thread->cpu = -1;
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->namespaces_list);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->comm_list);
+               init_rwsem(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+               init_rwsem(&thread->comm_lock);
 
                comm_str = malloc(32);
                if (!comm_str)
                map_groups__put(thread->mg);
                thread->mg = NULL;
        }
+       down_write(&thread->namespaces_lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(namespaces, tmp_namespaces,
                                 &thread->namespaces_list, list) {
                list_del(&namespaces->list);
                namespaces__free(namespaces);
        }
+       up_write(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+
+       down_write(&thread->comm_lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(comm, tmp_comm, &thread->comm_list, list) {
                list_del(&comm->list);
                comm__free(comm);
        }
+       up_write(&thread->comm_lock);
+
        unwind__finish_access(thread);
        nsinfo__zput(thread->nsinfo);
 
+       exit_rwsem(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+       exit_rwsem(&thread->comm_lock);
        free(thread);
 }
 
        return list_first_entry(&thread->namespaces_list, struct namespaces, list);
 }
 
-int thread__set_namespaces(struct thread *thread, u64 timestamp,
-                          struct namespaces_event *event)
+static int __thread__set_namespaces(struct thread *thread, u64 timestamp,
+                                   struct namespaces_event *event)
 {
        struct namespaces *new, *curr = thread__namespaces(thread);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
+int thread__set_namespaces(struct thread *thread, u64 timestamp,
+                          struct namespaces_event *event)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       down_write(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+       ret = __thread__set_namespaces(thread, timestamp, event);
+       up_write(&thread->namespaces_lock);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 struct comm *thread__comm(const struct thread *thread)
 {
        if (list_empty(&thread->comm_list))
        return last;
 }
 
-int __thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *str, u64 timestamp,
-                      bool exec)
+static int ____thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *str,
+                               u64 timestamp, bool exec)
 {
        struct comm *new, *curr = thread__comm(thread);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
+int __thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *str, u64 timestamp,
+                      bool exec)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       down_write(&thread->comm_lock);
+       ret = ____thread__set_comm(thread, str, timestamp, exec);
+       up_write(&thread->comm_lock);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 int thread__set_comm_from_proc(struct thread *thread)
 {
        char path[64];
        return err;
 }
 
-const char *thread__comm_str(const struct thread *thread)
+static const char *__thread__comm_str(const struct thread *thread)
 {
        const struct comm *comm = thread__comm(thread);
 
        return comm__str(comm);
 }
 
+const char *thread__comm_str(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+       const char *str;
+
+       down_read((struct rw_semaphore *)&thread->comm_lock);
+       str = __thread__comm_str(thread);
+       up_read((struct rw_semaphore *)&thread->comm_lock);
+
+       return str;
+}
+
 /* CHECKME: it should probably better return the max comm len from its comm list */
 int thread__comm_len(struct thread *thread)
 {