diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/dwarf-unwind.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
index 566fb6c0eae7..9bc304cb7762 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static int sample_ustack(struct perf_sample *sample,
 
 	sp = (unsigned long) regs[PERF_REG_ARM_SP];
 
-	map = maps__find(thread->maps, (u64)sp);
+	map = maps__find(thread__maps(thread), (u64)sp);
 	if (!map) {
 		pr_debug("failed to get stack map\n");
 		free(buf);
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
index 90a7ef293ce7..b2603d0d3737 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static int sample_ustack(struct perf_sample *sample,
 
 	sp = (unsigned long) regs[PERF_REG_ARM64_SP];
 
-	map = maps__find(thread->maps, (u64)sp);
+	map = maps__find(thread__maps(thread), (u64)sp);
 	if (!map) {
 		pr_debug("failed to get stack map\n");
 		free(buf);
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/tests/dwarf-unwind.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
index 32fffb593fbf..5ecf82893b84 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static int sample_ustack(struct perf_sample *sample,
 
 	sp = (unsigned long) regs[PERF_REG_POWERPC_R1];
 
-	map = maps__find(thread->maps, (u64)sp);
+	map = maps__find(thread__maps(thread), (u64)sp);
 	if (!map) {
 		pr_debug("failed to get stack map\n");
 		free(buf);
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
index 497593be80f2..5bfec3345d59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static int sample_ustack(struct perf_sample *sample,
 
 	sp = (unsigned long) regs[PERF_REG_X86_SP];
 
-	map = maps__find(thread->maps, (u64)sp);
+	map = maps__find(thread__maps(thread), (u64)sp);
 	if (!map) {
 		pr_debug("failed to get stack map\n");
 		free(buf);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index 05dfd98af170..ee41a96f0c73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 	}
 
 	if (c2c.stitch_lbr)
-		al.thread->lbr_stitch_enable = true;
+		thread__set_lbr_stitch_enable(al.thread, true);
 
 	ret = sample__resolve_callchain(sample, &callchain_cursor, NULL,
 					evsel, &al, sysctl_perf_event_max_stack);
@@ -1149,14 +1149,14 @@ pid_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
 {
 	int width = c2c_width(fmt, hpp, he->hists);
 
-	return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%*d", width, he->thread->pid_);
+	return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%*d", width, thread__pid(he->thread));
 }
 
 static int64_t
 pid_cmp(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt __maybe_unused,
 	struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
 {
-	return left->thread->pid_ - right->thread->pid_;
+	return thread__pid(left->thread) - thread__pid(right->thread);
 }
 
 static int64_t
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 61766eead4f4..d9e96d4624c6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static struct dso *findnew_dso(int pid, int tid, const char *filename,
 	}
 
 	vdso = is_vdso_map(filename);
-	nsi = nsinfo__get(thread->nsinfo);
+	nsi = nsinfo__get(thread__nsinfo(thread));
 
 	if (vdso) {
 		/* The vdso maps are always on the host and not the
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 2150eeced892..fe9439a4fd66 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 	if (perf_kmem__skip_sample(sample))
 		return 0;
 
-	dump_printf(" ... thread: %s:%d\n", thread__comm_str(thread), thread->tid);
+	dump_printf(" ... thread: %s:%d\n", thread__comm_str(thread), thread__tid(thread));
 
 	if (evsel->handler != NULL) {
 		tracepoint_handler f = evsel->handler;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index c7d526283baf..8ea6ab18534a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	}
 
 	if (rep->stitch_lbr)
-		al.thread->lbr_stitch_enable = true;
+		thread__set_lbr_stitch_enable(al.thread, true);
 
 	if (symbol_conf.hide_unresolved && al.sym == NULL)
 		goto out_put;
@@ -829,10 +829,10 @@ static struct task *tasks_list(struct task *task, struct machine *machine)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* Last one in the chain. */
-	if (thread->ppid == -1)
+	if (thread__ppid(thread) == -1)
 		return task;
 
-	parent_thread = machine__find_thread(machine, -1, thread->ppid);
+	parent_thread = machine__find_thread(machine, -1, thread__ppid(thread));
 	if (!parent_thread)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
@@ -869,12 +869,12 @@ static void task__print_level(struct task *task, FILE *fp, int level)
 	struct thread *thread = task->thread;
 	struct task *child;
 	int comm_indent = fprintf(fp, "  %8d %8d %8d |%*s",
-				  thread->pid_, thread->tid, thread->ppid,
-				  level, "");
+				  thread__pid(thread), thread__tid(thread),
+				  thread__ppid(thread), level, "");
 
 	fprintf(fp, "%s\n", thread__comm_str(thread));
 
-	maps__fprintf_task(thread->maps, comm_indent, fp);
+	maps__fprintf_task(thread__maps(thread), comm_indent, fp);
 
 	if (!list_empty(&task->children)) {
 		list_for_each_entry(child, &task->children, list)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 3a30c2ac5b47..fd37468c4f62 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -916,12 +916,12 @@ static int replay_fork_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 
 	if (verbose > 0) {
 		printf("fork event\n");
-		printf("... parent: %s/%d\n", thread__comm_str(parent), parent->tid);
-		printf("...  child: %s/%d\n", thread__comm_str(child), child->tid);
+		printf("... parent: %s/%d\n", thread__comm_str(parent), thread__tid(parent));
+		printf("...  child: %s/%d\n", thread__comm_str(child), thread__tid(child));
 	}
 
-	register_pid(sched, parent->tid, thread__comm_str(parent));
-	register_pid(sched, child->tid, thread__comm_str(child));
+	register_pid(sched, thread__tid(parent), thread__comm_str(parent));
+	register_pid(sched, thread__tid(child), thread__comm_str(child));
 out_put:
 	thread__put(child);
 	thread__put(parent);
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ static int latency_migrate_task_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	if (!atoms) {
 		if (thread_atoms_insert(sched, migrant))
 			goto out_put;
-		register_pid(sched, migrant->tid, thread__comm_str(migrant));
+		register_pid(sched, thread__tid(migrant), thread__comm_str(migrant));
 		atoms = thread_atoms_search(&sched->atom_root, migrant, &sched->cmp_pid);
 		if (!atoms) {
 			pr_err("migration-event: Internal tree error");
@@ -1359,10 +1359,13 @@ static void output_lat_thread(struct perf_sched *sched, struct work_atoms *work_
 	sched->all_runtime += work_list->total_runtime;
 	sched->all_count   += work_list->nb_atoms;
 
-	if (work_list->num_merged > 1)
-		ret = printf("  %s:(%d) ", thread__comm_str(work_list->thread), work_list->num_merged);
-	else
-		ret = printf("  %s:%d ", thread__comm_str(work_list->thread), work_list->thread->tid);
+	if (work_list->num_merged > 1) {
+		ret = printf("  %s:(%d) ", thread__comm_str(work_list->thread),
+			     work_list->num_merged);
+	} else {
+		ret = printf("  %s:%d ", thread__comm_str(work_list->thread),
+			     thread__tid(work_list->thread));
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 24 - ret; i++)
 		printf(" ");
@@ -1380,11 +1383,15 @@ static void output_lat_thread(struct perf_sched *sched, struct work_atoms *work_
 
 static int pid_cmp(struct work_atoms *l, struct work_atoms *r)
 {
+	pid_t l_tid, r_tid;
+
 	if (l->thread == r->thread)
 		return 0;
-	if (l->thread->tid < r->thread->tid)
+	l_tid = thread__tid(l->thread);
+	r_tid = thread__tid(r->thread);
+	if (l_tid < r_tid)
 		return -1;
-	if (l->thread->tid > r->thread->tid)
+	if (l_tid > r_tid)
 		return 1;
 	return (int)(l->thread - r->thread);
 }
@@ -1679,14 +1686,14 @@ static int map_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched, struct evsel *evsel,
 
 	timestamp__scnprintf_usec(timestamp, stimestamp, sizeof(stimestamp));
 	color_fprintf(stdout, color, "  %12s secs ", stimestamp);
-	if (new_shortname || tr->comm_changed || (verbose > 0 && sched_in->tid)) {
+	if (new_shortname || tr->comm_changed || (verbose > 0 && thread__tid(sched_in))) {
 		const char *pid_color = color;
 
 		if (thread__has_color(sched_in))
 			pid_color = COLOR_PIDS;
 
 		color_fprintf(stdout, pid_color, "%s => %s:%d",
-		       tr->shortname, thread__comm_str(sched_in), sched_in->tid);
+			tr->shortname, thread__comm_str(sched_in), thread__tid(sched_in));
 		tr->comm_changed = false;
 	}
 
@@ -1948,8 +1955,8 @@ static char *timehist_get_commstr(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	static char str[32];
 	const char *comm = thread__comm_str(thread);
-	pid_t tid = thread->tid;
-	pid_t pid = thread->pid_;
+	pid_t tid = thread__tid(thread);
+	pid_t pid = thread__pid(thread);
 	int n;
 
 	if (pid == 0)
@@ -2032,7 +2039,7 @@ static char task_state_char(struct thread *thread, int state)
 	unsigned bit = state ? ffs(state) : 0;
 
 	/* 'I' for idle */
-	if (thread->tid == 0)
+	if (thread__tid(thread) == 0)
 		return 'I';
 
 	return bit < sizeof(state_to_char) - 1 ? state_to_char[bit] : '?';
@@ -2067,7 +2074,7 @@ static void timehist_print_sample(struct perf_sched *sched,
 		for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; ++i) {
 			/* flag idle times with 'i'; others are sched events */
 			if (i == sample->cpu)
-				c = (thread->tid == 0) ? 'i' : 's';
+				c = (thread__tid(thread) == 0) ? 'i' : 's';
 			else
 				c = ' ';
 			printf("%c", c);
@@ -2094,7 +2101,7 @@ static void timehist_print_sample(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	if (sched->show_wakeups && !sched->show_next)
 		printf("  %-*s", comm_width, "");
 
-	if (thread->tid == 0)
+	if (thread__tid(thread) == 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (sched->show_callchain)
@@ -2626,7 +2633,7 @@ static int timehist_sched_change_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 			t = ptime->end;
 	}
 
-	if (!sched->idle_hist || thread->tid == 0) {
+	if (!sched->idle_hist || thread__tid(thread) == 0) {
 		if (!cpu_list || test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap))
 			timehist_update_runtime_stats(tr, t, tprev);
 
@@ -2634,7 +2641,7 @@ static int timehist_sched_change_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 			struct idle_thread_runtime *itr = (void *)tr;
 			struct thread_runtime *last_tr;
 
-			BUG_ON(thread->tid != 0);
+			BUG_ON(thread__tid(thread) != 0);
 
 			if (itr->last_thread == NULL)
 				goto out;
@@ -2719,7 +2726,7 @@ static void print_thread_runtime(struct thread *t,
 	float stddev;
 
 	printf("%*s   %5d  %9" PRIu64 " ",
-	       comm_width, timehist_get_commstr(t), t->ppid,
+	       comm_width, timehist_get_commstr(t), thread__ppid(t),
 	       (u64) r->run_stats.n);
 
 	print_sched_time(r->total_run_time, 8);
@@ -2739,7 +2746,7 @@ static void print_thread_waittime(struct thread *t,
 				  struct thread_runtime *r)
 {
 	printf("%*s   %5d  %9" PRIu64 " ",
-	       comm_width, timehist_get_commstr(t), t->ppid,
+	       comm_width, timehist_get_commstr(t), thread__ppid(t),
 	       (u64) r->run_stats.n);
 
 	print_sched_time(r->total_run_time, 8);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index b02ad386a55b..e756290de2ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static int print_srccode(struct thread *thread, u8 cpumode, uint64_t addr)
 	if (!al.map)
 		return 0;
 	ret = map__fprintf_srccode(al.map, al.addr, stdout,
-		    &thread->srccode_state);
+				   thread__srccode_state(thread));
 	if (ret)
 		ret += printf("\n");
 	return ret;
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_callindent(struct perf_sample *sample,
 	 * The 'return' has already been popped off the stack so the depth has
 	 * to be adjusted to match the 'call'.
 	 */
-	if (thread->ts && sample->flags & PERF_IP_FLAG_RETURN)
+	if (thread__ts(thread) && sample->flags & PERF_IP_FLAG_RETURN)
 		depth += 1;
 
 	name = resolve_branch_sym(sample, evsel, thread, al, addr_al, &ip);
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_bts(struct perf_sample *sample,
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "\n");
 	if (PRINT_FIELD(SRCCODE)) {
 		int ret = map__fprintf_srccode(al->map, al->addr, stdout,
-					 &thread->srccode_state);
+					       thread__srccode_state(thread));
 		if (ret) {
 			printed += ret;
 			printed += printf("\n");
@@ -2086,9 +2086,9 @@ static bool show_event(struct perf_sample *sample,
 	if (!symbol_conf.graph_function)
 		return true;
 
-	if (thread->filter) {
-		if (depth <= thread->filter_entry_depth) {
-			thread->filter = false;
+	if (thread__filter(thread)) {
+		if (depth <= thread__filter_entry_depth(thread)) {
+			thread__set_filter(thread, false);
 			return false;
 		}
 		return true;
@@ -2105,8 +2105,8 @@ static bool show_event(struct perf_sample *sample,
 		while (*s) {
 			unsigned len = strcspn(s, ",");
 			if (nlen == len && !strncmp(name, s, len)) {
-				thread->filter = true;
-				thread->filter_entry_depth = depth;
+				thread__set_filter(thread, true);
+				thread__set_filter_entry_depth(thread, depth);
 				return true;
 			}
 			s += len;
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ static void process_event(struct perf_script *script,
 		struct callchain_cursor *cursor = NULL;
 
 		if (script->stitch_lbr)
-			al->thread->lbr_stitch_enable = true;
+			thread__set_lbr_stitch_enable(al->thread, true);
 
 		if (symbol_conf.use_callchain && sample->callchain &&
 		    thread__resolve_callchain(al->thread, &callchain_cursor, evsel,
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ static void process_event(struct perf_script *script,
 
 	if (PRINT_FIELD(SRCCODE)) {
 		if (map__fprintf_srccode(al->map, al->addr, stdout,
-					 &thread->srccode_state))
+					 thread__srccode_state(thread)))
 			printf("\n");
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 27a7f068207d..9d3cbebb9b79 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static void perf_event__process_sample(struct perf_tool *tool,
 		return;
 
 	if (top->stitch_lbr)
-		al.thread->lbr_stitch_enable = true;
+		thread__set_lbr_stitch_enable(al.thread, true);
 
 	if (!machine->kptr_restrict_warned &&
 	    symbol_conf.kptr_restrict &&
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index b0dd202d14eb..4c9bec39423b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1386,12 +1386,13 @@ static int thread__read_fd_path(struct thread *thread, int fd)
 	struct stat st;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (thread->pid_ == thread->tid) {
+	if (thread__pid(thread) == thread__tid(thread)) {
 		scnprintf(linkname, sizeof(linkname),
-			  "/proc/%d/fd/%d", thread->pid_, fd);
+			  "/proc/%d/fd/%d", thread__pid(thread), fd);
 	} else {
 		scnprintf(linkname, sizeof(linkname),
-			  "/proc/%d/task/%d/fd/%d", thread->pid_, thread->tid, fd);
+			  "/proc/%d/task/%d/fd/%d",
+			  thread__pid(thread), thread__tid(thread), fd);
 	}
 
 	if (lstat(linkname, &st) < 0 || st.st_size + 1 > (off_t)sizeof(pathname))
@@ -1559,7 +1560,7 @@ static size_t trace__fprintf_comm_tid(struct trace *trace, struct thread *thread
 	if (trace->multiple_threads) {
 		if (trace->show_comm)
 			printed += fprintf(fp, "%.14s/", thread__comm_str(thread));
-		printed += fprintf(fp, "%d ", thread->tid);
+		printed += fprintf(fp, "%d ", thread__tid(thread));
 	}
 
 	return printed;
@@ -2205,7 +2206,8 @@ static void thread__update_stats(struct thread *thread, struct thread_trace *ttr
 				memset(new_errnos + stats->max_errno, 0, (err - stats->max_errno) * sizeof(u32));
 			} else {
 				pr_debug("Not enough memory for errno stats for thread \"%s\"(%d/%d), results will be incomplete\n",
-					 thread__comm_str(thread), thread->pid_, thread->tid);
+					 thread__comm_str(thread), thread__pid(thread),
+					 thread__tid(thread));
 				return;
 			}
 
@@ -2550,7 +2552,7 @@ errno_print: {
 
 		if (child != NULL) {
 			fprintf(trace->output, "%ld", ret);
-			if (child->comm_set)
+			if (thread__comm_set(child))
 				fprintf(trace->output, " (%s)", thread__comm_str(child));
 			thread__put(child);
 		}
@@ -3616,14 +3618,16 @@ static int trace__set_filter_loop_pids(struct trace *trace)
 	struct thread *thread = machine__find_thread(trace->host, pids[0], pids[0]);
 
 	while (thread && nr < ARRAY_SIZE(pids)) {
-		struct thread *parent = machine__find_thread(trace->host, thread->ppid, thread->ppid);
+		struct thread *parent = machine__find_thread(trace->host,
+							     thread__ppid(thread),
+							     thread__ppid(thread));
 
 		if (parent == NULL)
 			break;
 
 		if (!strcmp(thread__comm_str(parent), "sshd") ||
 		    strstarts(thread__comm_str(parent), "gnome-terminal")) {
-			pids[nr++] = parent->tid;
+			pids[nr++] = thread__tid(parent);
 			break;
 		}
 		thread = parent;
@@ -4322,7 +4326,7 @@ static size_t trace__fprintf_thread(FILE *fp, struct thread *thread, struct trac
 
 	ratio = (double)ttrace->nr_events / trace->nr_events * 100.0;
 
-	printed += fprintf(fp, " %s (%d), ", thread__comm_str(thread), thread->tid);
+	printed += fprintf(fp, " %s (%d), ", thread__comm_str(thread), thread__tid(thread));
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "%lu events, ", ttrace->nr_events);
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "%.1f%%", ratio);
 	if (ttrace->pfmaj)
@@ -4344,7 +4348,9 @@ static unsigned long thread__nr_events(struct thread_trace *ttrace)
 	return ttrace ? ttrace->nr_events : 0;
 }
 
-DEFINE_RESORT_RB(threads, (thread__nr_events(a->thread->priv) < thread__nr_events(b->thread->priv)),
+DEFINE_RESORT_RB(threads,
+		(thread__nr_events(thread__priv(a->thread)) <
+		 thread__nr_events(thread__priv(b->thread))),
 	struct thread *thread;
 )
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
index 53b1587db403..3954bd1587ce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static PyObject *perf_sample_insn(PyObject *obj, PyObject *args)
 	if (!c)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (c->sample->ip && !c->sample->insn_len && c->al->thread->maps) {
-		struct machine *machine =  maps__machine(c->al->thread->maps);
+	if (c->sample->ip && !c->sample->insn_len && thread__maps(c->al->thread)) {
+		struct machine *machine =  maps__machine(thread__maps(c->al->thread));
 
 		script_fetch_insn(c->sample, c->al->thread, machine);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
index efe026a35010..9d8eefbebd48 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int read_object_code(u64 addr, size_t len, u8 cpumode,
 		len = map__end(al.map) - addr;
 
 	/* Read the object code using perf */
-	ret_len = dso__data_read_offset(dso, maps__machine(thread->maps),
+	ret_len = dso__data_read_offset(dso, maps__machine(thread__maps(thread)),
 					al.addr, buf1, len);
 	if (ret_len != len) {
 		pr_debug("dso__data_read_offset failed\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
index 745ab18d17db..d08add0f4da6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void print_hists_out(struct hists *hists)
 			struct dso *dso = map__dso(he->ms.map);
 
 			pr_info("%2d: entry: %8s:%5d [%-8s] %20s: period = %"PRIu64"/%"PRIu64"\n",
-				i, thread__comm_str(he->thread), he->thread->tid,
+				i, thread__comm_str(he->thread), thread__tid(he->thread),
 				dso->short_name,
 				he->ms.sym->name, he->stat.period,
 				he->stat_acc ? he->stat_acc->period : 0);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
index 8c0e3f334747..62b9c6461ea6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ typedef int (*test_fn_t)(struct evsel *, struct machine *);
 #define DSO(he)   (map__dso(he->ms.map)->short_name)
 #define SYM(he)   (he->ms.sym->name)
 #define CPU(he)   (he->cpu)
-#define PID(he)   (he->thread->tid)
 #define DEPTH(he) (he->callchain->max_depth)
 #define CDSO(cl)  (map__dso(cl->ms.map)->short_name)
 #define CSYM(cl)  (cl->ms.sym->name)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
index cebd5226bb12..cd2094c13e1e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ typedef int (*test_fn_t)(struct evsel *, struct machine *);
 #define DSO(he)   (map__dso(he->ms.map)->short_name)
 #define SYM(he)   (he->ms.sym->name)
 #define CPU(he)   (he->cpu)
-#define PID(he)   (he->thread->tid)
+#define PID(he)   (thread__tid(he->thread))
 
 /* default sort keys (no field) */
 static int test1(struct evsel *evsel, struct machine *machine)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-targz-src-pkg b/tools/perf/tests/perf-targz-src-pkg
index fae26b1cf08f..b3075c168cb2 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-targz-src-pkg
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-targz-src-pkg
@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@
 # be in such tarball, which sometimes gets broken when we move files around,
 # like when we made some files that were in tools/perf/ available to other tools/
 # codebases by moving it to tools/include/, etc.
+set -e
 
 PERF=$1
 cd ${PERF}/../..
-make perf-targz-src-pkg > /dev/null
+make perf-targz-src-pkg
 TARBALL=$(ls -rt perf-*.tar.gz)
 TMP_DEST=$(mktemp -d)
 tar xf ${TARBALL} -C $TMP_DEST
 rm -f ${TARBALL}
 cd - > /dev/null
-make -C $TMP_DEST/perf*/tools/perf > /dev/null
+make -C $TMP_DEST/perf*/tools/perf
 RC=$?
 rm -rf ${TMP_DEST}
 exit $RC
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/thread-maps-share.c b/tools/perf/tests/thread-maps-share.c
index 858e725318a9..faf980b26252 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/thread-maps-share.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/thread-maps-share.c
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ static int test__thread_maps_share(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int s
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to create threads",
 			leader && t1 && t2 && t3 && other);
 
-	maps = leader->maps;
+	maps = thread__maps(leader);
 	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("wrong refcnt", refcount_read(maps__refcnt(maps)), 4);
 
 	/* test the maps pointer is shared */
-	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("maps don't match", RC_CHK_ACCESS(maps) == RC_CHK_ACCESS(t1->maps));
-	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("maps don't match", RC_CHK_ACCESS(maps) == RC_CHK_ACCESS(t2->maps));
-	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("maps don't match", RC_CHK_ACCESS(maps) == RC_CHK_ACCESS(t3->maps));
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("maps don't match", RC_CHK_ACCESS(maps) == RC_CHK_ACCESS(thread__maps(t1)));
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("maps don't match", RC_CHK_ACCESS(maps) == RC_CHK_ACCESS(thread__maps(t2)));
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("maps don't match", RC_CHK_ACCESS(maps) == RC_CHK_ACCESS(thread__maps(t3)));
 
 	/*
 	 * Verify the other leader was created by previous call.
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ static int test__thread_maps_share(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int s
 	machine__remove_thread(machine, other);
 	machine__remove_thread(machine, other_leader);
 
-	other_maps = other->maps;
+	other_maps = thread__maps(other);
 	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("wrong refcnt", refcount_read(maps__refcnt(other_maps)), 2);
 
-	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("maps don't match", RC_CHK_ACCESS(other_maps) == RC_CHK_ACCESS(other_leader->maps));
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("maps don't match", RC_CHK_ACCESS(other_maps) ==
+					    RC_CHK_ACCESS(thread__maps(other_leader)));
 
 	/* release thread group */
 	thread__put(t3);
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pid.c b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pid.c
index 1a6acc46807b..8f9c9950f8ba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pid.c
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pid.c
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_pid(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_arg *arg
 	struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(trace->host, pid, pid);
 
 	if (thread != NULL) {
-		if (!thread->comm_set)
+		if (!thread__comm_set(thread))
 			thread__set_comm_from_proc(thread);
 
-		if (thread->comm_set)
+		if (thread__comm_set(thread))
 			printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed,
 					     " (%s)", thread__comm_str(thread));
 		thread__put(thread);
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 69c81759a64f..c7ad9e003080 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -2533,13 +2533,15 @@ do_zoom_thread(struct hist_browser *browser, struct popup_action *act)
 		thread__zput(browser->hists->thread_filter);
 		ui_helpline__pop();
 	} else {
+		const char *comm_set_str =
+			thread__comm_set(thread) ? thread__comm_str(thread) : "";
+
 		if (hists__has(browser->hists, thread)) {
 			ui_helpline__fpush("To zoom out press ESC or ENTER + \"Zoom out of %s(%d) thread\"",
-					   thread->comm_set ? thread__comm_str(thread) : "",
-					   thread->tid);
+					   comm_set_str, thread__tid(thread));
 		} else {
 			ui_helpline__fpush("To zoom out press ESC or ENTER + \"Zoom out of %s thread\"",
-					   thread->comm_set ? thread__comm_str(thread) : "");
+					   comm_set_str);
 		}
 
 		browser->hists->thread_filter = thread__get(thread);
@@ -2557,20 +2559,19 @@ add_thread_opt(struct hist_browser *browser, struct popup_action *act,
 	       char **optstr, struct thread *thread)
 {
 	int ret;
+	const char *comm_set_str, *in_out;
 
 	if ((!hists__has(browser->hists, thread) &&
 	     !hists__has(browser->hists, comm)) || thread == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
+	in_out = browser->hists->thread_filter ? "out of" : "into";
+	comm_set_str = thread__comm_set(thread) ? thread__comm_str(thread) : "";
 	if (hists__has(browser->hists, thread)) {
 		ret = asprintf(optstr, "Zoom %s %s(%d) thread",
-			       browser->hists->thread_filter ? "out of" : "into",
-			       thread->comm_set ? thread__comm_str(thread) : "",
-			       thread->tid);
+			       in_out, comm_set_str, thread__tid(thread));
 	} else {
-		ret = asprintf(optstr, "Zoom %s %s thread",
-			       browser->hists->thread_filter ? "out of" : "into",
-			       thread->comm_set ? thread__comm_str(thread) : "");
+		ret = asprintf(optstr, "Zoom %s %s thread", in_out, comm_set_str);
 	}
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
index f36270485168..b849caace398 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 		}
 
 		if (h->ms.map == NULL && verbose > 1) {
-			maps__fprintf(h->thread->maps, fp);
+			maps__fprintf(thread__maps(h->thread), fp);
 			fprintf(fp, "%.10s end\n", graph_dotted_line);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
index 7b36ba6b4079..afbd5869f6bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ static void arm_spe_set_pid_tid_cpu(struct arm_spe *spe,
 	}
 
 	if (speq->thread) {
-		speq->pid = speq->thread->pid_;
+		speq->pid = thread__pid(speq->thread);
 		if (queue->cpu == -1)
-			speq->cpu = speq->thread->cpu;
+			speq->cpu = thread__cpu(speq->thread);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index 0f5be4ad24ba..b550c7393155 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ static void cs_etm__set_pid_tid_cpu(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
 						    tidq->tid);
 
 	if (tidq->thread)
-		tidq->pid = tidq->thread->pid_;
+		tidq->pid = thread__pid(tidq->thread);
 }
 
 int cs_etm__etmq_set_tid(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c
index 653709ab867a..291591e303cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	output_json_format(out, false, 2, "{");
 
 	output_json_key_format(out, false, 3, "timestamp", "%" PRIi64, sample->time);
-	output_json_key_format(out, true, 3, "pid", "%i", al.thread->pid_);
-	output_json_key_format(out, true, 3, "tid", "%i", al.thread->tid);
+	output_json_key_format(out, true, 3, "pid", "%i", thread__pid(al.thread));
+	output_json_key_format(out, true, 3, "tid", "%i", thread__tid(al.thread));
 
 	if ((sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CPU))
 		output_json_key_format(out, true, 3, "cpu", "%i", sample->cpu);
-	else if (al.thread->cpu >= 0)
-		output_json_key_format(out, true, 3, "cpu", "%i", al.thread->cpu);
+	else if (thread__cpu(al.thread) >= 0)
+		output_json_key_format(out, true, 3, "cpu", "%i", thread__cpu(al.thread));
 
 	output_json_key_string(out, true, 3, "comm", thread__comm_str(al.thread));
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/db-export.c b/tools/perf/util/db-export.c
index 84c970c11794..751fd53bfd93 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/db-export.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/db-export.c
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ int db_export__thread(struct db_export *dbe, struct thread *thread,
 {
 	u64 main_thread_db_id = 0;
 
-	if (thread->db_id)
+	if (thread__db_id(thread))
 		return 0;
 
-	thread->db_id = ++dbe->thread_last_db_id;
+	thread__set_db_id(thread, ++dbe->thread_last_db_id);
 
 	if (main_thread)
-		main_thread_db_id = main_thread->db_id;
+		main_thread_db_id = thread__db_id(main_thread);
 
 	if (dbe->export_thread)
 		return dbe->export_thread(dbe, thread, main_thread_db_id,
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static struct call_path *call_path_from_sample(struct db_export *dbe,
 		 */
 		al.sym = node->ms.sym;
 		al.map = node->ms.map;
-		al.maps = thread->maps;
+		al.maps = thread__maps(thread);
 		al.addr = node->ip;
 
 		if (al.map && !al.sym)
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static int db_export__threads(struct db_export *dbe, struct thread *thread,
 		 * For a non-main thread, db_export__comm_thread() must be
 		 * called only if thread has not previously been exported.
 		 */
-		bool export_comm_thread = comm && !thread->db_id;
+		bool export_comm_thread = comm && !thread__db_id(thread);
 
 		err = db_export__thread(dbe, thread, machine, main_thread);
 		if (err)
@@ -529,16 +529,16 @@ static int db_export__pid_tid(struct db_export *dbe, struct machine *machine,
 	struct thread *main_thread;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (!thread || !thread->comm_set)
+	if (!thread || !thread__comm_set(thread))
 		goto out_put;
 
-	*is_idle = !thread->pid_ && !thread->tid;
+	*is_idle = !thread__pid(thread) && !thread__tid(thread);
 
 	main_thread = thread__main_thread(machine, thread);
 
 	err = db_export__threads(dbe, thread, main_thread, machine, comm_ptr);
 
-	*db_id = thread->db_id;
+	*db_id = thread__db_id(thread);
 
 	thread__put(main_thread);
 out_put:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c b/tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c
index 16238f823a5e..8016f21dc0b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ static const __u8 *dlfilter__insn(void *ctx, __u32 *len)
 		if (!al->thread && machine__resolve(d->machine, al, d->sample) < 0)
 			return NULL;
 
-		if (al->thread->maps) {
-			struct machine *machine = maps__machine(al->thread->maps);
+		if (thread__maps(al->thread)) {
+			struct machine *machine = maps__machine(thread__maps(al->thread));
 
 			if (machine)
 				script_fetch_insn(d->sample, al->thread, machine);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index e8b0666d913c..e1ce7cb5e421 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ int perf_event__process(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 struct map *thread__find_map(struct thread *thread, u8 cpumode, u64 addr,
 			     struct addr_location *al)
 {
-	struct maps *maps = thread->maps;
+	struct maps *maps = thread__maps(thread);
 	struct machine *machine = maps__machine(maps);
 	bool load_map = false;
 
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ struct map *thread__find_map_fb(struct thread *thread, u8 cpumode, u64 addr,
 				struct addr_location *al)
 {
 	struct map *map = thread__find_map(thread, cpumode, addr, al);
-	struct machine *machine = maps__machine(thread->maps);
+	struct machine *machine = maps__machine(thread__maps(thread));
 	u8 addr_cpumode = machine__addr_cpumode(machine, cpumode, addr);
 
 	if (map || addr_cpumode == cpumode)
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ int machine__resolve(struct machine *machine, struct addr_location *al,
 	if (thread == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	dump_printf(" ... thread: %s:%d\n", thread__comm_str(thread), thread->tid);
+	dump_printf(" ... thread: %s:%d\n", thread__comm_str(thread), thread__tid(thread));
 	thread__find_map(thread, sample->cpumode, sample->ip, al);
 	dso = al->map ? map__dso(al->map) : NULL;
 	dump_printf(" ...... dso: %s\n",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 3c9301a26dfc..4bc3affbe891 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -2778,12 +2778,12 @@ int __hists__scnprintf_title(struct hists *hists, char *bf, size_t size, bool sh
 		if (hists__has(hists, thread)) {
 			printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed,
 				    ", Thread: %s(%d)",
-				     (thread->comm_set ? thread__comm_str(thread) : ""),
-				    thread->tid);
+				    (thread__comm_set(thread) ? thread__comm_str(thread) : ""),
+					thread__tid(thread));
 		} else {
 			printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed,
 				    ", Thread: %s",
-				     (thread->comm_set ? thread__comm_str(thread) : ""));
+				    (thread__comm_set(thread) ? thread__comm_str(thread) : ""));
 		}
 	}
 	if (dso)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
index 2c8147a62203..ec1b3bd9f530 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int intel_bts_process_queue(struct intel_bts_queue *btsq, u64 *timestamp)
 		thread = machine__find_thread(btsq->bts->machine, -1,
 					      btsq->tid);
 		if (thread)
-			btsq->pid = thread->pid_;
+			btsq->pid = thread__pid(thread);
 	} else {
 		thread = machine__findnew_thread(btsq->bts->machine, btsq->pid,
 						 btsq->tid);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index dde2ca77a005..45c7e7722916 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -1428,13 +1428,13 @@ static int intel_pt_get_guest_from_sideband(struct intel_pt_queue *ptq)
 		ptq->guest_machine = machine;
 	}
 
-	vcpu = ptq->thread ? ptq->thread->guest_cpu : -1;
+	vcpu = ptq->thread ? thread__guest_cpu(ptq->thread) : -1;
 	if (vcpu < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	tid = machine__get_current_tid(machine, vcpu);
 
-	if (ptq->guest_thread && ptq->guest_thread->tid != tid)
+	if (ptq->guest_thread && thread__tid(ptq->guest_thread) != tid)
 		thread__zput(ptq->guest_thread);
 
 	if (!ptq->guest_thread) {
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ static int intel_pt_get_guest_from_sideband(struct intel_pt_queue *ptq)
 	}
 
 	ptq->guest_machine_pid = machine_pid;
-	ptq->guest_pid = ptq->guest_thread->pid_;
+	ptq->guest_pid = thread__pid(ptq->guest_thread);
 	ptq->guest_tid = tid;
 	ptq->vcpu = vcpu;
 
@@ -1467,9 +1467,9 @@ static void intel_pt_set_pid_tid_cpu(struct intel_pt *pt,
 		ptq->thread = machine__find_thread(pt->machine, -1, ptq->tid);
 
 	if (ptq->thread) {
-		ptq->pid = ptq->thread->pid_;
+		ptq->pid = thread__pid(ptq->thread);
 		if (queue->cpu == -1)
-			ptq->cpu = ptq->thread->cpu;
+			ptq->cpu = thread__cpu(ptq->thread);
 	}
 
 	if (pt->have_guest_sideband && intel_pt_get_guest_from_sideband(ptq)) {
@@ -3074,7 +3074,7 @@ static void intel_pt_sample_set_pid_tid_cpu(struct intel_pt_queue *ptq,
 	if (ptq->pid == -1) {
 		ptq->thread = machine__find_thread(m, -1, ptq->tid);
 		if (ptq->thread)
-			ptq->pid = ptq->thread->pid_;
+			ptq->pid = thread__pid(ptq->thread);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
index 28e49502db5e..2380b41a4caa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
@@ -799,17 +799,19 @@ static void jit_add_pid(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	thread->priv = (void *)1;
+	thread__set_priv(thread, (void *)true);
 }
 
 static bool jit_has_pid(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid)
 {
 	struct thread *thread = machine__find_thread(machine, pid, pid);
+	void *priv;
 
 	if (!thread)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 
-	return (bool)thread->priv;
+	priv = thread__priv(thread);
+	return (bool)priv;
 }
 
 int
@@ -833,7 +835,7 @@ jit_process(struct perf_session *session,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	nsi = nsinfo__get(thread->nsinfo);
+	nsi = nsinfo__get(thread__nsinfo(thread));
 	thread__put(thread);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index cbf092e32ee9..5d34d60a0045 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -77,13 +77,14 @@ static int thread_rb_node__cmp_tid(const void *key, const struct rb_node *nd)
 {
 	int to_find = (int) *((pid_t *)key);
 
-	return to_find - (int)rb_entry(nd, struct thread_rb_node, rb_node)->thread->tid;
+	return to_find - (int)thread__tid(rb_entry(nd, struct thread_rb_node, rb_node)->thread);
 }
 
 static struct thread_rb_node *thread_rb_node__find(const struct thread *th,
 						   struct rb_root *tree)
 {
-	struct rb_node *nd = rb_find(&th->tid, tree, thread_rb_node__cmp_tid);
+	pid_t to_find = thread__tid(th);
+	struct rb_node *nd = rb_find(&to_find, tree, thread_rb_node__cmp_tid);
 
 	return rb_entry(nd, struct thread_rb_node, rb_node);
 }
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ static struct thread *findnew_guest_code(struct machine *machine,
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* Assume maps are set up if there are any */
-	if (maps__nr_maps(thread->maps))
+	if (maps__nr_maps(thread__maps(thread)))
 		return thread;
 
 	host_thread = machine__find_thread(host_machine, -1, pid);
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ static struct thread *findnew_guest_code(struct machine *machine,
 	 * Guest code can be found in hypervisor process at the same address
 	 * so copy host maps.
 	 */
-	err = maps__clone(thread, host_thread->maps);
+	err = maps__clone(thread, thread__maps(host_thread));
 	thread__put(host_thread);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_err;
@@ -518,45 +519,45 @@ static void machine__update_thread_pid(struct machine *machine,
 {
 	struct thread *leader;
 
-	if (pid == th->pid_ || pid == -1 || th->pid_ != -1)
+	if (pid == thread__pid(th) || pid == -1 || thread__pid(th) != -1)
 		return;
 
-	th->pid_ = pid;
+	thread__set_pid(th, pid);
 
-	if (th->pid_ == th->tid)
+	if (thread__pid(th) == thread__tid(th))
 		return;
 
-	leader = __machine__findnew_thread(machine, th->pid_, th->pid_);
+	leader = __machine__findnew_thread(machine, thread__pid(th), thread__pid(th));
 	if (!leader)
 		goto out_err;
 
-	if (!leader->maps)
-		leader->maps = maps__new(machine);
+	if (!thread__maps(leader))
+		thread__set_maps(leader, maps__new(machine));
 
-	if (!leader->maps)
+	if (!thread__maps(leader))
 		goto out_err;
 
-	if (th->maps == leader->maps)
+	if (thread__maps(th) == thread__maps(leader))
 		return;
 
-	if (th->maps) {
+	if (thread__maps(th)) {
 		/*
 		 * Maps are created from MMAP events which provide the pid and
 		 * tid.  Consequently there never should be any maps on a thread
 		 * with an unknown pid.  Just print an error if there are.
 		 */
-		if (!maps__empty(th->maps))
+		if (!maps__empty(thread__maps(th)))
 			pr_err("Discarding thread maps for %d:%d\n",
-			       th->pid_, th->tid);
-		maps__put(th->maps);
+				thread__pid(th), thread__tid(th));
+		maps__put(thread__maps(th));
 	}
 
-	th->maps = maps__get(leader->maps);
+	thread__set_maps(th, maps__get(thread__maps(leader)));
 out_put:
 	thread__put(leader);
 	return;
 out_err:
-	pr_err("Failed to join map groups for %d:%d\n", th->pid_, th->tid);
+	pr_err("Failed to join map groups for %d:%d\n", thread__pid(th), thread__tid(th));
 	goto out_put;
 }
 
@@ -573,7 +574,7 @@ __threads__get_last_match(struct threads *threads, struct machine *machine,
 
 	th = threads->last_match;
 	if (th != NULL) {
-		if (th->tid == tid) {
+		if (thread__tid(th) == tid) {
 			machine__update_thread_pid(machine, th, pid);
 			return thread__get(th);
 		}
@@ -632,13 +633,13 @@ static struct thread *____machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine,
 		parent = *p;
 		th = rb_entry(parent, struct thread_rb_node, rb_node)->thread;
 
-		if (th->tid == tid) {
+		if (thread__tid(th) == tid) {
 			threads__set_last_match(threads, th);
 			machine__update_thread_pid(machine, th, pid);
 			return thread__get(th);
 		}
 
-		if (tid < th->tid)
+		if (tid < thread__tid(th))
 			p = &(*p)->rb_left;
 		else {
 			p = &(*p)->rb_right;
@@ -2049,7 +2050,7 @@ int machine__process_mmap_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event
 static void __machine__remove_thread(struct machine *machine, struct thread_rb_node *nd,
 				     struct thread *th, bool lock)
 {
-	struct threads *threads = machine__threads(machine, th->tid);
+	struct threads *threads = machine__threads(machine, thread__tid(th));
 
 	if (!nd)
 		nd = thread_rb_node__find(th, &threads->entries.rb_root);
@@ -2060,7 +2061,7 @@ static void __machine__remove_thread(struct machine *machine, struct thread_rb_n
 	if (lock)
 		down_write(&threads->lock);
 
-	BUG_ON(refcount_read(&th->refcnt) == 0);
+	BUG_ON(refcount_read(thread__refcnt(th)) == 0);
 
 	thread__put(nd->thread);
 	rb_erase_cached(&nd->rb_node, &threads->entries);
@@ -2099,9 +2100,9 @@ int machine__process_fork_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event
 	 * (fork) event that would have removed the thread was lost. Assume the
 	 * latter case and continue on as best we can.
 	 */
-	if (parent->pid_ != (pid_t)event->fork.ppid) {
+	if (thread__pid(parent) != (pid_t)event->fork.ppid) {
 		dump_printf("removing erroneous parent thread %d/%d\n",
-			    parent->pid_, parent->tid);
+			    thread__pid(parent), thread__tid(parent));
 		machine__remove_thread(machine, parent);
 		thread__put(parent);
 		parent = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->fork.ppid,
@@ -2511,7 +2512,7 @@ static void save_lbr_cursor_node(struct thread *thread,
 				 struct callchain_cursor *cursor,
 				 int idx)
 {
-	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread->lbr_stitch;
+	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread__lbr_stitch(thread);
 
 	if (!lbr_stitch)
 		return;
@@ -2553,7 +2554,7 @@ static int lbr_callchain_add_lbr_ip(struct thread *thread,
 	 * in callchain_cursor_commit() when the writing session is closed.
 	 * Using curr and pos to track the current cursor node.
 	 */
-	if (thread->lbr_stitch) {
+	if (thread__lbr_stitch(thread)) {
 		cursor->curr = NULL;
 		cursor->pos = cursor->nr;
 		if (cursor->nr) {
@@ -2581,7 +2582,7 @@ static int lbr_callchain_add_lbr_ip(struct thread *thread,
 		 * But does not need to save current cursor node for entry 0.
 		 * It's impossible to stitch the whole LBRs of previous sample.
 		 */
-		if (thread->lbr_stitch && (cursor->pos != cursor->nr)) {
+		if (thread__lbr_stitch(thread) && (cursor->pos != cursor->nr)) {
 			if (!cursor->curr)
 				cursor->curr = cursor->first;
 			else
@@ -2634,7 +2635,7 @@ static int lbr_callchain_add_lbr_ip(struct thread *thread,
 static int lbr_callchain_add_stitched_lbr_ip(struct thread *thread,
 					     struct callchain_cursor *cursor)
 {
-	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread->lbr_stitch;
+	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread__lbr_stitch(thread);
 	struct callchain_cursor_node *cnode;
 	struct stitch_list *stitch_node;
 	int err;
@@ -2658,7 +2659,7 @@ static int lbr_callchain_add_stitched_lbr_ip(struct thread *thread,
 
 static struct stitch_list *get_stitch_node(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread->lbr_stitch;
+	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread__lbr_stitch(thread);
 	struct stitch_list *stitch_node;
 
 	if (!list_empty(&lbr_stitch->free_lists)) {
@@ -2682,7 +2683,7 @@ static bool has_stitched_lbr(struct thread *thread,
 	struct branch_entry *cur_entries = perf_sample__branch_entries(cur);
 	struct branch_stack *prev_stack = prev->branch_stack;
 	struct branch_entry *prev_entries = perf_sample__branch_entries(prev);
-	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread->lbr_stitch;
+	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread__lbr_stitch(thread);
 	int i, j, nr_identical_branches = 0;
 	struct stitch_list *stitch_node;
 	u64 cur_base, distance;
@@ -2746,27 +2747,29 @@ static bool has_stitched_lbr(struct thread *thread,
 
 static bool alloc_lbr_stitch(struct thread *thread, unsigned int max_lbr)
 {
-	if (thread->lbr_stitch)
+	if (thread__lbr_stitch(thread))
 		return true;
 
-	thread->lbr_stitch = zalloc(sizeof(*thread->lbr_stitch));
-	if (!thread->lbr_stitch)
+	thread__set_lbr_stitch(thread, zalloc(sizeof(struct lbr_stitch)));
+	if (!thread__lbr_stitch(thread))
 		goto err;
 
-	thread->lbr_stitch->prev_lbr_cursor = calloc(max_lbr + 1, sizeof(struct callchain_cursor_node));
-	if (!thread->lbr_stitch->prev_lbr_cursor)
+	thread__lbr_stitch(thread)->prev_lbr_cursor =
+		calloc(max_lbr + 1, sizeof(struct callchain_cursor_node));
+	if (!thread__lbr_stitch(thread)->prev_lbr_cursor)
 		goto free_lbr_stitch;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->lbr_stitch->lists);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->lbr_stitch->free_lists);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread__lbr_stitch(thread)->lists);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread__lbr_stitch(thread)->free_lists);
 
 	return true;
 
 free_lbr_stitch:
-	zfree(&thread->lbr_stitch);
+	free(thread__lbr_stitch(thread));
+	thread__set_lbr_stitch(thread, NULL);
 err:
 	pr_warning("Failed to allocate space for stitched LBRs. Disable LBR stitch\n");
-	thread->lbr_stitch_enable = false;
+	thread__set_lbr_stitch_enable(thread, false);
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -2802,9 +2805,9 @@ static int resolve_lbr_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
 	if (i == chain_nr)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (thread->lbr_stitch_enable && !sample->no_hw_idx &&
+	if (thread__lbr_stitch_enable(thread) && !sample->no_hw_idx &&
 	    (max_lbr > 0) && alloc_lbr_stitch(thread, max_lbr)) {
-		lbr_stitch = thread->lbr_stitch;
+		lbr_stitch = thread__lbr_stitch(thread);
 
 		stitched_lbr = has_stitched_lbr(thread, sample,
 						&lbr_stitch->prev_sample,
@@ -2884,7 +2887,7 @@ static int find_prev_cpumode(struct ip_callchain *chain, struct thread *thread,
 static u64 get_leaf_frame_caller(struct perf_sample *sample,
 		struct thread *thread, int usr_idx)
 {
-	if (machine__normalized_is(maps__machine(thread->maps), "arm64"))
+	if (machine__normalized_is(maps__machine(thread__maps(thread)), "arm64"))
 		return get_leaf_frame_caller_aarch64(sample, thread, usr_idx);
 	else
 		return 0;
@@ -3265,7 +3268,7 @@ int machine__set_current_tid(struct machine *machine, int cpu, pid_t pid,
 	if (!thread)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	thread->cpu = cpu;
+	thread__set_cpu(thread, cpu);
 	thread__put(thread);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index 4d9944bbf5e4..ae1d54d4880a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct map *map__new(struct machine *machine, u64 start, u64 len,
 		no_dso = is_no_dso_memory(filename);
 		map->prot = prot;
 		map->flags = flags;
-		nsi = nsinfo__get(thread->nsinfo);
+		nsi = nsinfo__get(thread__nsinfo(thread));
 
 		if ((anon || no_dso) && nsi && (prot & PROT_EXEC)) {
 			snprintf(newfilename, sizeof(newfilename),
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/maps.c b/tools/perf/util/maps.c
index 1aeb1db58fe5..5ae6379a1b42 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/maps.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/maps.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ int maps__fixup_overlappings(struct maps *maps, struct map *map, FILE *fp)
  */
 int maps__clone(struct thread *thread, struct maps *parent)
 {
-	struct maps *maps = thread->maps;
+	struct maps *maps = thread__maps(thread);
 	int err;
 	struct map_rb_node *rb_node;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 40964078f92f..f3d262e871ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -1163,11 +1163,11 @@ static int python_export_thread(struct db_export *dbe, struct thread *thread,
 
 	t = tuple_new(5);
 
-	tuple_set_d64(t, 0, thread->db_id);
+	tuple_set_d64(t, 0, thread__db_id(thread));
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 1, machine->db_id);
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 2, main_thread_db_id);
-	tuple_set_s32(t, 3, thread->pid_);
-	tuple_set_s32(t, 4, thread->tid);
+	tuple_set_s32(t, 3, thread__pid(thread));
+	tuple_set_s32(t, 4, thread__tid(thread));
 
 	call_object(tables->thread_handler, t, "thread_table");
 
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ static int python_export_comm(struct db_export *dbe, struct comm *comm,
 
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 0, comm->db_id);
 	tuple_set_string(t, 1, comm__str(comm));
-	tuple_set_d64(t, 2, thread->db_id);
+	tuple_set_d64(t, 2, thread__db_id(thread));
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 3, comm->start);
 	tuple_set_s32(t, 4, comm->exec);
 
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ static int python_export_comm_thread(struct db_export *dbe, u64 db_id,
 
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 0, db_id);
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 1, comm->db_id);
-	tuple_set_d64(t, 2, thread->db_id);
+	tuple_set_d64(t, 2, thread__db_id(thread));
 
 	call_object(tables->comm_thread_handler, t, "comm_thread_table");
 
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ static void python_export_sample_table(struct db_export *dbe,
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 0, es->db_id);
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 1, es->evsel->db_id);
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 2, maps__machine(es->al->maps)->db_id);
-	tuple_set_d64(t, 3, es->al->thread->db_id);
+	tuple_set_d64(t, 3, thread__db_id(es->al->thread));
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 4, es->comm_db_id);
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 5, es->dso_db_id);
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 6, es->sym_db_id);
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ static int python_export_call_return(struct db_export *dbe,
 	t = tuple_new(14);
 
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 0, cr->db_id);
-	tuple_set_d64(t, 1, cr->thread->db_id);
+	tuple_set_d64(t, 1, thread__db_id(cr->thread));
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 2, comm_db_id);
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 3, cr->cp->db_id);
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 4, cr->call_time);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index e2806791c76a..65ac9f7fdf7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ static int perf_session__set_guest_cpu(struct perf_session *session, pid_t pid,
 
 	if (!thread)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	thread->guest_cpu = guest_cpu;
+	thread__set_guest_cpu(thread, guest_cpu);
 	thread__put(thread);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 650cd8df4041..5e45c770f91d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int64_t cmp_null(const void *l, const void *r)
 static int64_t
 sort__thread_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
 {
-	return right->thread->tid - left->thread->tid;
+	return thread__tid(right->thread) - thread__tid(left->thread);
 }
 
 static int hist_entry__thread_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int hist_entry__thread_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
 	const char *comm = thread__comm_str(he->thread);
 
 	width = max(7U, width) - 8;
-	return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%7d:%-*.*s", he->thread->tid,
+	return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%7d:%-*.*s", thread__tid(he->thread),
 			       width, width, comm ?: "");
 }
 
@@ -1543,8 +1543,10 @@ sort__dcacheline_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
 	    !l_dso->id.ino && !l_dso->id.ino_generation) {
 		/* userspace anonymous */
 
-		if (left->thread->pid_ > right->thread->pid_) return -1;
-		if (left->thread->pid_ < right->thread->pid_) return 1;
+		if (thread__pid(left->thread) > thread__pid(right->thread))
+			return -1;
+		if (thread__pid(left->thread) < thread__pid(right->thread))
+			return 1;
 	}
 
 addr:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
index 4b85c1728012..374d142e7390 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct thread_stack {
  */
 static inline bool thread_stack__per_cpu(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	return !(thread->tid || thread->pid_);
+	return !(thread__tid(thread) || thread__pid(thread));
 }
 
 static int thread_stack__grow(struct thread_stack *ts)
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ static int thread_stack__init(struct thread_stack *ts, struct thread *thread,
 		ts->br_stack_sz = br_stack_sz;
 	}
 
-	if (thread->maps && maps__machine(thread->maps)) {
-		struct machine *machine = maps__machine(thread->maps);
+	if (thread__maps(thread) && maps__machine(thread__maps(thread))) {
+		struct machine *machine = maps__machine(thread__maps(thread));
 		const char *arch = perf_env__arch(machine->env);
 
 		ts->kernel_start = machine__kernel_start(machine);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static struct thread_stack *thread_stack__new(struct thread *thread, int cpu,
 					      bool callstack,
 					      unsigned int br_stack_sz)
 {
-	struct thread_stack *ts = thread->ts, *new_ts;
+	struct thread_stack *ts = thread__ts(thread), *new_ts;
 	unsigned int old_sz = ts ? ts->arr_sz : 0;
 	unsigned int new_sz = 1;
 
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ static struct thread_stack *thread_stack__new(struct thread *thread, int cpu,
 		if (ts)
 			memcpy(new_ts, ts, old_sz * sizeof(*ts));
 		new_ts->arr_sz = new_sz;
-		zfree(&thread->ts);
-		thread->ts = new_ts;
+		free(thread__ts(thread));
+		thread__set_ts(thread, new_ts);
 		ts = new_ts;
 	}
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static struct thread_stack *thread_stack__new(struct thread *thread, int cpu,
 
 static struct thread_stack *thread__cpu_stack(struct thread *thread, int cpu)
 {
-	struct thread_stack *ts = thread->ts;
+	struct thread_stack *ts = thread__ts(thread);
 
 	if (cpu < 0)
 		cpu = 0;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static inline struct thread_stack *thread__stack(struct thread *thread,
 	if (thread_stack__per_cpu(thread))
 		return thread__cpu_stack(thread, cpu);
 
-	return thread->ts;
+	return thread__ts(thread);
 }
 
 static int thread_stack__push(struct thread_stack *ts, u64 ret_addr,
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static int __thread_stack__flush(struct thread *thread, struct thread_stack *ts)
 
 int thread_stack__flush(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	struct thread_stack *ts = thread->ts;
+	struct thread_stack *ts = thread__ts(thread);
 	unsigned int pos;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -502,13 +502,14 @@ static void thread_stack__reset(struct thread *thread, struct thread_stack *ts)
 
 void thread_stack__free(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	struct thread_stack *ts = thread->ts;
+	struct thread_stack *ts = thread__ts(thread);
 	unsigned int pos;
 
 	if (ts) {
 		for (pos = 0; pos < ts->arr_sz; pos++)
 			__thread_stack__free(thread, ts + pos);
-		zfree(&thread->ts);
+		free(thread__ts(thread));
+		thread__set_ts(thread, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1127,7 +1128,7 @@ int thread_stack__process(struct thread *thread, struct comm *comm,
 		ts->rstate = X86_RETPOLINE_POSSIBLE;
 
 	/* Flush stack on exec */
-	if (ts->comm != comm && thread->pid_ == thread->tid) {
+	if (ts->comm != comm && thread__pid(thread) == thread__tid(thread)) {
 		err = __thread_stack__flush(thread, ts);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 38d300e3e4d3..9a1db3be6436 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -21,19 +21,20 @@
 
 int thread__init_maps(struct thread *thread, struct machine *machine)
 {
-	pid_t pid = thread->pid_;
+	pid_t pid = thread__pid(thread);
 
-	if (pid == thread->tid || pid == -1) {
-		thread->maps = maps__new(machine);
+	if (pid == thread__tid(thread) || pid == -1) {
+		thread__set_maps(thread, maps__new(machine));
 	} else {
 		struct thread *leader = __machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, pid);
+
 		if (leader) {
-			thread->maps = maps__get(leader->maps);
+			thread__set_maps(thread, maps__get(thread__maps(leader)));
 			thread__put(leader);
 		}
 	}
 
-	return thread->maps ? 0 : -1;
+	return thread__maps(thread) ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
 struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
@@ -43,16 +44,16 @@ struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
 	struct thread *thread = zalloc(sizeof(*thread));
 
 	if (thread != NULL) {
-		thread->pid_ = pid;
-		thread->tid = tid;
-		thread->ppid = -1;
-		thread->cpu = -1;
-		thread->guest_cpu = -1;
-		thread->lbr_stitch_enable = false;
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->namespaces_list);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->comm_list);
-		init_rwsem(&thread->namespaces_lock);
-		init_rwsem(&thread->comm_lock);
+		thread__set_pid(thread, pid);
+		thread__set_tid(thread, tid);
+		thread__set_ppid(thread, -1);
+		thread__set_cpu(thread, -1);
+		thread__set_guest_cpu(thread, -1);
+		thread__set_lbr_stitch_enable(thread, false);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(thread__namespaces_list(thread));
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(thread__comm_list(thread));
+		init_rwsem(thread__namespaces_lock(thread));
+		init_rwsem(thread__comm_lock(thread));
 
 		comm_str = malloc(32);
 		if (!comm_str)
@@ -64,11 +65,11 @@ struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
 		if (!comm)
 			goto err_thread;
 
-		list_add(&comm->list, &thread->comm_list);
-		refcount_set(&thread->refcnt, 1);
+		list_add(&comm->list, thread__comm_list(thread));
+		refcount_set(thread__refcnt(thread), 1);
 		/* Thread holds first ref to nsdata. */
 		thread->nsinfo = nsinfo__new(pid);
-		srccode_state_init(&thread->srccode_state);
+		srccode_state_init(thread__srccode_state(thread));
 	}
 
 	return thread;
@@ -85,30 +86,30 @@ void thread__delete(struct thread *thread)
 
 	thread_stack__free(thread);
 
-	if (thread->maps) {
-		maps__put(thread->maps);
-		thread->maps = NULL;
+	if (thread__maps(thread)) {
+		maps__put(thread__maps(thread));
+		thread__set_maps(thread, NULL);
 	}
-	down_write(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+	down_write(thread__namespaces_lock(thread));
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(namespaces, tmp_namespaces,
-				 &thread->namespaces_list, list) {
+				 thread__namespaces_list(thread), list) {
 		list_del_init(&namespaces->list);
 		namespaces__free(namespaces);
 	}
-	up_write(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+	up_write(thread__namespaces_lock(thread));
 
-	down_write(&thread->comm_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(comm, tmp_comm, &thread->comm_list, list) {
+	down_write(thread__comm_lock(thread));
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(comm, tmp_comm, thread__comm_list(thread), list) {
 		list_del_init(&comm->list);
 		comm__free(comm);
 	}
-	up_write(&thread->comm_lock);
+	up_write(thread__comm_lock(thread));
 
 	nsinfo__zput(thread->nsinfo);
-	srccode_state_free(&thread->srccode_state);
+	srccode_state_free(thread__srccode_state(thread));
 
-	exit_rwsem(&thread->namespaces_lock);
-	exit_rwsem(&thread->comm_lock);
+	exit_rwsem(thread__namespaces_lock(thread));
+	exit_rwsem(thread__comm_lock(thread));
 	thread__free_stitch_list(thread);
 	free(thread);
 }
@@ -116,31 +117,31 @@ void thread__delete(struct thread *thread)
 struct thread *thread__get(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	if (thread)
-		refcount_inc(&thread->refcnt);
+		refcount_inc(thread__refcnt(thread));
 	return thread;
 }
 
 void thread__put(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	if (thread && refcount_dec_and_test(&thread->refcnt))
+	if (thread && refcount_dec_and_test(thread__refcnt(thread)))
 		thread__delete(thread);
 }
 
-static struct namespaces *__thread__namespaces(const struct thread *thread)
+static struct namespaces *__thread__namespaces(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	if (list_empty(&thread->namespaces_list))
+	if (list_empty(thread__namespaces_list(thread)))
 		return NULL;
 
-	return list_first_entry(&thread->namespaces_list, struct namespaces, list);
+	return list_first_entry(thread__namespaces_list(thread), struct namespaces, list);
 }
 
 struct namespaces *thread__namespaces(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	struct namespaces *ns;
 
-	down_read(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+	down_read(thread__namespaces_lock(thread));
 	ns = __thread__namespaces(thread);
-	up_read(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+	up_read(thread__namespaces_lock(thread));
 
 	return ns;
 }
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ static int __thread__set_namespaces(struct thread *thread, u64 timestamp,
 	if (!new)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	list_add(&new->list, &thread->namespaces_list);
+	list_add(&new->list, thread__namespaces_list(thread));
 
 	if (timestamp && curr) {
 		/*
@@ -174,25 +175,25 @@ int thread__set_namespaces(struct thread *thread, u64 timestamp,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	down_write(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+	down_write(thread__namespaces_lock(thread));
 	ret = __thread__set_namespaces(thread, timestamp, event);
-	up_write(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+	up_write(thread__namespaces_lock(thread));
 	return ret;
 }
 
-struct comm *thread__comm(const struct thread *thread)
+struct comm *thread__comm(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	if (list_empty(&thread->comm_list))
+	if (list_empty(thread__comm_list(thread)))
 		return NULL;
 
-	return list_first_entry(&thread->comm_list, struct comm, list);
+	return list_first_entry(thread__comm_list(thread), struct comm, list);
 }
 
-struct comm *thread__exec_comm(const struct thread *thread)
+struct comm *thread__exec_comm(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	struct comm *comm, *last = NULL, *second_last = NULL;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(comm, &thread->comm_list, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(comm, thread__comm_list(thread), list) {
 		if (comm->exec)
 			return comm;
 		second_last = last;
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ struct comm *thread__exec_comm(const struct thread *thread)
 	 * thread, that is very probably wrong. Prefer a later comm to avoid
 	 * that case.
 	 */
-	if (second_last && !last->start && thread->pid_ == thread->tid)
+	if (second_last && !last->start && thread__pid(thread) == thread__tid(thread))
 		return second_last;
 
 	return last;
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ static int ____thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *str,
 	struct comm *new, *curr = thread__comm(thread);
 
 	/* Override the default :tid entry */
-	if (!thread->comm_set) {
+	if (!thread__comm_set(thread)) {
 		int err = comm__override(curr, str, timestamp, exec);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
@@ -225,13 +226,13 @@ static int ____thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *str,
 		new = comm__new(str, timestamp, exec);
 		if (!new)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		list_add(&new->list, &thread->comm_list);
+		list_add(&new->list, thread__comm_list(thread));
 
 		if (exec)
-			unwind__flush_access(thread->maps);
+			unwind__flush_access(thread__maps(thread));
 	}
 
-	thread->comm_set = true;
+	thread__set_comm_set(thread, true);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -241,9 +242,9 @@ int __thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *str, u64 timestamp,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	down_write(&thread->comm_lock);
+	down_write(thread__comm_lock(thread));
 	ret = ____thread__set_comm(thread, str, timestamp, exec);
-	up_write(&thread->comm_lock);
+	up_write(thread__comm_lock(thread));
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ int thread__set_comm_from_proc(struct thread *thread)
 	int err = -1;
 
 	if (!(snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%d/task/%d/comm",
-		       thread->pid_, thread->tid) >= (int)sizeof(path)) &&
+		       thread__pid(thread), thread__tid(thread)) >= (int)sizeof(path)) &&
 	    procfs__read_str(path, &comm, &sz) == 0) {
 		comm[sz - 1] = '\0';
 		err = thread__set_comm(thread, comm, 0);
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ int thread__set_comm_from_proc(struct thread *thread)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static const char *__thread__comm_str(const struct thread *thread)
+static const char *__thread__comm_str(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	const struct comm *comm = thread__comm(thread);
 
@@ -278,9 +279,9 @@ const char *thread__comm_str(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	const char *str;
 
-	down_read(&thread->comm_lock);
+	down_read(thread__comm_lock(thread));
 	str = __thread__comm_str(thread);
-	up_read(&thread->comm_lock);
+	up_read(thread__comm_lock(thread));
 
 	return str;
 }
@@ -289,23 +290,23 @@ static int __thread__comm_len(struct thread *thread, const char *comm)
 {
 	if (!comm)
 		return 0;
-	thread->comm_len = strlen(comm);
+	thread__set_comm_len(thread, strlen(comm));
 
-	return thread->comm_len;
+	return thread__var_comm_len(thread);
 }
 
 /* CHECKME: it should probably better return the max comm len from its comm list */
 int thread__comm_len(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	int comm_len = thread->comm_len;
+	int comm_len = thread__var_comm_len(thread);
 
 	if (!comm_len) {
 		const char *comm;
 
-		down_read(&thread->comm_lock);
+		down_read(thread__comm_lock(thread));
 		comm = __thread__comm_str(thread);
 		comm_len = __thread__comm_len(thread, comm);
-		up_read(&thread->comm_lock);
+		up_read(thread__comm_lock(thread));
 	}
 
 	return comm_len;
@@ -313,33 +314,33 @@ int thread__comm_len(struct thread *thread)
 
 size_t thread__fprintf(struct thread *thread, FILE *fp)
 {
-	return fprintf(fp, "Thread %d %s\n", thread->tid, thread__comm_str(thread)) +
-	       maps__fprintf(thread->maps, fp);
+	return fprintf(fp, "Thread %d %s\n", thread__tid(thread), thread__comm_str(thread)) +
+	       maps__fprintf(thread__maps(thread), fp);
 }
 
 int thread__insert_map(struct thread *thread, struct map *map)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = unwind__prepare_access(thread->maps, map, NULL);
+	ret = unwind__prepare_access(thread__maps(thread), map, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	maps__fixup_overlappings(thread->maps, map, stderr);
-	return maps__insert(thread->maps, map);
+	maps__fixup_overlappings(thread__maps(thread), map, stderr);
+	return maps__insert(thread__maps(thread), map);
 }
 
 static int __thread__prepare_access(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	bool initialized = false;
 	int err = 0;
-	struct maps *maps = thread->maps;
+	struct maps *maps = thread__maps(thread);
 	struct map_rb_node *rb_node;
 
 	down_read(maps__lock(maps));
 
 	maps__for_each_entry(maps, rb_node) {
-		err = unwind__prepare_access(thread->maps, rb_node->map, &initialized);
+		err = unwind__prepare_access(thread__maps(thread), rb_node->map, &initialized);
 		if (err || initialized)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -362,21 +363,22 @@ static int thread__prepare_access(struct thread *thread)
 static int thread__clone_maps(struct thread *thread, struct thread *parent, bool do_maps_clone)
 {
 	/* This is new thread, we share map groups for process. */
-	if (thread->pid_ == parent->pid_)
+	if (thread__pid(thread) == thread__pid(parent))
 		return thread__prepare_access(thread);
 
-	if (thread->maps == parent->maps) {
+	if (thread__maps(thread) == thread__maps(parent)) {
 		pr_debug("broken map groups on thread %d/%d parent %d/%d\n",
-			 thread->pid_, thread->tid, parent->pid_, parent->tid);
+			 thread__pid(thread), thread__tid(thread),
+			 thread__pid(parent), thread__tid(parent));
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/* But this one is new process, copy maps. */
-	return do_maps_clone ? maps__clone(thread, parent->maps) : 0;
+	return do_maps_clone ? maps__clone(thread, thread__maps(parent)) : 0;
 }
 
 int thread__fork(struct thread *thread, struct thread *parent, u64 timestamp, bool do_maps_clone)
 {
-	if (parent->comm_set) {
+	if (thread__comm_set(parent)) {
 		const char *comm = thread__comm_str(parent);
 		int err;
 		if (!comm)
@@ -386,7 +388,7 @@ int thread__fork(struct thread *thread, struct thread *parent, u64 timestamp, bo
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	thread->ppid = parent->tid;
+	thread__set_ppid(thread, thread__tid(parent));
 	return thread__clone_maps(thread, parent, do_maps_clone);
 }
 
@@ -410,13 +412,13 @@ void thread__find_cpumode_addr_location(struct thread *thread, u64 addr,
 
 struct thread *thread__main_thread(struct machine *machine, struct thread *thread)
 {
-	if (thread->pid_ == thread->tid)
+	if (thread__pid(thread) == thread__tid(thread))
 		return thread__get(thread);
 
-	if (thread->pid_ == -1)
+	if (thread__pid(thread) == -1)
 		return NULL;
 
-	return machine__find_thread(machine, thread->pid_, thread->pid_);
+	return machine__find_thread(machine, thread__pid(thread), thread__pid(thread));
 }
 
 int thread__memcpy(struct thread *thread, struct machine *machine,
@@ -447,7 +449,7 @@ int thread__memcpy(struct thread *thread, struct machine *machine,
 
 void thread__free_stitch_list(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread->lbr_stitch;
+	struct lbr_stitch *lbr_stitch = thread__lbr_stitch(thread);
 	struct stitch_list *pos, *tmp;
 
 	if (!lbr_stitch)
@@ -464,5 +466,6 @@ void thread__free_stitch_list(struct thread *thread)
 	}
 
 	zfree(&lbr_stitch->prev_lbr_cursor);
-	zfree(&thread->lbr_stitch);
+	free(thread__lbr_stitch(thread));
+	thread__set_lbr_stitch(thread, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
index 3b3f9fb5a916..b103992c3831 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ static inline int thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *comm,
 int thread__set_comm_from_proc(struct thread *thread);
 
 int thread__comm_len(struct thread *thread);
-struct comm *thread__comm(const struct thread *thread);
-struct comm *thread__exec_comm(const struct thread *thread);
+struct comm *thread__comm(struct thread *thread);
+struct comm *thread__exec_comm(struct thread *thread);
 const char *thread__comm_str(struct thread *thread);
 int thread__insert_map(struct thread *thread, struct map *map);
 int thread__fork(struct thread *thread, struct thread *parent, u64 timestamp, bool do_maps_clone);
@@ -121,6 +121,126 @@ void thread__find_cpumode_addr_location(struct thread *thread, u64 addr,
 int thread__memcpy(struct thread *thread, struct machine *machine,
 		   void *buf, u64 ip, int len, bool *is64bit);
 
+static inline struct maps *thread__maps(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->maps;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_maps(struct thread *thread, struct maps *maps)
+{
+	thread->maps = maps;
+}
+
+static inline pid_t thread__pid(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->pid_;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_pid(struct thread *thread, pid_t pid_)
+{
+	thread->pid_ = pid_;
+}
+
+static inline pid_t thread__tid(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->tid;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_tid(struct thread *thread, pid_t tid)
+{
+	thread->tid = tid;
+}
+
+static inline pid_t thread__ppid(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->ppid;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_ppid(struct thread *thread, pid_t ppid)
+{
+	thread->ppid = ppid;
+}
+
+static inline int thread__cpu(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->cpu;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_cpu(struct thread *thread, int cpu)
+{
+	thread->cpu = cpu;
+}
+
+static inline int thread__guest_cpu(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->guest_cpu;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_guest_cpu(struct thread *thread, int guest_cpu)
+{
+	thread->guest_cpu = guest_cpu;
+}
+
+static inline refcount_t *thread__refcnt(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return &thread->refcnt;
+}
+
+static inline bool thread__comm_set(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->comm_set;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_comm_set(struct thread *thread, bool set)
+{
+	thread->comm_set = set;
+}
+
+static inline int thread__var_comm_len(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->comm_len;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_comm_len(struct thread *thread, int len)
+{
+	thread->comm_len = len;
+}
+
+static inline struct list_head *thread__namespaces_list(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return &thread->namespaces_list;
+}
+
+static inline int thread__namespaces_list_empty(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return list_empty(&thread->namespaces_list);
+}
+
+static inline struct rw_semaphore *thread__namespaces_lock(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return &thread->namespaces_lock;
+}
+
+static inline struct list_head *thread__comm_list(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return &thread->comm_list;
+}
+
+static inline struct rw_semaphore *thread__comm_lock(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return &thread->comm_lock;
+}
+
+static inline u64 thread__db_id(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->db_id;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_db_id(struct thread *thread, u64 db_id)
+{
+	thread->db_id = db_id;
+}
+
 static inline void *thread__priv(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	return thread->priv;
@@ -131,6 +251,66 @@ static inline void thread__set_priv(struct thread *thread, void *p)
 	thread->priv = p;
 }
 
+static inline struct thread_stack *thread__ts(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->ts;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_ts(struct thread *thread, struct thread_stack *ts)
+{
+	thread->ts = ts;
+}
+
+static inline struct nsinfo *thread__nsinfo(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->nsinfo;
+}
+
+static inline struct srccode_state *thread__srccode_state(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return &thread->srccode_state;
+}
+
+static inline bool thread__filter(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->filter;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_filter(struct thread *thread, bool filter)
+{
+	thread->filter = filter;
+}
+
+static inline int thread__filter_entry_depth(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->filter_entry_depth;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_filter_entry_depth(struct thread *thread, int depth)
+{
+	thread->filter_entry_depth = depth;
+}
+
+static inline bool thread__lbr_stitch_enable(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->lbr_stitch_enable;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_lbr_stitch_enable(struct thread *thread, bool en)
+{
+	thread->lbr_stitch_enable = en;
+}
+
+static inline struct lbr_stitch	*thread__lbr_stitch(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	return thread->lbr_stitch;
+}
+
+static inline void thread__set_lbr_stitch(struct thread *thread, struct lbr_stitch *lbrs)
+{
+	thread->lbr_stitch = lbrs;
+}
+
 static inline bool thread__is_filtered(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	if (symbol_conf.comm_list &&
@@ -139,12 +319,12 @@ static inline bool thread__is_filtered(struct thread *thread)
 	}
 
 	if (symbol_conf.pid_list &&
-	    !intlist__has_entry(symbol_conf.pid_list, thread->pid_)) {
+	    !intlist__has_entry(symbol_conf.pid_list, thread__pid(thread))) {
 		return true;
 	}
 
 	if (symbol_conf.tid_list &&
-	    !intlist__has_entry(symbol_conf.tid_list, thread->tid)) {
+	    !intlist__has_entry(symbol_conf.tid_list, thread__tid(thread))) {
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
index bdccfc511b7e..3723b5e31b2a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 	struct unwind_info *ui, ui_buf = {
 		.sample		= data,
 		.thread		= thread,
-		.machine	= RC_CHK_ACCESS(thread->maps)->machine,
+		.machine	= RC_CHK_ACCESS(thread__maps(thread))->machine,
 		.cb		= cb,
 		.arg		= arg,
 		.max_stack	= max_stack,
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ int unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = !dwfl_attach_state(ui->dwfl, EM_NONE, thread->tid, &callbacks, ui);
+	err = !dwfl_attach_state(ui->dwfl, EM_NONE, thread__tid(thread), &callbacks, ui);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = dwfl_getthread_frames(ui->dwfl, thread->tid, frame_callback, ui);
+	err = dwfl_getthread_frames(ui->dwfl, thread__tid(thread), frame_callback, ui);
 
 	if (err && ui->max_stack != max_stack)
 		err = 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
index 83dd79dcd597..11f3fc95aa11 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int read_unwind_spec_eh_frame(struct dso *dso, struct unwind_info *ui,
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	maps__for_each_entry(ui->thread->maps, map_node) {
+	maps__for_each_entry(thread__maps(ui->thread), map_node) {
 		struct map *map = map_node->map;
 		u64 start = map__start(map);
 
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static int get_entries(struct unwind_info *ui, unwind_entry_cb_t cb,
 	 */
 	if (max_stack - 1 > 0) {
 		WARN_ONCE(!ui->thread, "WARNING: ui->thread is NULL");
-		addr_space = maps__addr_space(ui->thread->maps);
+		addr_space = maps__addr_space(thread__maps(ui->thread));
 
 		if (addr_space == NULL)
 			return -1;
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static int _unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 	struct unwind_info ui = {
 		.sample       = data,
 		.thread       = thread,
-		.machine      = maps__machine(thread->maps),
+		.machine      = maps__machine(thread__maps(thread)),
 		.best_effort  = best_effort
 	};
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index 375d23d9a590..76cd63de80a8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 			 struct perf_sample *data, int max_stack,
 			 bool best_effort)
 {
-	const struct unwind_libunwind_ops *ops = maps__unwind_libunwind_ops(thread->maps);
+	const struct unwind_libunwind_ops *ops = maps__unwind_libunwind_ops(thread__maps(thread));
 
 	if (ops)
 		return ops->get_entries(cb, arg, thread, data, max_stack, best_effort);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
index ec777ee11493..ae3eee69b659 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static enum dso_type machine__thread_dso_type(struct machine *machine,
 	enum dso_type dso_type = DSO__TYPE_UNKNOWN;
 	struct map_rb_node *rb_node;
 
-	maps__for_each_entry(thread->maps, rb_node) {
+	maps__for_each_entry(thread__maps(thread), rb_node) {
 		struct dso *dso = map__dso(rb_node->map);
 
 		if (!dso || dso->long_name[0] != '/')
