struct perf_evlist      *evlist;
        struct perf_session     *session;
        const char              *progname;
-       const char              *uid_str;
        int                     output;
        unsigned int            page_size;
        int                     realtime_prio;
                        if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) {
                                ui__error_paranoid();
                                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                       } else if (err ==  ENODEV && opts->cpu_list) {
+                       } else if (err ==  ENODEV && opts->target.cpu_list) {
                                die("No such device - did you specify"
                                        " an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
                        } else if (err == EINVAL) {
                perf_session__process_machines(session, tool,
                                               perf_event__synthesize_guest_os);
 
-       if (!opts->system_wide)
+       if (!opts->target.system_wide)
                perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(tool, evsel_list->threads,
                                                  process_synthesized_event,
                                                  machine);
                     parse_events_option),
        OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", &record.evlist, "filter",
                     "event filter", parse_filter),
-       OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &record.opts.target_pid, "pid",
+       OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &record.opts.target.pid, "pid",
                    "record events on existing process id"),
-       OPT_STRING('t', "tid", &record.opts.target_tid, "tid",
+       OPT_STRING('t', "tid", &record.opts.target.tid, "tid",
                    "record events on existing thread id"),
        OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &record.realtime_prio,
                    "collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
                    "collect data without buffering"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "raw-samples", &record.opts.raw_samples,
                    "collect raw sample records from all opened counters"),
-       OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &record.opts.system_wide,
+       OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &record.opts.target.system_wide,
                            "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('A', "append", &record.append_file,
                            "append to the output file to do incremental profiling"),
-       OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &record.opts.cpu_list, "cpu",
+       OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &record.opts.target.cpu_list, "cpu",
                    "list of cpus to monitor"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &record.force,
                        "overwrite existing data file (deprecated)"),
        OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &record.evlist, "name",
                     "monitor event in cgroup name only",
                     parse_cgroups),
-       OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &record.uid_str, "user", "user to profile"),
+       OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &record.opts.target.uid_str, "user",
+                  "user to profile"),
 
        OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('b', "branch-any", &record.opts.branch_stack,
                     "branch any", "sample any taken branches",
 
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage,
                            PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
-       if (!argc && !rec->opts.target_pid && !rec->opts.target_tid &&
-               !rec->opts.system_wide && !rec->opts.cpu_list && !rec->uid_str)
+       if (!argc && !rec->opts.target.pid && !rec->opts.target.tid &&
+           !rec->opts.target.system_wide && !rec->opts.target.cpu_list &&
+           !rec->opts.target.uid_str)
                usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
 
        if (rec->force && rec->append_file) {
                rec->write_mode = WRITE_FORCE;
        }
 
-       if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.system_wide) {
+       if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) {
                fprintf(stderr, "cgroup monitoring only available in"
                        " system-wide mode\n");
                usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
                goto out_symbol_exit;
        }
 
-       rec->opts.uid = parse_target_uid(rec->uid_str, rec->opts.target_tid,
-                                        rec->opts.target_pid);
-       if (rec->uid_str != NULL && rec->opts.uid == UINT_MAX - 1)
+       rec->opts.target.uid = parse_target_uid(rec->opts.target.uid_str,
+                                               rec->opts.target.tid,
+                                               rec->opts.target.pid);
+       if (rec->opts.target.uid_str != NULL &&
+           rec->opts.target.uid == UINT_MAX - 1)
                goto out_free_fd;
 
-       if (rec->opts.target_pid)
-               rec->opts.target_tid = rec->opts.target_pid;
+       if (rec->opts.target.pid)
+               rec->opts.target.tid = rec->opts.target.pid;
 
-       if (perf_evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, rec->opts.target_pid,
-                                    rec->opts.target_tid, rec->opts.uid,
-                                    rec->opts.cpu_list) < 0)
+       if (perf_evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, rec->opts.target.pid,
+                                    rec->opts.target.tid, rec->opts.target.uid,
+                                    rec->opts.target.cpu_list) < 0)
                usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
 
        list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list->entries, node) {