diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba28d64..7000996 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Sets the version of `unsquashfs` shown when `--version` is passed.
 
 Most features are present except for the following:
 
-* xattrs are not applied on extraction
 * When using Zig decompression libraries then lzo and lz4 compression types are unavailable. I don't _currently_ plan on spending the time to find and validate a library since neither is popular.
 * When using C decompression libraries, lzo is not supported by default due to [some issues](#build-considerations). If it's needed it's trivial to fix, but it's easiest to just leave it disabled.
 
@@ -39,10 +38,10 @@ Most features are present except for the following:
 This is some basic observation's I've made about this library's performance when compared to `unsquashfs`. Unless otherwise stated, most observations were made when extracting my test archive (which is fairly small and uses zstd compression) and with `--release=fast`.
 
 * Under ideal circumstances, my library is ~70% slower (.11s vs .18s)
-* Mutli-threading on small archives noticably increases extraction times (when using C libraries) (.18s vs .57s). This should theoretically reverse on larger archives with many inodes, but I haven't tested that yet.
+* Mutli-threading on small archives significantly increases extraction times (when using C libraries) (.18s vs .57s). This should theoretically reverse on larger archives with many inodes, but I haven't tested that yet.
 * Using Zig libraries *significantly* increases decompression time by ~600% under ideal circumstances.
 
-Times:
+Example Times:
 
 * *unsquashfs*: .11s
 * *C-libs, single-threaded*: .18s
diff --git a/src/inode.zig b/src/inode.zig
index ce71b40..9246b6b 100644
--- a/src/inode.zig
+++ b/src/inode.zig
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ const file = @import("inode_data/file.zig");
 const misc = @import("inode_data/misc.zig");
 const DataReader = @import("util/data.zig");
 const ThreadedDataReader = @import("util/data_threaded.zig");
+const InodeFinish = @import("util/inode_finish.zig");
+const FinishUnion = InodeFinish.FinishUnion;
 const MetadataReader = @import("util/metadata.zig");
-const XattrTable = @import("xattr.zig");
 
 pub const Ref = packed struct {
     block_offset: u16,
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ fn entriesFromData(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: Archive, data: anytype) ![
     return DirEntry.readDir(alloc, &meta.interface, data.size);
 }
 
-/// Returns the xattr index for the given inode. If the inode isn't an extended variant or doesn't have any, the returned value is the max u32 value (0xFFFFFFFF)
+/// Returns the xattr index for the given inode. If the inode isn't an extended variant or doesn't have any, the u32 max is returned (0xFFFFFFFF).
 pub fn xattrIdx(self: Inode) u32 {
     return switch (self.data) {
         .ext_dir => |d| d.xattr_id,
@@ -167,7 +168,9 @@ pub fn xattrIdx(self: Inode) u32 {
     };
 }
 
-inline fn setPermissionAndXattr(self: Inode, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archive, fil: std.fs.File, options: ExtractionOptions) !void {
+/// Applies the Inode's metadata to the given File.
+/// Mod time is always set, but permissions and xattrs are set based on the given ExtractionOptions.
+pub fn setMetadata(self: Inode, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archive, fil: std.fs.File, options: ExtractionOptions) !void {
     const time = @as(i128, self.hdr.mod_time) * 1000000000;
     try fil.updateTimes(time, time);
     if (!options.ignore_permissions) {
@@ -223,7 +226,7 @@ pub fn extractTo(self: Inode, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archive, path:
 
             var fil = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{});
             defer fil.close();
-            try self.setPermissionAndXattr(alloc, archive, fil, options);
+            try self.setMetadata(alloc, archive, fil, options);
         },
         .file, .ext_file => try self.extractRegFile(alloc, archive, path, options),
         .symlink, .ext_symlink => try self.extractSymlink(path),
@@ -231,46 +234,6 @@ pub fn extractTo(self: Inode, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archive, path:
     }
 }
 
-const Parent = struct {
-    alloc: std.mem.Allocator,
-
-    inode: Inode,
-    path: []const u8,
-    archive: *Archive,
-    options: ExtractionOptions,
-
-    wg: WaitGroup = .{},
-    mut: Mutex = .{},
-
-    fn create(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, inode: Inode, path: []const u8, archive: *Archive, options: ExtractionOptions, dir_size: usize) !*Parent {
-        const out = try alloc.create(Parent);
-        errdefer alloc.destroy(out);
-        out.* = .{
-            .alloc = alloc,
-
-            .inode = inode,
-            .path = path,
-            .archive = archive,
-            .options = options,
-        };
-        out.wg.startMany(dir_size);
-        return out;
-    }
-
-    fn finish(p: *Parent) !void {
-        p.mut.lock();
-        {
-            defer p.mut.unlock();
-            p.wg.finish();
-            if (!p.wg.isDone()) return;
-        }
-        defer p.alloc.destroy(p);
-        var fil = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(p.path, .{});
-        defer fil.close();
-        try p.inode.setPermissionAndXattr(p.alloc, p.archive, fil, p.options);
-    }
-};
-
 /// Extract the inode to the given path. Multi-threaded.
 /// Functions identically to extractTo on all but regular files and directories.
 fn extractToThreaded(self: Inode, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archive, path: []const u8, options: ExtractionOptions) !void {
@@ -294,13 +257,13 @@ fn extractToThreaded(self: Inode, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archiv
             var out_err: ?anyerror = null;
 
             wg.start();
-            self.extractThread(alloc, archive, path, options, &wg, &pool, &out_err, null);
+            self.extractThread(alloc, archive, path, options, .{ .wg = &wg }, &pool, &out_err);
             pool.waitAndWork(&wg);
             if (out_err != null) return out_err.?;
 
             var fil = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{});
             defer fil.close();
-            try self.setPermissionAndXattr(alloc, archive, fil, options);
+            try self.setMetadata(alloc, archive, fil, options);
         },
         .file, .ext_file => {
             var pool: Pool = undefined;
@@ -314,11 +277,17 @@ fn extractToThreaded(self: Inode, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archiv
             var thread_alloc: std.heap.ThreadSafeAllocator = .{ .child_allocator = arena_alloc.allocator() };
             const alloc = thread_alloc.allocator();
 
-            try self.extractRegFileThreaded(alloc, archive, path, options, &pool);
+            var wg: WaitGroup = .{};
+            var out_err: ?anyerror = null;
+
+            self.extractThread(alloc, archive, path, options, .{ .wg = &wg }, &pool, &out_err);
+            pool.waitAndWork(&wg);
+
+            if (out_err != null) return out_err.?;
 
             var fil = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{});
             defer fil.close();
-            try self.setPermissionAndXattr(alloc, archive, fil, options);
+            try self.setMetadata(alloc, archive, fil, options);
         },
         .symlink, .ext_symlink => try self.extractSymlink(path),
         else => try self.extractDevice(allocator, archive, path, options),
@@ -331,13 +300,12 @@ fn extractThreadEntry(
     archive: *Archive,
     path: []const u8,
     options: ExtractionOptions,
-    wg: *WaitGroup,
+    finish: FinishUnion,
     pool: *Pool,
     out_err: *?anyerror,
-    parent: ?*Parent,
 ) void {
     var new_path = alloc.alloc(u8, path.len + entry.name.len + 1) catch |err| {
-        wg.finish();
+        finish.finish();
         out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
@@ -346,10 +314,10 @@ fn extractThreadEntry(
     new_path[path.len] = '/';
     var inode = readFromEntry(alloc, archive, entry) catch |err| {
         out_err.* = err;
-        wg.finish();
+        finish.finish();
         return;
     };
-    inode.extractThread(alloc, archive, new_path, options, wg, pool, out_err, parent);
+    inode.extractThread(alloc, archive, new_path, options, finish, pool, out_err);
 }
 
 /// Extract threadedly the inode to the path.
@@ -359,21 +327,13 @@ fn extractThread(
     archive: *Archive,
     path: []const u8,
     options: ExtractionOptions,
-    wg: *WaitGroup,
+    finish: FinishUnion,
     pool: *Pool,
     out_err: *?anyerror,
-    parent: ?*Parent,
 ) void {
     if (options.verbose)
         options.verbose_writer.?.print("Extracting inode #{} to {s}\n", .{ self.hdr.num, path }) catch {};
-    defer {
-        if (parent != null) parent.?.finish() catch |err| {
-            if (options.verbose)
-                options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error setting folder permission to {s}: {}\n", .{ path, err }) catch {};
-            out_err.* = err;
-        };
-        wg.finish();
-    }
+    defer finish.finish();
     if (out_err.* != null) return;
     switch (self.hdr.inode_type) {
         .dir, .ext_dir => {
@@ -390,15 +350,35 @@ fn extractThread(
                 out_err.* = err;
                 return;
             };
-            const p = Parent.create(alloc, self, path, archive, options, entries.len) catch |err| {
+            const fin = InodeFinish.create(
+                alloc,
+                self,
+                path,
+                archive,
+                options,
+                finish,
+                out_err,
+                null,
+                entries.len,
+            ) catch |err| {
+                if (options.verbose)
+                    options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error allocating memory\n", .{}) catch {};
                 out_err.* = err;
                 return;
             };
-            wg.startMany(entries.len);
             // defer files.deinit(alloc); We don't need to do this due to ArenaAllocator
             for (entries) |entry| {
                 if (entry.inode_type == .dir) {
-                    extractThreadEntry(entry, alloc, archive, path, options, wg, pool, out_err, p);
+                    extractThreadEntry(
+                        entry,
+                        alloc,
+                        archive,
+                        path,
+                        options,
+                        .{ .fin = fin },
+                        pool,
+                        out_err,
+                    );
                     continue;
                 }
                 pool.spawn(
@@ -409,13 +389,12 @@ fn extractThread(
                         archive,
                         path,
                         options,
-                        wg,
+                        FinishUnion{ .fin = fin },
                         pool,
                         out_err,
-                        p,
                     },
                 ) catch |err| {
-                    wg.finish();
+                    fin.finish();
                     if (options.verbose)
                         options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error starting extraction thread: {}\n", .{err}) catch {};
                     out_err.* = err;
@@ -424,10 +403,42 @@ fn extractThread(
             }
         },
         .file, .ext_file => {
-            self.extractRegFileThreaded(alloc, archive, path, options, pool) catch |err| {
+            const fil = std.fs.cwd().createFile(path, .{}) catch |err| {
                 if (options.verbose)
-                    options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error extracting file inode #{} to {s}: {}\n", .{ self.hdr.num, path, err }) catch {};
+                    options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error creating {s}: {}\n", .{ path, err }) catch {};
                 out_err.* = err;
+                return;
+            };
+            var data = self.threadedDataReader(alloc, archive) catch |err| {
+                if (options.verbose)
+                    options.verbose_writer.?.print(
+                        "Error creating data reader for inode #{} (extracting to {s}): {}\n",
+                        .{ self.hdr.num, path, err },
+                    ) catch {};
+                out_err.* = err;
+                return;
+            };
+            const fin = InodeFinish.create(
+                alloc,
+                self,
+                path,
+                archive,
+                options,
+                finish,
+                out_err,
+                fil,
+                data.num_blocks,
+            ) catch |err| {
+                if (options.verbose)
+                    options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error allocating memory\n", .{}) catch {};
+                out_err.* = err;
+                return;
+            };
+            data.extractThreaded(fil, pool, fin) catch |err| {
+                if (options.verbose)
+                    options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error spawning threads: {}\n", .{err}) catch {};
+                out_err.* = err;
+                return;
             };
         },
         .symlink, .ext_symlink => {
@@ -459,19 +470,7 @@ fn extractRegFile(self: Inode, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archive, path
     _ = try dat_rdr.interface.streamRemaining(&wrt.interface);
     try wrt.interface.flush();
 
-    try self.setPermissionAndXattr(alloc, archive, fil, options);
-}
-/// Extract the inode file contents to the given path threadedly.
-/// pool is used to spawn threads.
-///
-/// Assumes the inode is a file or ext_file type.
-fn extractRegFileThreaded(self: Inode, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archive, path: []const u8, options: ExtractionOptions, pool: *Pool) !void {
-    var fil = try std.fs.cwd().createFile(path, .{});
-    defer fil.close();
-    var data = try self.threadedDataReader(alloc, archive);
-    try data.extractThreaded(fil, pool);
-
-    try self.setPermissionAndXattr(alloc, archive, fil, options);
+    try self.setMetadata(alloc, archive, fil, options);
 }
 /// Creates the symlink described by the inode.
 ///
@@ -533,5 +532,5 @@ fn extractDevice(self: Inode, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: *Archive, path:
     }
     var fil = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{});
     defer fil.close();
-    try self.setPermissionAndXattr(alloc, archive, fil, options);
+    try self.setMetadata(alloc, archive, fil, options);
 }
diff --git a/src/util/data_threaded.zig b/src/util/data_threaded.zig
index 68ec14f..f9f8860 100644
--- a/src/util/data_threaded.zig
+++ b/src/util/data_threaded.zig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const Archive = @import("../archive.zig");
 const FragEntry = Archive.FragEntry;
 const DecompFn = @import("../decomp.zig").DecompFn;
 const BlockSize = @import("../inode_data/file.zig").BlockSize;
+const InodeFinish = @import("inode_finish.zig");
 const OffsetFile = @import("offset_file.zig");
 
 const ThreadedDataReader = @This();
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ blocks: []BlockSize,
 frag: ?FragEntry = null, // TODO: do something better?
 frag_offset: u32 = 0,
 size: u64,
+num_blocks: usize,
 
 start_offset: u64,
 
@@ -34,8 +36,12 @@ pub fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: Archive, blocks: []BlockSize, sta
         .fil = archive.fil,
         .decomp = archive.decomp,
         .block_size = archive.super.block_size,
+
         .blocks = blocks,
+
         .size = size,
+        .num_blocks = blocks.len,
+
         .start_offset = start,
     };
 }
@@ -43,141 +49,132 @@ pub fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, archive: Archive, blocks: []BlockSize, sta
 pub fn addFragment(self: *ThreadedDataReader, entry: FragEntry, frag_offset: u32) void {
     self.frag = entry;
     self.frag_offset = frag_offset;
-}
-
-fn numBlocks(self: ThreadedDataReader) usize {
-    var res = self.blocks.len;
-    if (self.frag != null) res += 1;
-    return res;
+    self.num_blocks = self.blocks.len + 1;
 }
 
 /// Extract the data to the file threadedly, using pool to spawn threads.
-/// If multiple errors occur, thread spawning errors will have, then the last decompression error that occurs;
-///
-/// The function must be called from an unused DataReader. The DataReader is still usable afterwards.
-/// If only extractThreaded is used, there is no need to call deinit() afterwards.
-///
-/// The file will always be written to starting at 0.
-pub fn extractThreaded(self: ThreadedDataReader, file: std.fs.File, pool: *Pool) !void {
-    var wg: WaitGroup = .{};
-    wg.startMany(self.numBlocks());
-    var out_err: ?anyerror = null;
-
+/// This function only returns an error if pool.spawn fails. For actual extraction errors finish.out_err will be set.
+pub fn extractThreaded(self: ThreadedDataReader, file: std.fs.File, pool: *Pool, finish: *InodeFinish) !void {
     var cur_write_offset: u64 = 0;
     var cur_read_offset: u64 = self.start_offset;
     for (0..self.blocks.len) |i| {
-        const cur_block_size = if (i == self.numBlocks() - 1) self.size % self.block_size else self.block_size;
-        try pool.spawn(workThreadBlocks, .{ self, file, cur_write_offset, cur_read_offset, self.blocks[i], cur_block_size, &wg, &out_err });
+        const cur_block_size = if (i == self.num_blocks - 1) self.size % self.block_size else self.block_size;
+        try pool.spawn(workThreadBlocks, .{ self, file, cur_write_offset, cur_read_offset, self.blocks[i], cur_block_size, finish });
         cur_write_offset += cur_block_size;
         cur_read_offset += self.blocks[i].size;
     }
-    if (self.frag != null) {
-        try pool.spawn(workThreadFragment, .{ self, file, cur_write_offset, &wg, &out_err });
-    }
-    pool.waitAndWork(&wg);
-    if (out_err != null) return out_err.?;
+    if (self.frag != null)
+        try pool.spawn(workThreadFragment, .{ self, file, cur_write_offset, finish });
 }
 
-fn workThreadBlocks(self: ThreadedDataReader, fil: std.fs.File, write_offset: u64, read_offset: u64, block: BlockSize, cur_block_size: u64, wg: *WaitGroup, out_err: *?anyerror) void {
-    defer wg.finish();
+fn workThreadBlocks(
+    self: ThreadedDataReader,
+    fil: std.fs.File,
+    write_offset: u64,
+    read_offset: u64,
+    block: BlockSize,
+    cur_block_size: u64,
+    finish: *InodeFinish,
+) void {
+    defer finish.finish();
     var wrt = fil.writer(&[0]u8{});
     wrt.seekTo(write_offset) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     defer wrt.interface.flush() catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
     };
     if (block.size == 0) {
         wrt.interface.splatByteAll(0, cur_block_size) catch |err| {
-            out_err.* = err;
+            finish.out_err.* = err;
             return;
         };
         return;
     }
     var rdr = self.fil.readerAt(read_offset, &[0]u8{}) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     if (block.uncompressed) {
         rdr.interface.streamExact(&wrt.interface, block.size) catch |err| {
-            out_err.* = err;
+            finish.out_err.* = err;
             return;
         };
         return;
     }
     // TODO: shared buffers
     const read_buf = self.alloc.alloc(u8, block.size) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     defer self.alloc.free(read_buf);
     rdr.interface.readSliceAll(read_buf) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     // TODO: shared buffers
     const res_buf = self.alloc.alloc(u8, cur_block_size) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     defer self.alloc.free(res_buf);
     _ = self.decomp(self.alloc, read_buf, res_buf) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     wrt.interface.writeAll(res_buf) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
 }
-fn workThreadFragment(self: ThreadedDataReader, fil: std.fs.File, write_offset: u64, wg: *WaitGroup, out_err: *?anyerror) void {
-    defer wg.finish();
+fn workThreadFragment(self: ThreadedDataReader, fil: std.fs.File, write_offset: u64, finish: *InodeFinish) void {
+    defer finish.finish();
 
     var wrt = fil.writer(&[0]u8{});
     wrt.seekTo(write_offset) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     defer wrt.interface.flush() catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
     };
 
     var rdr = self.fil.readerAt(self.frag.?.start, &[0]u8{}) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     if (self.frag.?.size.uncompressed) {
         rdr.interface.discardAll(self.frag_offset) catch |err| {
-            out_err.* = err;
+            finish.out_err.* = err;
             return;
         };
         rdr.interface.streamExact(&wrt.interface, self.size % self.block_size) catch |err| {
-            out_err.* = err;
+            finish.out_err.* = err;
             return;
         };
         return;
     }
     const tmp_buf = self.alloc.alloc(u8, self.frag.?.size.size) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     defer self.alloc.free(tmp_buf);
     rdr.interface.readSliceAll(tmp_buf) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     const needed_block = self.alloc.alloc(u8, self.block_size) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     defer self.alloc.free(needed_block);
     _ = self.decomp(self.alloc, tmp_buf, needed_block) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
     wrt.interface.writeAll(needed_block[self.frag_offset .. self.frag_offset + (self.size % self.block_size)]) catch |err| {
-        out_err.* = err;
+        finish.out_err.* = err;
         return;
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/util/inode_finish.zig b/src/util/inode_finish.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e162989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/inode_finish.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const WaitGroup = std.Thread.WaitGroup;
+const Mutex = std.Thread.Mutex;
+
+const Archive = @import("../archive.zig");
+const Inode = @import("../inode.zig");
+const ExtractionOptions = @import("../options.zig");
+
+const InodeFinish = @This();
+
+const FinishEnum = enum {
+    wg,
+    fin,
+};
+pub const FinishUnion = union(FinishEnum) {
+    wg: *WaitGroup,
+    fin: *InodeFinish,
+
+    pub fn finish(self: FinishUnion) void {
+        switch (self) {
+            .wg => |wg| wg.finish(),
+            .fin => |fin| fin.finish(),
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+alloc: std.mem.Allocator,
+
+inode: Inode,
+path: []const u8,
+archive: *Archive,
+options: ExtractionOptions,
+parent_finish: FinishUnion,
+fil: ?std.fs.File,
+out_err: *?anyerror,
+
+wg: WaitGroup = .{},
+mut: Mutex = .{},
+
+pub fn create(
+    alloc: std.mem.Allocator,
+    inode: Inode,
+    path: []const u8,
+    archive: *Archive,
+    options: ExtractionOptions,
+    parent_finish: FinishUnion,
+    out_err: *?anyerror,
+    fil: ?std.fs.File,
+    work_size: usize,
+) !*InodeFinish {
+    const out = try alloc.create(InodeFinish);
+    errdefer alloc.destroy(out);
+    out.* = .{
+        .alloc = alloc,
+
+        .inode = inode,
+        .path = path,
+        .archive = archive,
+        .options = options,
+        .parent_finish = parent_finish,
+        .out_err = out_err,
+        .fil = fil,
+    };
+    out.wg.startMany(work_size);
+    return out;
+}
+
+pub fn finish(self: *InodeFinish) void {
+    self.mut.lock();
+    {
+        defer self.mut.unlock();
+        self.wg.finish();
+        if (!self.wg.isDone()) return;
+    }
+    defer {
+        self.parent_finish.finish();
+        self.alloc.destroy(self);
+    }
+    if (self.fil == null)
+        self.fil = std.fs.cwd().openFile(self.path, .{}) catch |err| {
+            if (self.options.verbose)
+                self.options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error opening {s} to set metadata: {}\n", .{ self.path, err }) catch {};
+            self.out_err.* = err;
+            return;
+        };
+    defer self.fil.?.close();
+    self.inode.setMetadata(self.alloc, self.archive, self.fil.?, self.options) catch |err| {
+        if (self.options.verbose)
+            self.options.verbose_writer.?.print("Error setting metadata to {s}: {}\n", .{ self.path, err }) catch {};
+        self.out_err.* = err;
+        return;
+    };
+}