a list of streams, taking into account that some streams may be
+ * duplicates that are checksummed and discarded on the fly, and also delegating
+ * the actual writing of a stream to a function @write_stream_cb, which is
+ * passed the context @write_stream_ctx. */
+static int
+do_write_stream_list(struct list_head *stream_list,
+                    struct wim_lookup_table *lookup_table,
+                    int (*write_stream_cb)(struct wim_lookup_table_entry *, void *),
+                    void *write_stream_ctx,
+                    wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func,
+                    union wimlib_progress_info *progress)
 {
-       struct lookup_table_entry *lte;
-       int ret;
-
-       u64 one_percent = total_size / 100;
-       u64 cur_size = 0;
-       u64 next_size = 0;
-       unsigned cur_percent = 0;
+       int ret = 0;
+       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte;
+
+       /* For each stream in @stream_list ... */
+       while (!list_empty(stream_list)) {
+               lte = container_of(stream_list->next,
+                                  struct wim_lookup_table_entry,
+                                  write_streams_list);
+               list_del(&lte->write_streams_list);
+               if (lte->unhashed && !lte->unique_size) {
+                       /* Unhashed stream that shares a size with some other
+                        * stream in the WIM we are writing.  The stream must be
+                        * checksummed to know if we need to write it or not. */
+                       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *tmp;
+                       u32 orig_refcnt = lte->out_refcnt;
+
+                       ret = hash_unhashed_stream(lte, lookup_table, &tmp);
+                       if (ret)
+                               break;
+                       if (tmp != lte) {
+                               lte = tmp;
+                               /* We found a duplicate stream. */
+                               if (orig_refcnt != tmp->out_refcnt) {
+                                       /* We have already written, or are going
+                                        * to write, the duplicate stream.  So
+                                        * just skip to the next stream. */
+                                       DEBUG("Discarding duplicate stream of length %"PRIu64,
+                                             wim_resource_size(lte));
+                                       lte->no_progress = 0;
+                                       goto skip_to_progress;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
 
-       list_for_each_entry(lte, stream_list, staging_list) {
-               if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS) {
-                       show_stream_write_progress(&cur_size, &next_size,
-                                                  total_size, one_percent,
-                                                  &cur_percent, lte);
+               /* Here, @lte is either a hashed stream or an unhashed stream
+                * with a unique size.  In either case we know that the stream
+                * has to be written.  In either case the SHA1 message digest
+                * will be calculated over the stream while writing it; however,
+                * in the former case this is done merely to check the data,
+                * while in the latter case this is done because we do not have
+                * the SHA1 message digest yet.  */
+               wimlib_assert(lte->out_refcnt != 0);
+               lte->deferred = 0;
+               lte->no_progress = 0;
+               ret = (*write_stream_cb)(lte, write_stream_ctx);
+               if (ret)
+                       break;
+               /* In parallel mode, some streams are deferred for later,
+                * serialized processing; ignore them here. */
+               if (lte->deferred)
+                       continue;
+               if (lte->unhashed) {
+                       list_del(&lte->unhashed_list);
+                       lookup_table_insert(lookup_table, lte);
+                       lte->unhashed = 0;
+               }
+       skip_to_progress:
+               if (!lte->no_progress) {
+                       do_write_streams_progress(progress,
+                                                 progress_func,
+                                                 wim_resource_size(lte));
                }
-               ret = write_wim_resource(lte, out_fp, out_ctype,
-                                        &lte->output_resource_entry, 0);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       return ret;
        }
-       if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS)
-               finish_stream_write_progress(total_size);
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+do_write_stream_list_serial(struct list_head *stream_list,
+                           struct wim_lookup_table *lookup_table,
+                           FILE *out_fp,
+                           int out_ctype,
+                           int write_resource_flags,
+                           wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func,
+                           union wimlib_progress_info *progress)
+{
+       struct serial_write_stream_ctx ctx = {
+               .out_fp = out_fp,
+               .out_ctype = out_ctype,
+               .write_resource_flags = write_resource_flags,
+       };
+       return do_write_stream_list(stream_list,
+                                   lookup_table,
+                                   serial_write_stream,
+                                   &ctx,
+                                   progress_func,
+                                   progress);
+}
+
+static inline int
+write_flags_to_resource_flags(int write_flags)
+{
+       int resource_flags = 0;
+
+       if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_RECOMPRESS)
+               resource_flags |= WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RECOMPRESS;
+       return resource_flags;
+}
+
+static int
+write_stream_list_serial(struct list_head *stream_list,
+                        struct wim_lookup_table *lookup_table,
+                        FILE *out_fp,
+                        int out_ctype,
+                        int write_resource_flags,
+                        wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func,
+                        union wimlib_progress_info *progress)
+{
+       DEBUG("Writing stream list (serial version)");
+       progress->write_streams.num_threads = 1;
+       if (progress_func)
+               progress_func(WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_STREAMS, progress);
+       return do_write_stream_list_serial(stream_list,
+                                          lookup_table,
+                                          out_fp,
+                                          out_ctype,
+                                          write_resource_flags,
+                                          progress_func,
+                                          progress);
 }
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTITHREADED_COMPRESSION
-static int write_wim_chunks(struct message *msg, FILE *out_fp,
-                           struct chunk_table *chunk_tab)
+static int
+write_wim_chunks(struct message *msg, FILE *out_fp,
+                struct chunk_table *chunk_tab)
 {
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < msg->num_chunks; i++) {
                unsigned chunk_csize = msg->compressed_chunk_sizes[i];
 
-               DEBUG2("Write wim chunk %u of %u (csize = %u)",
-                     i, msg->num_chunks, chunk_csize);
-
                if (fwrite(msg->out_compressed_chunks[i], 1, chunk_csize, out_fp)
                    != chunk_csize)
                {
@@ -725,333 +787,222 @@ static int write_wim_chunks(struct message *msg, FILE *out_fp,
        return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * This function is executed by the main thread when the resources are being
- * compressed in parallel.  The main thread is in change of all reading of the
- * uncompressed data and writing of the compressed data.  The compressor threads
- * *only* do compression from/to in-memory buffers.
- *
- * Each unit of work given to a compressor thread is up to MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG
- * chunks of compressed data to compress, represented in a `struct message'.
- * Each message is passed from the main thread to a worker thread through the
- * res_to_compress_queue, and it is passed back through the
- * compressed_res_queue.
- */
-static int main_writer_thread_proc(struct list_head *stream_list,
-                                  FILE *out_fp,
-                                  int out_ctype,
-                                  struct shared_queue *res_to_compress_queue,
-                                  struct shared_queue *compressed_res_queue,
-                                  size_t queue_size,
-                                  int write_flags,
-                                  u64 total_size)
-{
-       int ret;
+struct main_writer_thread_ctx {
+       struct list_head *stream_list;
+       struct wim_lookup_table *lookup_table;
+       FILE *out_fp;
+       int out_ctype;
+       int write_resource_flags;
+       struct shared_queue *res_to_compress_queue;
+       struct shared_queue *compressed_res_queue;
+       size_t num_messages;
+       wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func;
+       union wimlib_progress_info *progress;
 
+       struct list_head available_msgs;
+       struct list_head outstanding_streams;
+       struct list_head serial_streams;
+       size_t num_outstanding_messages;
 
-       struct message msgs[queue_size];
-       ZERO_ARRAY(msgs);
-
-       // Initially, all the messages are available to use.
-       LIST_HEAD(available_msgs);
-       for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN(msgs); i++)
-               list_add(&msgs[i].list, &available_msgs);
-
-       // outstanding_resources is the list of resources that currently have
-       // had chunks sent off for compression.
-       //
-       // The first stream in outstanding_resources is the stream that is
-       // currently being written (cur_lte).
-       //
-       // The last stream in outstanding_resources is the stream that is
-       // currently being read and chunks fed to the compressor threads
-       // (next_lte).
-       //
-       // Depending on the number of threads and the sizes of the resource,
-       // the outstanding streams list may contain streams between cur_lte and
-       // next_lte that have all their chunks compressed or being compressed,
-       // but haven't been written yet.
-       //
-       LIST_HEAD(outstanding_resources);
-       struct list_head *next_resource = stream_list->next;
-       struct lookup_table_entry *next_lte = container_of(next_resource,
-                                                          struct lookup_table_entry,
-                                                          staging_list);
-       next_resource = next_resource->next;
-       u64 next_chunk = 0;
-       u64 next_num_chunks = wim_resource_chunks(next_lte);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&next_lte->msg_list);
-       list_add_tail(&next_lte->staging_list, &outstanding_resources);
-
-       // As in write_wim_resource(), each resource we read is checksummed.
        SHA_CTX next_sha_ctx;
-       sha1_init(&next_sha_ctx);
-       u8 next_hash[SHA1_HASH_SIZE];
+       u64 next_chunk;
+       u64 next_num_chunks;
+       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *next_lte;
 
-       // Resources that don't need any chunks compressed are added to this
-       // list and written directly by the main thread.
-       LIST_HEAD(my_resources);
+       struct message *msgs;
+       struct message *next_msg;
+       struct chunk_table *cur_chunk_tab;
+};
 
-       struct lookup_table_entry *cur_lte = next_lte;
-       struct chunk_table *cur_chunk_tab = NULL;
-       struct lookup_table_entry *lte;
-       struct message *msg;
+static int
+init_message(struct message *msg)
+{
+       for (size_t i = 0; i < MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG; i++) {
+               msg->compressed_chunks[i] = MALLOC(WIM_CHUNK_SIZE);
+               msg->uncompressed_chunks[i] = MALLOC(WIM_CHUNK_SIZE);
+               if (msg->compressed_chunks[i] == NULL ||
+                   msg->uncompressed_chunks[i] == NULL)
+                       return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
 
-       u64 one_percent = total_size / 100;
-       u64 cur_size = 0;
-       u64 next_size = 0;
-       unsigned cur_percent = 0;
+static void
+destroy_message(struct message *msg)
+{
+       for (size_t i = 0; i < MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG; i++) {
+               FREE(msg->compressed_chunks[i]);
+               FREE(msg->uncompressed_chunks[i]);
+       }
+}
 
-#ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-       ntfs_inode *ni = NULL;
-#endif
+static void
+free_messages(struct message *msgs, size_t num_messages)
+{
+       if (msgs) {
+               for (size_t i = 0; i < num_messages; i++)
+                       destroy_message(&msgs[i]);
+               FREE(msgs);
+       }
+}
 
-#ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-       ret = prepare_resource_for_read(next_lte, &ni);
-#else
-       ret = prepare_resource_for_read(next_lte);
-#endif
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto out;
-
-       DEBUG("Initializing buffers for uncompressed "
-             "and compressed data (%zu bytes needed)",
-             queue_size * MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG * WIM_CHUNK_SIZE * 2);
-
-       // Pre-allocate all the buffers that will be needed to do the chunk
-       // compression.
-       for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN(msgs); i++) {
-               for (size_t j = 0; j < MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG; j++) {
-                       msgs[i].compressed_chunks[j] = MALLOC(WIM_CHUNK_SIZE);
-                       msgs[i].uncompressed_chunks[j] = MALLOC(WIM_CHUNK_SIZE);
-                       if (msgs[i].compressed_chunks[j] == NULL ||
-                           msgs[i].uncompressed_chunks[j] == NULL)
-                       {
-                               ERROR("Could not allocate enough memory for "
-                                     "multi-threaded compression");
-                               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
-                               goto out;
-                       }
+static struct message *
+allocate_messages(size_t num_messages)
+{
+       struct message *msgs;
+
+       msgs = CALLOC(num_messages, sizeof(struct message));
+       if (!msgs)
+               return NULL;
+       for (size_t i = 0; i < num_messages; i++) {
+               if (init_message(&msgs[i])) {
+                       free_messages(msgs, num_messages);
+                       return NULL;
                }
        }
+       return msgs;
+}
 
-       // This loop is executed until all resources have been written, except
-       // possibly a few that have been added to the @my_resources list for
-       // writing later.
-       while (1) {
-               // Send chunks to the compressor threads until either (a) there
-               // are no more messages available since they were all sent off,
-               // or (b) there are no more resources that need to be
-               // compressed.
-               while (!list_empty(&available_msgs) && next_lte != NULL) {
-
-                       // Get a message from the available messages
-                       // list
-                       msg = container_of(available_msgs.next,
-                                          struct message,
-                                          list);
-
-                       // ... and delete it from the available messages
-                       // list
-                       list_del(&msg->list);
-
-                       // Initialize the message with the chunks to
-                       // compress.
-                       msg->num_chunks = min(next_num_chunks - next_chunk,
-                                             MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG);
-                       msg->lte = next_lte;
-                       msg->complete = false;
-                       msg->begin_chunk = next_chunk;
-
-                       unsigned size = WIM_CHUNK_SIZE;
-                       for (unsigned i = 0; i < msg->num_chunks; i++) {
-
-                               // Read chunk @next_chunk of the stream into the
-                               // message so that a compressor thread can
-                               // compress it.
-
-                               if (next_chunk == next_num_chunks - 1 &&
-                                    wim_resource_size(next_lte) % WIM_CHUNK_SIZE != 0)
-                               {
-                                       size = wim_resource_size(next_lte) % WIM_CHUNK_SIZE;
-                               }
-
-
-                               DEBUG2("Read resource (size=%u, offset=%zu)",
-                                     size, next_chunk * WIM_CHUNK_SIZE);
-
-                               msg->uncompressed_chunk_sizes[i] = size;
-
-                               ret = read_wim_resource(next_lte,
-                                                       msg->uncompressed_chunks[i],
-                                                       size,
-                                                       next_chunk * WIM_CHUNK_SIZE,
-                                                       0);
-                               if (ret != 0)
-                                       goto out;
-                               sha1_update(&next_sha_ctx,
-                                           msg->uncompressed_chunks[i], size);
-                               next_chunk++;
-                       }
+static void
+main_writer_thread_destroy_ctx(struct main_writer_thread_ctx *ctx)
+{
+       while (ctx->num_outstanding_messages--)
+               shared_queue_get(ctx->compressed_res_queue);
+       free_messages(ctx->msgs, ctx->num_messages);
+       FREE(ctx->cur_chunk_tab);
+}
 
-                       // Send the compression request
-                       list_add_tail(&msg->list, &next_lte->msg_list);
-                       shared_queue_put(res_to_compress_queue, msg);
-                       DEBUG2("Compression request sent");
-
-                       if (next_chunk != next_num_chunks)
-                               // More chunks to send for this resource
-                               continue;
-
-                       // Done sending compression requests for a resource!
-                       // Check the SHA1 message digest.
-                       DEBUG2("Finalize SHA1 md (next_num_chunks=%zu)", next_num_chunks);
-                       sha1_final(next_hash, &next_sha_ctx);
-                       if (!hashes_equal(next_lte->hash, next_hash)) {
-                               ERROR("WIM resource has incorrect hash!");
-                               if (next_lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_FILE_ON_DISK) {
-                                       ERROR("We were reading it from `%s'; maybe it changed "
-                                             "while we were reading it.",
-                                             next_lte->file_on_disk);
-                               }
-                               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_RESOURCE_HASH;
-                               goto out;
-                       }
+static int
+main_writer_thread_init_ctx(struct main_writer_thread_ctx *ctx)
+{
+       /* Pre-allocate all the buffers that will be needed to do the chunk
+        * compression. */
+       ctx->msgs = allocate_messages(ctx->num_messages);
+       if (!ctx->msgs)
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
 
-                       // Advance to the next resource.
-                       //
-                       // If the next resource needs no compression, just write
-                       // it with this thread (not now though--- we could be in
-                       // the middle of writing another resource.)  Keep doing
-                       // this until we either get to the end of the resources
-                       // list, or we get to a resource that needs compression.
-
-                       while (1) {
-                               if (next_resource == stream_list) {
-                                       next_lte = NULL;
-                                       break;
-                               }
-                       #ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-                               end_wim_resource_read(next_lte, ni);
-                               ni = NULL;
-                       #else
-                               end_wim_resource_read(next_lte);
-                       #endif
-
-                               next_lte = container_of(next_resource,
-                                                       struct lookup_table_entry,
-                                                       staging_list);
-                               next_resource = next_resource->next;
-                               if ((next_lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_WIM
-                                   && wimlib_get_compression_type(next_lte->wim) == out_ctype)
-                                   || wim_resource_size(next_lte) == 0)
-                               {
-                                       list_add_tail(&next_lte->staging_list,
-                                                     &my_resources);
-                               } else {
-                                       list_add_tail(&next_lte->staging_list,
-                                                     &outstanding_resources);
-                                       next_chunk = 0;
-                                       next_num_chunks = wim_resource_chunks(next_lte);
-                                       sha1_init(&next_sha_ctx);
-                                       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&next_lte->msg_list);
-                               #ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-                                       ret = prepare_resource_for_read(next_lte, &ni);
-                               #else
-                                       ret = prepare_resource_for_read(next_lte);
-                               #endif
-                                       if (ret != 0)
-                                               goto out;
-                                       DEBUG2("Updated next_lte");
-                                       break;
-                               }
-                       }
-               }
+       /* Initially, all the messages are available to use. */
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->available_msgs);
+       for (size_t i = 0; i < ctx->num_messages; i++)
+               list_add_tail(&ctx->msgs[i].list, &ctx->available_msgs);
 
-               // If there are no outstanding resources, there are no more
-               // resources that need to be written.
-               if (list_empty(&outstanding_resources)) {
-                       DEBUG("No outstanding resources! Done");
-                       ret = 0;
-                       goto out;
-               }
+       /* outstanding_streams is the list of streams that currently have had
+        * chunks sent off for compression.
+        *
+        * The first stream in outstanding_streams is the stream that is
+        * currently being written.
+        *
+        * The last stream in outstanding_streams is the stream that is
+        * currently being read and having chunks fed to the compressor threads.
+        * */
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->outstanding_streams);
+       ctx->num_outstanding_messages = 0;
 
-               // Get the next message from the queue and process it.
-               // The message will contain 1 or more data chunks that have been
-               // compressed.
-               DEBUG2("Waiting for message");
-               msg = shared_queue_get(compressed_res_queue);
-               msg->complete = true;
+       ctx->next_msg = NULL;
 
-               DEBUG2("Received msg (begin_chunk=%"PRIu64")", msg->begin_chunk);
+       /* Resources that don't need any chunks compressed are added to this
+        * list and written directly by the main thread. */
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->serial_streams);
 
-               list_for_each_entry(msg, &cur_lte->msg_list, list) {
-                       DEBUG2("complete=%d", msg->complete);
-               }
+       ctx->cur_chunk_tab = NULL;
 
-               // Is this the next chunk in the current resource?  If it's not
-               // (i.e., an earlier chunk in a same or different resource
-               // hasn't been compressed yet), do nothing, and keep this
-               // message around until all earlier chunks are received.
-               //
-               // Otherwise, write all the chunks we can.
-               while (!list_empty(&cur_lte->msg_list)
-                       && (msg = container_of(cur_lte->msg_list.next,
-                                              struct message,
-                                              list))->complete)
-               {
-                       DEBUG2("Complete msg (begin_chunk=%"PRIu64")", msg->begin_chunk);
-                       if (msg->begin_chunk == 0) {
-                               DEBUG2("Begin chunk tab");
-                               if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS) {
-                                       show_stream_write_progress(&cur_size,
-                                                                  &next_size,
-                                                                  total_size,
-                                                                  one_percent,
-                                                                  &cur_percent,
-                                                                  cur_lte);
-                               }
+       return 0;
+}
 
-                               // This is the first set of chunks.  Leave space
-                               // for the chunk table in the output file.
-                               off_t cur_offset = ftello(out_fp);
-                               if (cur_offset == -1) {
-                                       ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-                                       goto out;
-                               }
-                               ret = begin_wim_resource_chunk_tab(cur_lte,
-                                                                  out_fp,
-                                                                  cur_offset,
-                                                                  &cur_chunk_tab);
-                               if (ret != 0)
-                                       goto out;
-                       }
+static int
+receive_compressed_chunks(struct main_writer_thread_ctx *ctx)
+{
+       struct message *msg;
+       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *cur_lte;
+       int ret;
 
-                       // Write the compressed chunks from the message.
-                       ret = write_wim_chunks(msg, out_fp, cur_chunk_tab);
-                       if (ret != 0)
-                               goto out;
+       wimlib_assert(!list_empty(&ctx->outstanding_streams));
+       wimlib_assert(ctx->num_outstanding_messages != 0);
 
-                       list_del(&msg->list);
+       cur_lte = container_of(ctx->outstanding_streams.next,
+                              struct wim_lookup_table_entry,
+                              being_compressed_list);
 
-                       // This message is available to use for different chunks
-                       // now.
-                       list_add(&msg->list, &available_msgs);
+       /* Get the next message from the queue and process it.
+        * The message will contain 1 or more data chunks that have been
+        * compressed. */
+       msg = shared_queue_get(ctx->compressed_res_queue);
+       msg->complete = true;
+       --ctx->num_outstanding_messages;
 
-                       // Was this the last chunk of the stream?  If so,
-                       // finish it.
-                       if (list_empty(&cur_lte->msg_list) &&
-                           msg->begin_chunk + msg->num_chunks == cur_chunk_tab->num_chunks)
-                       {
-                               DEBUG2("Finish wim chunk tab");
-                               u64 res_csize;
-                               ret = finish_wim_resource_chunk_tab(cur_chunk_tab,
-                                                                   out_fp,
-                                                                   &res_csize);
-                               if (ret != 0)
-                                       goto out;
+       /* Is this the next chunk in the current resource?  If it's not
+        * (i.e., an earlier chunk in a same or different resource
+        * hasn't been compressed yet), do nothing, and keep this
+        * message around until all earlier chunks are received.
+        *
+        * Otherwise, write all the chunks we can. */
+       while (cur_lte != NULL &&
+              !list_empty(&cur_lte->msg_list)
+              && (msg = container_of(cur_lte->msg_list.next,
+                                     struct message,
+                                     list))->complete)
+       {
+               list_move(&msg->list, &ctx->available_msgs);
+               if (msg->begin_chunk == 0) {
+                       /* This is the first set of chunks.  Leave space
+                        * for the chunk table in the output file. */
+                       off_t cur_offset = ftello(ctx->out_fp);
+                       if (cur_offset == -1)
+                               return WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
+                       ret = begin_wim_resource_chunk_tab(cur_lte,
+                                                          ctx->out_fp,
+                                                          cur_offset,
+                                                          &ctx->cur_chunk_tab);
+                       if (ret)
+                               return ret;
+               }
 
+               /* Write the compressed chunks from the message. */
+               ret = write_wim_chunks(msg, ctx->out_fp, ctx->cur_chunk_tab);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
 
+               /* Was this the last chunk of the stream?  If so, finish
+                * it. */
+               if (list_empty(&cur_lte->msg_list) &&
+                   msg->begin_chunk + msg->num_chunks == ctx->cur_chunk_tab->num_chunks)
+               {
+                       u64 res_csize;
+                       off_t offset;
+
+                       ret = finish_wim_resource_chunk_tab(ctx->cur_chunk_tab,
+                                                           ctx->out_fp,
+                                                           &res_csize);
+                       if (ret)
+                               return ret;
+
+                       list_del(&cur_lte->being_compressed_list);
+
+                       /* Grab the offset of this stream in the output file
+                        * from the chunk table before we free it. */
+                       offset = ctx->cur_chunk_tab->file_offset;
+
+                       FREE(ctx->cur_chunk_tab);
+                       ctx->cur_chunk_tab = NULL;
+
+                       if (res_csize >= wim_resource_size(cur_lte)) {
+                               /* Oops!  We compressed the resource to
+                                * larger than the original size.  Write
+                                * the resource uncompressed instead. */
+                               DEBUG("Compressed %"PRIu64" => %"PRIu64" bytes; "
+                                     "writing uncompressed instead",
+                                     wim_resource_size(cur_lte), res_csize);
+                               ret = fflush_and_ftruncate(ctx->out_fp, offset);
+                               if (ret)
+                                       return ret;
+                               ret = write_wim_resource(cur_lte,
+                                                        ctx->out_fp,
+                                                        WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE,
+                                                        &cur_lte->output_resource_entry,
+                                                        ctx->write_resource_flags);
+                               if (ret)
+                                       return ret;
+                       } else {
                                cur_lte->output_resource_entry.size =
                                        res_csize;
 
@@ -1059,133 +1010,228 @@ static int main_writer_thread_proc(struct list_head *stream_list,
                                        cur_lte->resource_entry.original_size;
 
                                cur_lte->output_resource_entry.offset =
-                                       cur_chunk_tab->file_offset;
+                                       offset;
 
                                cur_lte->output_resource_entry.flags =
                                        cur_lte->resource_entry.flags |
                                                WIM_RESHDR_FLAG_COMPRESSED;
+                       }
 
-                               FREE(cur_chunk_tab);
-                               cur_chunk_tab = NULL;
-
-                               struct list_head *next = cur_lte->staging_list.next;
-                               list_del(&cur_lte->staging_list);
-
-                               if (next == &outstanding_resources) {
-                                       DEBUG("No more outstanding resources");
-                                       ret = 0;
-                                       goto out;
-                               } else {
-                                       cur_lte = container_of(cur_lte->staging_list.next,
-                                                              struct lookup_table_entry,
-                                                              staging_list);
-                               }
+                       do_write_streams_progress(ctx->progress,
+                                                 ctx->progress_func,
+                                                 wim_resource_size(cur_lte));
+
+                       /* Since we just finished writing a stream, write any
+                        * streams that have been added to the serial_streams
+                        * list for direct writing by the main thread (e.g.
+                        * resources that don't need to be compressed because
+                        * the desired compression type is the same as the
+                        * previous compression type). */
+                       if (!list_empty(&ctx->serial_streams)) {
+                               ret = do_write_stream_list_serial(&ctx->serial_streams,
+                                                                 ctx->lookup_table,
+                                                                 ctx->out_fp,
+                                                                 ctx->out_ctype,
+                                                                 ctx->write_resource_flags,
+                                                                 ctx->progress_func,
+                                                                 ctx->progress);
+                               if (ret)
+                                       return ret;
+                       }
 
-                               // Since we just finished writing a stream,
-                               // write any streams that have been added to the
-                               // my_resources list for direct writing by the
-                               // main thread (e.g. resources that don't need
-                               // to be compressed because the desired
-                               // compression type is the same as the previous
-                               // compression type).
-                               struct lookup_table_entry *tmp;
-                               list_for_each_entry_safe(lte,
-                                                        tmp,
-                                                        &my_resources,
-                                                        staging_list)
-                               {
-                                       if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS) {
-                                               show_stream_write_progress(&cur_size,
-                                                                          &next_size,
-                                                                          total_size,
-                                                                          one_percent,
-                                                                          &cur_percent,
-                                                                          lte);
-                                       }
-
-                                       ret = write_wim_resource(lte,
-                                                                out_fp,
-                                                                out_ctype,
-                                                                &lte->output_resource_entry,
-                                                                0);
-                                       list_del(&lte->staging_list);
-                                       if (ret != 0)
-                                               goto out;
-                               }
+                       /* Advance to the next stream to write. */
+                       if (list_empty(&ctx->outstanding_streams)) {
+                               cur_lte = NULL;
+                       } else {
+                               cur_lte = container_of(ctx->outstanding_streams.next,
+                                                      struct wim_lookup_table_entry,
+                                                      being_compressed_list);
                        }
                }
        }
+       return 0;
+}
 
-out:
-#ifdef WITH_NTFS_3G
-       end_wim_resource_read(cur_lte, ni);
-#else
-       end_wim_resource_read(cur_lte);
-#endif
-       if (ret == 0) {
-               list_for_each_entry(lte, &my_resources, staging_list) {
-                       if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS) {
-                               show_stream_write_progress(&cur_size,
-                                                          &next_size,
-                                                          total_size,
-                                                          one_percent,
-                                                          &cur_percent,
-                                                          lte);
-                       }
-                       ret = write_wim_resource(lte, out_fp,
-                                                out_ctype,
-                                                &lte->output_resource_entry,
-                                                0);
-                       if (ret != 0)
-                               break;
+/* Called when the main thread has read a new chunk of data. */
+static int
+main_writer_thread_cb(const void *chunk, size_t chunk_size, void *_ctx)
+{
+       struct main_writer_thread_ctx *ctx = _ctx;
+       int ret;
+       struct message *next_msg;
+       u64 next_chunk_in_msg;
+
+       /* Update SHA1 message digest for the stream currently being read by the
+        * main thread. */
+       sha1_update(&ctx->next_sha_ctx, chunk, chunk_size);
+
+       /* We send chunks of data to the compressor chunks in batches which we
+        * refer to as "messages".  @next_msg is the message that is currently
+        * being prepared to send off.  If it is NULL, that indicates that we
+        * need to start a new message. */
+       next_msg = ctx->next_msg;
+       if (!next_msg) {
+               /* We need to start a new message.  First check to see if there
+                * is a message available in the list of available messages.  If
+                * so, we can just take one.  If not, all the messages (there is
+                * a fixed number of them, proportional to the number of
+                * threads) have been sent off to the compressor threads, so we
+                * receive messages from the compressor threads containing
+                * compressed chunks of data.
+                *
+                * We may need to receive multiple messages before one is
+                * actually available to use because messages received that are
+                * *not* for the very next set of chunks to compress must be
+                * buffered until it's time to write those chunks. */
+               while (list_empty(&ctx->available_msgs)) {
+                       ret = receive_compressed_chunks(ctx);
+                       if (ret)
+                               return ret;
                }
-               if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS)
-                       finish_stream_write_progress(total_size);
-       } else {
-               size_t num_available_msgs = 0;
-               struct list_head *cur;
 
-               list_for_each(cur, &available_msgs) {
-                       num_available_msgs++;
-               }
+               next_msg = container_of(ctx->available_msgs.next,
+                                       struct message, list);
+               list_del(&next_msg->list);
+               next_msg->complete = false;
+               next_msg->begin_chunk = ctx->next_chunk;
+               next_msg->num_chunks = min(MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG,
+                                          ctx->next_num_chunks - ctx->next_chunk);
+               ctx->next_msg = next_msg;
+       }
+
+       /* Fill in the next chunk to compress */
+       next_chunk_in_msg = ctx->next_chunk - next_msg->begin_chunk;
+
+       next_msg->uncompressed_chunk_sizes[next_chunk_in_msg] = chunk_size;
+       memcpy(next_msg->uncompressed_chunks[next_chunk_in_msg],
+              chunk, chunk_size);
+       ctx->next_chunk++;
+       if (++next_chunk_in_msg == next_msg->num_chunks) {
+               /* Send off an array of chunks to compress */
+               list_add_tail(&next_msg->list, &ctx->next_lte->msg_list);
+               shared_queue_put(ctx->res_to_compress_queue, next_msg);
+               ++ctx->num_outstanding_messages;
+               ctx->next_msg = NULL;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
 
-               while (num_available_msgs < ARRAY_LEN(msgs)) {
-                       shared_queue_get(compressed_res_queue);
-                       num_available_msgs++;
-               }
+static int
+main_writer_thread_finish(void *_ctx)
+{
+       struct main_writer_thread_ctx *ctx = _ctx;
+       int ret;
+       while (ctx->num_outstanding_messages != 0) {
+               ret = receive_compressed_chunks(ctx);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
        }
+       wimlib_assert(list_empty(&ctx->outstanding_streams));
+       return do_write_stream_list_serial(&ctx->serial_streams,
+                                          ctx->lookup_table,
+                                          ctx->out_fp,
+                                          ctx->out_ctype,
+                                          ctx->write_resource_flags,
+                                          ctx->progress_func,
+                                          ctx->progress);
+}
 
-       DEBUG("Freeing messages");
+static int
+submit_stream_for_compression(struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte,
+                             struct main_writer_thread_ctx *ctx)
+{
+       int ret;
 
-       for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN(msgs); i++) {
-               for (size_t j = 0; j < MAX_CHUNKS_PER_MSG; j++) {
-                       FREE(msgs[i].compressed_chunks[j]);
-                       FREE(msgs[i].uncompressed_chunks[j]);
-               }
+       /* Read the entire stream @lte, feeding its data chunks to the
+        * compressor threads.  Also SHA1-sum the stream; this is required in
+        * the case that @lte is unhashed, and a nice additional verification
+        * when @lte is already hashed. */
+       sha1_init(&ctx->next_sha_ctx);
+       ctx->next_chunk = 0;
+       ctx->next_num_chunks = wim_resource_chunks(lte);
+       ctx->next_lte = lte;
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lte->msg_list);
+       list_add_tail(&lte->being_compressed_list, &ctx->outstanding_streams);
+       ret = read_resource_prefix(lte, wim_resource_size(lte),
+                                  main_writer_thread_cb, ctx, 0);
+       if (ret == 0) {
+               wimlib_assert(ctx->next_chunk == ctx->next_num_chunks);
+               ret = finalize_and_check_sha1(&ctx->next_sha_ctx, lte);
        }
-
-       if (cur_chunk_tab != NULL)
-               FREE(cur_chunk_tab);
        return ret;
 }
 
-
-static const char *get_data_type(int ctype)
+static int
+main_thread_process_next_stream(struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte, void *_ctx)
 {
-       switch (ctype) {
-       case WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE:
-               return "uncompressed";
-       case WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZX:
-               return "LZX-compressed";
-       case WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_XPRESS:
-               return "XPRESS-compressed";
+       struct main_writer_thread_ctx *ctx = _ctx;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (wim_resource_size(lte) < 1000 ||
+           ctx->out_ctype == WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE ||
+           (lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_WIM &&
+            !(ctx->write_resource_flags & WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RECOMPRESS) &&
+            wimlib_get_compression_type(lte->wim) == ctx->out_ctype))
+       {
+               /* Stream is too small or isn't being compressed.  Process it by
+                * the main thread when we have a chance.  We can't necessarily
+                * process it right here, as the main thread could be in the
+                * middle of writing a different stream. */
+               list_add_tail(&lte->write_streams_list, &ctx->serial_streams);
+               lte->deferred = 1;
+               ret = 0;
+       } else {
+               ret = submit_stream_for_compression(lte, ctx);
        }
+       lte->no_progress = 1;
+       return ret;
 }
 
-static int write_stream_list_parallel(struct list_head *stream_list,
-                                     FILE *out_fp, int out_ctype,
-                                     int write_flags, u64 total_size,
-                                     unsigned num_threads)
+static long
+get_default_num_threads()
+{
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+       return win32_get_number_of_processors();
+#else
+       return sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
+#endif
+}
+
+/* Equivalent to write_stream_list_serial(), except this takes a @num_threads
+ * parameter and will perform compression using that many threads.  Falls
+ * back to write_stream_list_serial() on certain errors, such as a failure to
+ * create the number of threads requested.
+ *
+ * High level description of the algorithm for writing compressed streams in
+ * parallel:  We perform compression on chunks of size WIM_CHUNK_SIZE bytes
+ * rather than on full files.  The currently executing thread becomes the main
+ * thread and is entirely in charge of reading the data to compress (which may
+ * be in any location understood by the resource code--- such as in an external
+ * file being captured, or in another WIM file from which an image is being
+ * exported) and actually writing the compressed data to the output file.
+ * Additional threads are "compressor threads" and all execute the
+ * compressor_thread_proc, where they repeatedly retrieve buffers of data from
+ * the main thread, compress them, and hand them back to the main thread.
+ *
+ * Certain streams, such as streams that do not need to be compressed (e.g.
+ * input compression type same as output compression type) or streams of very
+ * small size are placed in a list (main_writer_thread_ctx.serial_list) and
+ * handled entirely by the main thread at an appropriate time.
+ *
+ * At any given point in time, multiple streams may be having chunks compressed
+ * concurrently.  The stream that the main thread is currently *reading* may be
+ * later in the list that the stream that the main thread is currently
+ * *writing*.
+ */
+static int
+write_stream_list_parallel(struct list_head *stream_list,
+                          struct wim_lookup_table *lookup_table,
+                          FILE *out_fp,
+                          int out_ctype,
+                          int write_resource_flags,
+                          wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func,
+                          union wimlib_progress_info *progress,
+                          unsigned num_threads)
 {
        int ret;
        struct shared_queue res_to_compress_queue;
@@ -1193,28 +1239,33 @@ static int write_stream_list_parallel(struct list_head *stream_list,
        pthread_t *compressor_threads = NULL;
 
        if (num_threads == 0) {
-               long nthreads = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-               if (nthreads < 1) {
+               long nthreads = get_default_num_threads();
+               if (nthreads < 1 || nthreads > UINT_MAX) {
                        WARNING("Could not determine number of processors! Assuming 1");
                        goto out_serial;
+               } else if (nthreads == 1) {
+                       goto out_serial_quiet;
                } else {
                        num_threads = nthreads;
                }
        }
 
-       wimlib_assert(stream_list->next != stream_list);
+       DEBUG("Writing stream list (parallel version, num_threads=%u)",
+             num_threads);
 
-       static const double MESSAGES_PER_THREAD = 2.0;
+       progress->write_streams.num_threads = num_threads;
+
+       static const size_t MESSAGES_PER_THREAD = 2;
        size_t queue_size = (size_t)(num_threads * MESSAGES_PER_THREAD);
 
        DEBUG("Initializing shared queues (queue_size=%zu)", queue_size);
 
        ret = shared_queue_init(&res_to_compress_queue, queue_size);
-       if (ret != 0)
+       if (ret)
                goto out_serial;
 
        ret = shared_queue_init(&compressed_res_queue, queue_size);
-       if (ret != 0)
+       if (ret)
                goto out_destroy_res_to_compress_queue;
 
        struct compressor_thread_params params;
@@ -1223,45 +1274,70 @@ static int write_stream_list_parallel(struct list_head *stream_list,
        params.compress = get_compress_func(out_ctype);
 
        compressor_threads = MALLOC(num_threads * sizeof(pthread_t));
+       if (!compressor_threads) {
+               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+               goto out_destroy_compressed_res_queue;
+       }
 
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_threads; i++) {
-               DEBUG("pthread_create thread %u", i);
+               DEBUG("pthread_create thread %u of %u", i + 1, num_threads);
                ret = pthread_create(&compressor_threads[i], NULL,
                                     compressor_thread_proc, &params);
                if (ret != 0) {
                        ret = -1;
                        ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to create compressor "
-                                        "thread %u", i);
+                                        "thread %u of %u",
+                                        i + 1, num_threads);
                        num_threads = i;
                        goto out_join;
                }
        }
 
-       if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS) {
-               printf("Writing %s compressed data using %u threads...\n",
-                      get_data_type(out_ctype), num_threads);
-       }
-
-       ret = main_writer_thread_proc(stream_list,
-                                     out_fp,
-                                     out_ctype,
-                                     &res_to_compress_queue,
-                                     &compressed_res_queue,
-                                     queue_size,
-                                     write_flags,
-                                     total_size);
-
+       if (progress_func)
+               progress_func(WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_STREAMS, progress);
+
+       struct main_writer_thread_ctx ctx;
+       ctx.stream_list           = stream_list;
+       ctx.lookup_table          = lookup_table;
+       ctx.out_fp                = out_fp;
+       ctx.out_ctype             = out_ctype;
+       ctx.res_to_compress_queue = &res_to_compress_queue;
+       ctx.compressed_res_queue  = &compressed_res_queue;
+       ctx.num_messages          = queue_size;
+       ctx.write_resource_flags  = write_resource_flags | WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_THREADSAFE_READ;
+       ctx.progress_func         = progress_func;
+       ctx.progress              = progress;
+       ret = main_writer_thread_init_ctx(&ctx);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_join;
+       ret = do_write_stream_list(stream_list, lookup_table,
+                                  main_thread_process_next_stream,
+                                  &ctx, progress_func, progress);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_destroy_ctx;
+
+       /* The main thread has finished reading all streams that are going to be
+        * compressed in parallel, and it now needs to wait for all remaining
+        * chunks to be compressed so that the remaining streams can actually be
+        * written to the output file.  Furthermore, any remaining streams that
+        * had processing deferred to the main thread need to be handled.  These
+        * tasks are done by the main_writer_thread_finish() function. */
+       ret = main_writer_thread_finish(&ctx);
+out_destroy_ctx:
+       main_writer_thread_destroy_ctx(&ctx);
 out_join:
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_threads; i++)
                shared_queue_put(&res_to_compress_queue, NULL);
 
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_threads; i++) {
                if (pthread_join(compressor_threads[i], NULL)) {
-                       WARNING("Failed to join compressor thread %u: %s",
-                               i, strerror(errno));
+                       WARNING_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to join compressor "
+                                          "thread %u of %u",
+                                          i + 1, num_threads);
                }
        }
        FREE(compressor_threads);
+out_destroy_compressed_res_queue:
        shared_queue_destroy(&compressed_res_queue);
 out_destroy_res_to_compress_queue:
        shared_queue_destroy(&res_to_compress_queue);
@@ -1269,8 +1345,15 @@ out_destroy_res_to_compress_queue:
                return ret;
 out_serial:
        WARNING("Falling back to single-threaded compression");
-       return write_stream_list_serial(stream_list, out_fp,
-                                       out_ctype, write_flags, total_size);
+out_serial_quiet:
+       return write_stream_list_serial(stream_list,
+                                       lookup_table,
+                                       out_fp,
+                                       out_ctype,
+                                       write_resource_flags,
+                                       progress_func,
+                                       progress);
+
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1278,95 +1361,326 @@ out_serial:
  * Write a list of streams to a WIM (@out_fp) using the compression type
  * @out_ctype and up to @num_threads compressor threads.
  */
-static int write_stream_list(struct list_head *stream_list, FILE *out_fp,
-                            int out_ctype, int write_flags,
-                            unsigned num_threads)
+static int
+write_stream_list(struct list_head *stream_list,
+                 struct wim_lookup_table *lookup_table,
+                 FILE *out_fp, int out_ctype, int write_flags,
+                 unsigned num_threads, wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func)
 {
-       struct lookup_table_entry *lte;
+       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte;
        size_t num_streams = 0;
-       u64 total_size = 0;
-       bool compression_needed = false;
+       u64 total_bytes = 0;
+       u64 total_compression_bytes = 0;
+       union wimlib_progress_info progress;
+       int ret;
+       int write_resource_flags;
 
-       list_for_each_entry(lte, stream_list, staging_list) {
-               num_streams++;
-               total_size += wim_resource_size(lte);
-               if (!compression_needed
-                   && out_ctype != WIM_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE
-                   && (lte->resource_location != RESOURCE_IN_WIM
-                       || wimlib_get_compression_type(lte->wim) != out_ctype)
-                   && wim_resource_size(lte) != 0)
-                       compression_needed = true;
-       }
-
-       if (num_streams == 0) {
-               if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_VERBOSE)
-                       printf("No streams to write\n");
+       if (list_empty(stream_list))
                return 0;
-       }
 
-       if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_VERBOSE) {
-               printf("Preparing to write %zu streams "
-                      "(%"PRIu64" total bytes uncompressed)\n",
-                      num_streams, total_size);
-               printf("Using compression type %s\n",
-                      wimlib_get_compression_type_string(out_ctype));
+       write_resource_flags = write_flags_to_resource_flags(write_flags);
+
+       /* Calculate the total size of the streams to be written.  Note: this
+        * will be the uncompressed size, as we may not know the compressed size
+        * yet, and also this will assume that every unhashed stream will be
+        * written (which will not necessarily be the case). */
+       list_for_each_entry(lte, stream_list, write_streams_list) {
+               num_streams++;
+               total_bytes += wim_resource_size(lte);
+               if (out_ctype != WIMLIB_COMPRESSION_TYPE_NONE
+                      && (wim_resource_compression_type(lte) != out_ctype ||
+                          (write_resource_flags & WIMLIB_RESOURCE_FLAG_RECOMPRESS)))
+               {
+                       total_compression_bytes += wim_resource_size(lte);
+               }
        }
+       progress.write_streams.total_bytes       = total_bytes;
+       progress.write_streams.total_streams     = num_streams;
+       progress.write_streams.completed_bytes   = 0;
+       progress.write_streams.completed_streams = 0;
+       progress.write_streams.num_threads       = num_threads;
+       progress.write_streams.compression_type  = out_ctype;
+       progress.write_streams._private          = 0;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTITHREADED_COMPRESSION
-       if (compression_needed && total_size >= 1000000 && num_threads != 1) {
-               return write_stream_list_parallel(stream_list, out_fp,
-                                                 out_ctype, write_flags,
-                                                 total_size, num_threads);
-       }
+       if (total_compression_bytes >= 1000000 && num_threads != 1)
+               ret = write_stream_list_parallel(stream_list,
+                                                lookup_table,
+                                                out_fp,
+                                                out_ctype,
+                                                write_resource_flags,
+                                                progress_func,
+                                                &progress,
+                                                num_threads);
        else
 #endif
-       {
-               if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS) {
-                       const char *reason = "";
-                       if (!compression_needed)
-                               reason = " (no compression needed)";
-                       printf("Writing %s data using 1 thread%s\n",
-                              get_data_type(out_ctype), reason);
+               ret = write_stream_list_serial(stream_list,
+                                              lookup_table,
+                                              out_fp,
+                                              out_ctype,
+                                              write_resource_flags,
+                                              progress_func,
+                                              &progress);
+       return ret;
+}
+
+struct stream_size_table {
+       struct hlist_head *array;
+       size_t num_entries;
+       size_t capacity;
+};
+
+static int
+init_stream_size_table(struct stream_size_table *tab, size_t capacity)
+{
+       tab->array = CALLOC(capacity, sizeof(tab->array[0]));
+       if (!tab->array)
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM;
+       tab->num_entries = 0;
+       tab->capacity = capacity;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+destroy_stream_size_table(struct stream_size_table *tab)
+{
+       FREE(tab->array);
+}
+
+static int
+stream_size_table_insert(struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte, void *_tab)
+{
+       struct stream_size_table *tab = _tab;
+       size_t pos;
+       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *same_size_lte;
+       struct hlist_node *tmp;
+
+       pos = hash_u64(wim_resource_size(lte)) % tab->capacity;
+       lte->unique_size = 1;
+       hlist_for_each_entry(same_size_lte, tmp, &tab->array[pos], hash_list_2) {
+               if (wim_resource_size(same_size_lte) == wim_resource_size(lte)) {
+                       lte->unique_size = 0;
+                       same_size_lte->unique_size = 0;
+                       break;
+               }
+       }
+
+       hlist_add_head(&lte->hash_list_2, &tab->array[pos]);
+       tab->num_entries++;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+
+struct lte_overwrite_prepare_args {
+       WIMStruct *wim;
+       off_t end_offset;
+       struct list_head stream_list;
+       struct stream_size_table stream_size_tab;
+};
+
+/* First phase of preparing streams for an in-place overwrite.  This is called
+ * on all streams, both hashed and unhashed, except the metadata resources. */
+static int
+lte_overwrite_prepare(struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte, void *_args)
+{
+       struct lte_overwrite_prepare_args *args = _args;
+
+       wimlib_assert(!(lte->resource_entry.flags & WIM_RESHDR_FLAG_METADATA));
+       if (lte->resource_location != RESOURCE_IN_WIM || lte->wim != args->wim)
+               list_add_tail(&lte->write_streams_list, &args->stream_list);
+       lte->out_refcnt = lte->refcnt;
+       stream_size_table_insert(lte, &args->stream_size_tab);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/* Second phase of preparing streams for an in-place overwrite.  This is called
+ * on existing metadata resources and hashed streams, but not unhashed streams.
+ *
+ * NOTE: lte->output_resource_entry is in union with lte->hash_list_2, so
+ * lte_overwrite_prepare_2() must be called after lte_overwrite_prepare(), as
+ * the latter uses lte->hash_list_2, while the former expects to set
+ * lte->output_resource_entry. */
+static int
+lte_overwrite_prepare_2(struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte, void *_args)
+{
+       struct lte_overwrite_prepare_args *args = _args;
+
+       if (lte->resource_location == RESOURCE_IN_WIM && lte->wim == args->wim) {
+               /* We can't do an in place overwrite on the WIM if there are
+                * streams after the XML data. */
+               if (lte->resource_entry.offset +
+                   lte->resource_entry.size > args->end_offset)
+               {
+               #ifdef ENABLE_ERROR_MESSAGES
+                       ERROR("The following resource is after the XML data:");
+                       print_lookup_table_entry(lte, stderr);
+               #endif
+                       return WIMLIB_ERR_RESOURCE_ORDER;
                }
+               copy_resource_entry(&lte->output_resource_entry,
+                                   &lte->resource_entry);
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/* Given a WIM that we are going to overwrite in place with zero or more
+ * additional streams added, construct a list the list of new unique streams
+ * ('struct wim_lookup_table_entry's) that must be written, plus any unhashed
+ * streams that need to be added but may be identical to other hashed or
+ * unhashed streams.  These unhashed streams are checksummed while the streams
+ * are being written.  To aid this process, the member @unique_size is set to 1
+ * on streams that have a unique size and therefore must be written.
+ *
+ * The out_refcnt member of each 'struct wim_lookup_table_entry' is set to
+ * indicate the number of times the stream is referenced in only the streams
+ * that are being written; this may still be adjusted later when unhashed
+ * streams are being resolved.
+ */
+static int
+prepare_streams_for_overwrite(WIMStruct *wim, off_t end_offset,
+                             struct list_head *stream_list)
+{
+       int ret;
+       struct lte_overwrite_prepare_args args;
+       unsigned i;
+
+       args.wim = wim;
+       args.end_offset = end_offset;
+       ret = init_stream_size_table(&args.stream_size_tab,
+                                    wim->lookup_table->capacity);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
-               return write_stream_list_serial(stream_list, out_fp,
-                                               out_ctype, write_flags,
-                                               total_size);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&args.stream_list);
+       for (i = 0; i < wim->hdr.image_count; i++) {
+               struct wim_image_metadata *imd;
+               struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte;
+
+               imd = wim->image_metadata[i];
+               image_for_each_unhashed_stream(lte, imd)
+                       lte_overwrite_prepare(lte, &args);
+       }
+       for_lookup_table_entry(wim->lookup_table, lte_overwrite_prepare, &args);
+       list_transfer(&args.stream_list, stream_list);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < wim->hdr.image_count; i++) {
+               ret = lte_overwrite_prepare_2(wim->image_metadata[i]->metadata_lte,
+                                             &args);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto out_destroy_stream_size_table;
        }
+       ret = for_lookup_table_entry(wim->lookup_table,
+                                    lte_overwrite_prepare_2, &args);
+out_destroy_stream_size_table:
+       destroy_stream_size_table(&args.stream_size_tab);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 
-static int dentry_find_streams_to_write(struct dentry *dentry,
-                                       void *wim)
+struct find_streams_ctx {
+       struct list_head stream_list;
+       struct stream_size_table stream_size_tab;
+};
+
+static void
+inode_find_streams_to_write(struct wim_inode *inode,
+                           struct wim_lookup_table *table,
+                           struct list_head *stream_list,
+                           struct stream_size_table *tab)
+{
+       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte;
+       for (unsigned i = 0; i <= inode->i_num_ads; i++) {
+               lte = inode_stream_lte(inode, i, table);
+               if (lte) {
+                       if (lte->out_refcnt == 0) {
+                               if (lte->unhashed)
+                                       stream_size_table_insert(lte, tab);
+                               list_add_tail(&lte->write_streams_list, stream_list);
+                       }
+                       lte->out_refcnt += inode->i_nlink;
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+static int
+image_find_streams_to_write(WIMStruct *w)
 {
-       WIMStruct *w = wim;
-       struct list_head *stream_list = w->private;
-       struct lookup_table_entry *lte;
-       for (unsigned i = 0; i <= dentry->d_inode->num_ads; i++) {
-               lte = inode_stream_lte(dentry->d_inode, i, w->lookup_table);
-               if (lte && ++lte->out_refcnt == 1)
-                       list_add_tail(&lte->staging_list, stream_list);
+       struct find_streams_ctx *ctx;
+       struct wim_image_metadata *imd;
+       struct wim_inode *inode;
+       struct wim_lookup_table_entry *lte;
+
+       ctx = w->private;
+       imd = wim_get_current_image_metadata(w);
+
+       image_for_each_unhashed_stream(lte, imd)
+               lte->out_refcnt = 0;
+
+       /* Go through this image's inodes to find any streams that have not been
+        * found yet. */
+       image_for_each_inode(inode, imd) {
+               inode_find_streams_to_write(inode, w->lookup_table,
+                                           &ctx->stream_list,
+                                           &ctx->stream_size_tab);
        }
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int find_streams_to_write(WIMStruct *w)
+/* Given a WIM that from which one or all of the images is being written, build
+ * the list of unique streams ('struct wim_lookup_table_entry's) that must be
+ * written, plus any unhashed streams that need to be written but may be
+ * identical to other hashed or unhashed streams being written.  These unhashed
+ * streams are checksummed while the streams are being written.  To aid this
+ * process, the member @unique_size is set to 1 on streams that have a unique
+ * size and therefore must be written.
+ *
+ * The out_refcnt member of each 'struct wim_lookup_table_entry' is set to
+ * indicate the number of times the stream is referenced in only the streams
+ * that are being written; this may still be adjusted later when unhashed
+ * streams are being resolved.
+ */
+static int
+prepare_stream_list(WIMStruct *wim, int image, struct list_head *stream_list)
 {
-       return for_dentry_in_tree(wim_root_dentry(w),
-                                 dentry_find_streams_to_write, w);
+       int ret;
+       struct find_streams_ctx ctx;
+
+       for_lookup_table_entry(wim->lookup_table, lte_zero_out_refcnt, NULL);
+       ret = init_stream_size_table(&ctx.stream_size_tab,
+                                    wim->lookup_table->capacity);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       for_lookup_table_entry(wim->lookup_table, stream_size_table_insert,
+                              &ctx.stream_size_tab);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx.stream_list);
+       wim->private = &ctx;
+       ret = for_image(wim, image, image_find_streams_to_write);
+       destroy_stream_size_table(&ctx.stream_size_tab);
+       if (ret == 0)
+               list_transfer(&ctx.stream_list, stream_list);
+       return ret;
 }
 
-static int write_wim_streams(WIMStruct *w, int image, int write_flags,
-                            unsigned num_threads)
+/* Writes the streams for the specified @image in @wim to @wim->out_fp.
+ */
+static int
+write_wim_streams(WIMStruct *wim, int image, int write_flags,
+                 unsigned num_threads,
+                 wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func)
 {
+       int ret;
+       struct list_head stream_list;
 
-       for_lookup_table_entry(w->lookup_table, lte_zero_out_refcnt, NULL);
-       LIST_HEAD(stream_list);
-       w->private = &stream_list;
-       for_image(w, image, find_streams_to_write);
-       return write_stream_list(&stream_list, w->out_fp,
-                                wimlib_get_compression_type(w), write_flags,
-                                num_threads);
+       ret = prepare_stream_list(wim, image, &stream_list);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       return write_stream_list(&stream_list,
+                                wim->lookup_table,
+                                wim->out_fp,
+                                wimlib_get_compression_type(wim),
+                                write_flags,
+                                num_threads,
+                                progress_func);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1398,7 +1712,9 @@ static int write_wim_streams(WIMStruct *w, int image, int write_flags,
  *             fsync() the output file before closing it.
  *
  */
-int finish_write(WIMStruct *w, int image, int write_flags)
+int
+finish_write(WIMStruct *w, int image, int write_flags,
+            wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func)
 {
        int ret;
        struct wim_header hdr;
@@ -1410,47 +1726,72 @@ int finish_write(WIMStruct *w, int image, int write_flags)
         * count.  */
        memcpy(&hdr, &w->hdr, sizeof(struct wim_header));
 
+       /* Set image count and boot index correctly for single image writes */
+       if (image != WIMLIB_ALL_IMAGES) {
+               hdr.image_count = 1;
+               if (hdr.boot_idx == image)
+                       hdr.boot_idx = 1;
+               else
+                       hdr.boot_idx = 0;
+       }
+
+       /* In the WIM header, there is room for the resource entry for a
+        * metadata resource labeled as the "boot metadata".  This entry should
+        * be zeroed out if there is no bootable image (boot_idx 0).  Otherwise,
+        * it should be a copy of the resource entry for the image that is
+        * marked as bootable.  This is not well documented...  */
+       if (hdr.boot_idx == 0) {
+               zero_resource_entry(&hdr.boot_metadata_res_entry);
+       } else {
+               copy_resource_entry(&hdr.boot_metadata_res_entry,
+                           &w->image_metadata[ hdr.boot_idx- 1
+                                       ]->metadata_lte->output_resource_entry);
+       }
+
        if (!(write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_NO_LOOKUP_TABLE)) {
-               ret = write_lookup_table(w->lookup_table, out, &hdr.lookup_table_res_entry);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       goto out;
+               ret = write_lookup_table(w, image, &hdr.lookup_table_res_entry);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto out_close_wim;
        }
 
        ret = write_xml_data(w->wim_info, image, out,
                             (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_NO_LOOKUP_TABLE) ?
                              wim_info_get_total_bytes(w->wim_info) : 0,
                             &hdr.xml_res_entry);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto out;
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_close_wim;
 
        if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_CHECK_INTEGRITY) {
                if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_CHECKPOINT_AFTER_XML) {
                        struct wim_header checkpoint_hdr;
                        memcpy(&checkpoint_hdr, &hdr, sizeof(struct wim_header));
-                       memset(&checkpoint_hdr.integrity, 0, sizeof(struct resource_entry));
-                       if (fseeko(out, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
+                       zero_resource_entry(&checkpoint_hdr.integrity);
+                       if (fseeko(out, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
+                               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to seek to beginning "
+                                                "of WIM being written");
                                ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-                               goto out;
+                               goto out_close_wim;
                        }
                        ret = write_header(&checkpoint_hdr, out);
-                       if (ret != 0)
-                               goto out;
+                       if (ret)
+                               goto out_close_wim;
 
                        if (fflush(out) != 0) {
                                ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Can't write data to WIM");
                                ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-                               goto out;
+                               goto out_close_wim;
                        }
 
                        if (fseeko(out, 0, SEEK_END) != 0) {
+                               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to seek to end "
+                                                "of WIM being written");
                                ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-                               goto out;
+                               goto out_close_wim;
                        }
                }
 
                off_t old_lookup_table_end;
                off_t new_lookup_table_end;
-               bool show_progress;
                if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_REUSE_INTEGRITY_TABLE) {
                        old_lookup_table_end = w->hdr.lookup_table_res_entry.offset +
                                               w->hdr.lookup_table_res_entry.size;
@@ -1459,54 +1800,28 @@ int finish_write(WIMStruct *w, int image, int write_flags)
                }
                new_lookup_table_end = hdr.lookup_table_res_entry.offset +
                                       hdr.lookup_table_res_entry.size;
-               show_progress = ((write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS) != 0);
 
                ret = write_integrity_table(out,
                                            &hdr.integrity,
                                            new_lookup_table_end,
                                            old_lookup_table_end,
-                                           show_progress);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       goto out;
-       } else {
-               memset(&hdr.integrity, 0, sizeof(struct resource_entry));
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * In the WIM header, there is room for the resource entry for a
-        * metadata resource labeled as the "boot metadata".  This entry should
-        * be zeroed out if there is no bootable image (boot_idx 0).  Otherwise,
-        * it should be a copy of the resource entry for the image that is
-        * marked as bootable.  This is not well documented...
-        */
-       if (hdr.boot_idx == 0 || !w->image_metadata
-                       || (image != WIM_ALL_IMAGES && image != hdr.boot_idx)) {
-               memset(&hdr.boot_metadata_res_entry, 0,
-                      sizeof(struct resource_entry));
+                                           progress_func);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto out_close_wim;
        } else {
-               memcpy(&hdr.boot_metadata_res_entry,
-                      &w->image_metadata[
-                         hdr.boot_idx - 1].metadata_lte->output_resource_entry,
-                      sizeof(struct resource_entry));
-       }
-
-       /* Set image count and boot index correctly for single image writes */
-       if (image != WIM_ALL_IMAGES) {
-               hdr.image_count = 1;
-               if (hdr.boot_idx == image)
-                       hdr.boot_idx = 1;
-               else
-                       hdr.boot_idx = 0;
+               zero_resource_entry(&hdr.integrity);
        }
 
        if (fseeko(out, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to seek to beginning of WIM "
+                                "being written");
                ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
-               goto out;
+               goto out_close_wim;
        }
 
        ret = write_header(&hdr, out);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto out;
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_close_wim;
 
        if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_FSYNC) {
                if (fflush(out) != 0
@@ -1516,9 +1831,9 @@ int finish_write(WIMStruct *w, int image, int write_flags)
                        ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
                }
        }
-out:
+out_close_wim:
        if (fclose(out) != 0) {
-               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to close the WIM file");
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to close the output WIM file");
                if (ret == 0)
                        ret = WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
        }
@@ -1526,45 +1841,94 @@ out:
        return ret;
 }
 
-static void close_wim_writable(WIMStruct *w)
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_FILE_H) && defined(HAVE_FLOCK)
+int
+lock_wim(WIMStruct *w, FILE *fp)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+       if (fp && !w->wim_locked) {
+               ret = flock(fileno(fp), LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB);
+               if (ret != 0) {
+                       if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
+                               ERROR("`%"TS"' is already being modified or has been "
+                                     "mounted read-write\n"
+                                     "        by another process!", w->filename);
+                               ret = WIMLIB_ERR_ALREADY_LOCKED;
+                       } else {
+                               WARNING_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to lock `%"TS"'",
+                                                  w->filename);
+                               ret = 0;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       w->wim_locked = 1;
+               }
+       }
+       return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int
+open_wim_writable(WIMStruct *w, const tchar *path,
+                 bool trunc, bool also_readable)
+{
+       const tchar *mode;
+       if (trunc)
+               if (also_readable)
+                       mode = T("w+b");
+               else
+                       mode = T("wb");
+       else
+               mode = T("r+b");
+
+       wimlib_assert(w->out_fp == NULL);
+       w->out_fp = tfopen(path, mode);
+       if (w->out_fp) {
+               return 0;
+       } else {
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to open `%"TS"' for writing", path);
+               return WIMLIB_ERR_OPEN;
+       }
+}
+
+
+void
+close_wim_writable(WIMStruct *w)
 {
        if (w->out_fp) {
                if (fclose(w->out_fp) != 0) {
-                       WARNING("Failed to close output WIM: %s",
-                               strerror(errno));
+                       WARNING_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to close output WIM");
                }
                w->out_fp = NULL;
        }
 }
 
 /* Open file stream and write dummy header for WIM. */
-int begin_write(WIMStruct *w, const char *path, int write_flags)
+int
+begin_write(WIMStruct *w, const tchar *path, int write_flags)
 {
        int ret;
-       bool need_readable = false;
-       bool trunc = true;
-       if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_CHECK_INTEGRITY)
-               need_readable = true;
-
-       ret = open_wim_writable(w, path, trunc, need_readable);
-       if (ret != 0)
+       ret = open_wim_writable(w, path, true,
+                               (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_CHECK_INTEGRITY) != 0);
+       if (ret)
                return ret;
        /* Write dummy header. It will be overwritten later. */
        return write_header(&w->hdr, w->out_fp);
 }
 
 /* Writes a stand-alone WIM to a file.  */
-WIMLIBAPI int wimlib_write(WIMStruct *w, const char *path,
-                          int image, int write_flags, unsigned num_threads)
+WIMLIBAPI int
+wimlib_write(WIMStruct *w, const tchar *path,
+            int image, int write_flags, unsigned num_threads,
+            wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func)
 {
        int ret;
 
-       if (!w || !path)
+       if (!path)
                return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_PARAM;
 
        write_flags &= WIMLIB_WRITE_MASK_PUBLIC;
 
-       if (image != WIM_ALL_IMAGES &&
+       if (image != WIMLIB_ALL_IMAGES &&
             (image < 1 || image > w->hdr.image_count))
                return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_IMAGE;
 
@@ -1573,65 +1937,42 @@ WIMLIBAPI int wimlib_write(WIMStruct *w, const char *path,
                return WIMLIB_ERR_SPLIT_UNSUPPORTED;
        }
 
-       if (image == WIM_ALL_IMAGES)
-               DEBUG("Writing all images to `%s'.", path);
-       else
-               DEBUG("Writing image %d to `%s'.", image, path);
-
        ret = begin_write(w, path, write_flags);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto out;
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_close_wim;
 
-       ret = write_wim_streams(w, image, write_flags, num_threads);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto out;
+       ret = write_wim_streams(w, image, write_flags, num_threads,
+                               progress_func);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_close_wim;
 
-       if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS)
-               printf("Writing image metadata...\n");
+       if (progress_func)
+               progress_func(WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_METADATA_BEGIN, NULL);
 
        ret = for_image(w, image, write_metadata_resource);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto out;
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_close_wim;
 
-       ret = finish_write(w, image, write_flags);
-       if (ret == 0 && (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS))
-               printf("Successfully wrote `%s'\n", path);
-out:
+       if (progress_func)
+               progress_func(WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_WRITE_METADATA_END, NULL);
+
+       ret = finish_write(w, image, write_flags, progress_func);
+       /* finish_write() closed the WIM for us */
+       goto out;
+out_close_wim:
        close_wim_writable(w);
+out:
+       DEBUG("wimlib_write(path=%"TS") = %d", path, ret);
        return ret;
 }
 
-static int lte_overwrite_prepare(struct lookup_table_entry *lte,
-                                void *ignore)
+static bool
+any_images_modified(WIMStruct *w)
 {
-       memcpy(&lte->output_resource_entry, &lte->resource_entry,
-              sizeof(struct resource_entry));
-       lte->out_refcnt = 0;
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static int check_resource_offset(struct lookup_table_entry *lte, void *arg)
-{
-       off_t end_offset = *(u64*)arg;
-
-       wimlib_assert(lte->out_refcnt <= lte->refcnt);
-       if (lte->out_refcnt < lte->refcnt) {
-               if (lte->resource_entry.offset + lte->resource_entry.size > end_offset) {
-                       ERROR("The following resource is after the XML data:");
-                       print_lookup_table_entry(lte);
-                       return WIMLIB_ERR_RESOURCE_ORDER;
-               }
-       }
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static int find_new_streams(struct lookup_table_entry *lte, void *arg)
-{
-       if (lte->out_refcnt == lte->refcnt)
-               list_add(&lte->staging_list, (struct list_head*)arg);
-       else
-               lte->out_refcnt = lte->refcnt;
-       return 0;
+       for (int i = 0; i < w->hdr.image_count; i++)
+               if (w->image_metadata[i]->modified)
+                       return true;
+       return false;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1689,178 +2030,207 @@ static int find_new_streams(struct lookup_table_entry *lte, void *arg)
  * is is crash-safe except in the case of write re-ordering, but the
  * disadvantage is that a small hole is left in the WIM where the old lookup
  * table, xml data, and integrity table were.  (These usually only take up a
- * small amount of space compared to the streams, however.
+ * small amount of space compared to the streams, however.)
  */
-static int overwrite_wim_inplace(WIMStruct *w, int write_flags,
-                                unsigned num_threads,
-                                int modified_image_idx)
+static int
+overwrite_wim_inplace(WIMStruct *w, int write_flags,
+                     unsigned num_threads,
+                     wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func)
 {
        int ret;
        struct list_head stream_list;
        off_t old_wim_end;
+       u64 old_lookup_table_end, old_xml_begin, old_xml_end;
 
-       DEBUG("Overwriting `%s' in-place", w->filename);
+       DEBUG("Overwriting `%"TS"' in-place", w->filename);
 
        /* Make sure that the integrity table (if present) is after the XML
         * data, and that there are no stream resources, metadata resources, or
         * lookup tables after the XML data.  Otherwise, these data would be
         * overwritten. */
-       if (w->hdr.integrity.offset != 0 &&
-           w->hdr.integrity.offset < w->hdr.xml_res_entry.offset) {
+       old_xml_begin = w->hdr.xml_res_entry.offset;
+       old_xml_end = old_xml_begin + w->hdr.xml_res_entry.size;
+       old_lookup_table_end = w->hdr.lookup_table_res_entry.offset +
+                              w->hdr.lookup_table_res_entry.size;
+       if (w->hdr.integrity.offset != 0 && w->hdr.integrity.offset < old_xml_end) {
                ERROR("Didn't expect the integrity table to be before the XML data");
                return WIMLIB_ERR_RESOURCE_ORDER;
        }
 
-       if (w->hdr.lookup_table_res_entry.offset > w->hdr.xml_res_entry.offset) {
+       if (old_lookup_table_end > old_xml_begin) {
                ERROR("Didn't expect the lookup table to be after the XML data");
                return WIMLIB_ERR_RESOURCE_ORDER;
        }
 
-       DEBUG("Identifying newly added streams");
-       for_lookup_table_entry(w->lookup_table, lte_overwrite_prepare, NULL);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&stream_list);
-       for (int i = modified_image_idx; i < w->hdr.image_count; i++) {
-               DEBUG("Identifiying streams in image %d", i + 1);
-               wimlib_assert(w->image_metadata[i].modified);
-               wimlib_assert(!w->image_metadata[i].has_been_mounted_rw);
-               wimlib_assert(w->image_metadata[i].root_dentry != NULL);
-               wimlib_assert(w->image_metadata[i].metadata_lte != NULL);
-               w->private = &stream_list;
-               for_dentry_in_tree(w->image_metadata[i].root_dentry,
-                                  dentry_find_streams_to_write, w);
-       }
-
-       if (w->hdr.integrity.offset)
-               old_wim_end = w->hdr.integrity.offset + w->hdr.integrity.size;
-       else
-               old_wim_end = w->hdr.xml_res_entry.offset + w->hdr.xml_res_entry.size;
-
-       ret = for_lookup_table_entry(w->lookup_table, check_resource_offset,
-                                    &old_wim_end);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               return ret;
-
-       if (modified_image_idx == w->hdr.image_count) {
-               /* If no images are modified, a new lookup table does not need
-                * to be written. */
-               wimlib_assert(list_empty(&stream_list));
-               old_wim_end = w->hdr.lookup_table_res_entry.offset +
-                             w->hdr.lookup_table_res_entry.size;
+       /* Set @old_wim_end, which indicates the point beyond which we don't
+        * allow any file and metadata resources to appear without returning
+        * WIMLIB_ERR_RESOURCE_ORDER (due to the fact that we would otherwise
+        * overwrite these resources). */
+       if (!w->deletion_occurred && !any_images_modified(w)) {
+               /* If no images have been modified and no images have been
+                * deleted, a new lookup table does not need to be written.  We
+                * shall write the new XML data and optional integrity table
+                * immediately after the lookup table.  Note that this may
+                * overwrite an existing integrity table. */
+               DEBUG("Skipping writing lookup table "
+                     "(no images modified or deleted)");
+               old_wim_end = old_lookup_table_end;
                write_flags |= WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_NO_LOOKUP_TABLE |
                               WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_CHECKPOINT_AFTER_XML;
+       } else if (w->hdr.integrity.offset) {
+               /* Old WIM has an integrity table; begin writing new streams
+                * after it. */
+               old_wim_end = w->hdr.integrity.offset + w->hdr.integrity.size;
+       } else {
+               /* No existing integrity table; begin writing new streams after
+                * the old XML data. */
+               old_wim_end = old_xml_end;
        }
 
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&stream_list);
-       for_lookup_table_entry(w->lookup_table, find_new_streams,
-                              &stream_list);
+       ret = prepare_streams_for_overwrite(w, old_wim_end, &stream_list);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        ret = open_wim_writable(w, w->filename, false,
                                (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_CHECK_INTEGRITY) != 0);
-       if (ret != 0)
+       if (ret)
                return ret;
 
+       ret = lock_wim(w, w->out_fp);
+       if (ret) {
+               close_wim_writable(w);
+               return ret;
+       }
+
        if (fseeko(w->out_fp, old_wim_end, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
                ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Can't seek to end of WIM");
+               close_wim_writable(w);
+               w->wim_locked = 0;
                return WIMLIB_ERR_WRITE;
        }
 
-       if (!list_empty(&stream_list)) {
-               DEBUG("Writing newly added streams (offset = %"PRIu64")",
-                     old_wim_end);
-               ret = write_stream_list(&stream_list, w->out_fp,
-                                       wimlib_get_compression_type(w),
-                                       write_flags, num_threads);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       goto out_ftruncate;
-       } else {
-               DEBUG("No new streams were added");
-       }
-
-       for (int i = modified_image_idx; i < w->hdr.image_count; i++) {
-               select_wim_image(w, i + 1);
-               ret = write_metadata_resource(w);
-               if (ret != 0)
-                       goto out_ftruncate;
+       DEBUG("Writing newly added streams (offset = %"PRIu64")",
+             old_wim_end);
+       ret = write_stream_list(&stream_list,
+                               w->lookup_table,
+                               w->out_fp,
+                               wimlib_get_compression_type(w),
+                               write_flags,
+                               num_threads,
+                               progress_func);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_truncate;
+
+       for (int i = 0; i < w->hdr.image_count; i++) {
+               if (w->image_metadata[i]->modified) {
+                       select_wim_image(w, i + 1);
+                       ret = write_metadata_resource(w);
+                       if (ret)
+                               goto out_truncate;
+               }
        }
        write_flags |= WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_REUSE_INTEGRITY_TABLE;
-       ret = finish_write(w, WIM_ALL_IMAGES, write_flags);
-out_ftruncate:
+       ret = finish_write(w, WIMLIB_ALL_IMAGES, write_flags,
+                          progress_func);
+out_truncate:
        close_wim_writable(w);
-       if (ret != 0) {
-               WARNING("Truncating `%s' to its original size (%"PRIu64" bytes)",
+       if (ret != 0 && !(write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_NO_LOOKUP_TABLE)) {
+               WARNING("Truncating `%"TS"' to its original size (%"PRIu64" bytes)",
                        w->filename, old_wim_end);
-               truncate(w->filename, old_wim_end);
+               /* Return value of truncate() is ignored because this is already
+                * an error path. */
+               (void)ttruncate(w->filename, old_wim_end);
        }
+       w->wim_locked = 0;
        return ret;
 }
 
-static int overwrite_wim_via_tmpfile(WIMStruct *w, int write_flags,
-                                    unsigned num_threads)
+static int
+overwrite_wim_via_tmpfile(WIMStruct *w, int write_flags,
+                         unsigned num_threads,
+                         wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func)
 {
        size_t wim_name_len;
        int ret;
 
-       DEBUG("Overwrining `%s' via a temporary file", w->filename);
+       DEBUG("Overwriting `%"TS"' via a temporary file", w->filename);
 
        /* Write the WIM to a temporary file in the same directory as the
         * original WIM. */
-       wim_name_len = strlen(w->filename);
-       char tmpfile[wim_name_len + 10];
-       memcpy(tmpfile, w->filename, wim_name_len);
+       wim_name_len = tstrlen(w->filename);
+       tchar tmpfile[wim_name_len + 10];
+       tmemcpy(tmpfile, w->filename, wim_name_len);
        randomize_char_array_with_alnum(tmpfile + wim_name_len, 9);
-       tmpfile[wim_name_len + 9] = '\0';
+       tmpfile[wim_name_len + 9] = T('\0');
 
-       ret = wimlib_write(w, tmpfile, WIM_ALL_IMAGES,
+       ret = wimlib_write(w, tmpfile, WIMLIB_ALL_IMAGES,
                           write_flags | WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_FSYNC,
-                          num_threads);
-       if (ret != 0) {
-               ERROR("Failed to write the WIM file `%s'", tmpfile);
-               goto err;
+                          num_threads, progress_func);
+       if (ret) {
+               ERROR("Failed to write the WIM file `%"TS"'", tmpfile);
+               goto out_unlink;
        }
 
-       /* Close the original WIM file that was opened for reading. */
+       DEBUG("Renaming `%"TS"' to `%"TS"'", tmpfile, w->filename);
+
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+       /* Windows won't let you delete open files unless FILE_SHARE_DELETE was
+        * specified to CreateFile().  The WIM was opened with fopen(), which
+        * didn't provided this flag to CreateFile, so the handle must be closed
+        * before executing the rename(). */
        if (w->fp != NULL) {
                fclose(w->fp);
                w->fp = NULL;
        }
-
-       DEBUG("Renaming `%s' to `%s'", tmpfile, w->filename);
+#endif
 
        /* Rename the new file to the old file .*/
-       if (rename(tmpfile, w->filename) != 0) {
-               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to rename `%s' to `%s'",
+       if (trename(tmpfile, w->filename) != 0) {
+               ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to rename `%"TS"' to `%"TS"'",
                                 tmpfile, w->filename);
                ret = WIMLIB_ERR_RENAME;
-               goto err;
+               goto out_unlink;
+       }
+
+       if (progress_func) {
+               union wimlib_progress_info progress;
+               progress.rename.from = tmpfile;
+               progress.rename.to = w->filename;
+               progress_func(WIMLIB_PROGRESS_MSG_RENAME, &progress);
        }
 
-       if (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS)
-               printf("Successfully renamed `%s' to `%s'\n", tmpfile, w->filename);
+       /* Close the original WIM file that was opened for reading. */
+       if (w->fp != NULL) {
+               fclose(w->fp);
+               w->fp = NULL;
+       }
 
        /* Re-open the WIM read-only. */
-       w->fp = fopen(w->filename, "rb");
+       w->fp = tfopen(w->filename, T("rb"));
        if (w->fp == NULL) {
                ret = WIMLIB_ERR_REOPEN;
-               WARNING("Failed to re-open `%s' read-only: %s",
-                       w->filename, strerror(errno));
+               WARNING_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to re-open `%"TS"' read-only",
+                                  w->filename);
+               FREE(w->filename);
+               w->filename = NULL;
        }
-       return ret;
-err:
+       goto out;
+out_unlink:
        /* Remove temporary file. */
-       if (unlink(tmpfile) != 0)
-               WARNING("Failed to remove `%s': %s", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
+       if (tunlink(tmpfile) != 0)
+               WARNING_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to remove `%"TS"'", tmpfile);
+out:
        return ret;
 }
 
 /*
  * Writes a WIM file to the original file that it was read from, overwriting it.
  */
-WIMLIBAPI int wimlib_overwrite(WIMStruct *w, int write_flags,
-                              unsigned num_threads)
+WIMLIBAPI int
+wimlib_overwrite(WIMStruct *w, int write_flags,
+                unsigned num_threads,
+                wimlib_progress_func_t progress_func)
 {
-       if (!w)
-               return WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_PARAM;
-
        write_flags &= WIMLIB_WRITE_MASK_PUBLIC;
 
        if (!w->filename)
@@ -1871,24 +2241,17 @@ WIMLIBAPI int wimlib_overwrite(WIMStruct *w, int write_flags,
                return WIMLIB_ERR_SPLIT_UNSUPPORTED;
        }
 
-       if (!w->deletion_occurred && !(write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_REBUILD)) {
-               int i, modified_image_idx;
-               for (i = 0; i < w->hdr.image_count && !w->image_metadata[i].modified; i++)
-                       ;
-               modified_image_idx = i;
-               for (; i < w->hdr.image_count && w->image_metadata[i].modified &&
-                       !w->image_metadata[i].has_been_mounted_rw; i++)
-                       ;
-               if (i == w->hdr.image_count) {
-                       return overwrite_wim_inplace(w, write_flags, num_threads,
-                                                    modified_image_idx);
-               }
+       if ((!w->deletion_occurred || (write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_SOFT_DELETE))
+           && !(write_flags & WIMLIB_WRITE_FLAG_REBUILD))
+       {
+               int ret;
+               ret = overwrite_wim_inplace(w, write_flags, num_threads,
+                                           progress_func);
+               if (ret == WIMLIB_ERR_RESOURCE_ORDER)
+                       WARNING("Falling back to re-building entire WIM");
+               else
+                       return ret;
        }
-       return overwrite_wim_via_tmpfile(w, write_flags, num_threads);
-}
-
-/* Deprecated */
-WIMLIBAPI int wimlib_overwrite_xml_and_header(WIMStruct *wim, int write_flags)
-{
-       return wimlib_overwrite(wim, write_flags, 1);
+       return overwrite_wim_via_tmpfile(w, write_flags, num_threads,
+                                        progress_func);
 }