+}
+
+/*
+ * Read a tree of dentries (directory entries) from a WIM metadata resource.
+ *
+ * @buf:
+ * Buffer containing an uncompressed WIM metadata resource.
+ *
+ * @buf_len:
+ * Length of the uncompressed metadata resource, in bytes.
+ *
+ * @root_offset
+ * Offset in the metadata resource of the root of the dentry tree.
+ *
+ * @root_ret:
+ * On success, either NULL or a pointer to the root dentry is written to
+ * this location. The former case only occurs in the unexpected case that
+ * the tree began with an end-of-directory entry.
+ *
+ * Return values:
+ * WIMLIB_ERR_SUCCESS (0)
+ * WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_METADATA_RESOURCE
+ * WIMLIB_ERR_NOMEM
+ */
+int
+read_dentry_tree(const u8 *buf, size_t buf_len,
+ u64 root_offset, struct wim_dentry **root_ret)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct wim_dentry *root;
+
+ DEBUG("Reading dentry tree (root_offset=%"PRIu64")", root_offset);
+
+ ret = read_dentry(buf, buf_len, root_offset, &root);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (likely(root != NULL)) {
+ if (unlikely(dentry_has_long_name(root) ||
+ dentry_has_short_name(root)))
+ {
+ WARNING("The root directory has a nonempty name; "
+ "removing it.");
+ FREE(root->file_name);
+ FREE(root->short_name);
+ root->file_name = NULL;
+ root->short_name = NULL;
+ root->file_name_nbytes = 0;
+ root->short_name_nbytes = 0;
+ }
+
+ if (unlikely(!dentry_is_directory(root))) {
+ ERROR("The root of the WIM image is not a directory!");
+ ret = WIMLIB_ERR_INVALID_METADATA_RESOURCE;
+ goto err_free_dentry_tree;
+ }
+
+ if (likely(root->subdir_offset != 0)) {
+ ret = read_dentry_tree_recursive(buf, buf_len, root);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_free_dentry_tree;
+ }
+ } else {
+ WARNING("The metadata resource has no directory entries; "
+ "treating as an empty image.");
+ }
+ *root_ret = root;
+ return 0;
+
+err_free_dentry_tree:
+ free_dentry_tree(root, NULL);