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.target.system_wide && !rec->opts.target.cpu_list &&
-           !rec->opts.target.uid_str)
+       if (!argc && perf_target__none(&rec->opts.target))
                usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
 
        if (rec->force && rec->append_file) {
 
 
        attr->inherit = !no_inherit;
 
-       if (target.system_wide)
+       if (!perf_target__no_cpu(&target))
                return perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(evsel, evsel_list->cpus,
                                                group, group_fd);
-       if (!target.pid && !target.tid && (!group || evsel == first)) {
+       if (perf_target__no_task(&target) && (!group || evsel == first)) {
                attr->disabled = 1;
                attr->enable_on_exec = 1;
        }
                        exit(-1);
                }
 
-               if (!target.tid && !target.pid && !target.system_wide)
+               if (perf_target__none(&target))
                        evsel_list->threads->map[0] = child_pid;
 
                /*
        if (!csv_output) {
                fprintf(output, "\n");
                fprintf(output, " Performance counter stats for ");
-               if (!target.pid && !target.tid) {
+               if (perf_target__no_task(&target)) {
                        fprintf(output, "\'%s", argv[0]);
                        for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
                                fprintf(output, " %s", argv[i]);
        } else if (big_num_opt == 0) /* User passed --no-big-num */
                big_num = false;
 
-       if (!argc && !target.pid && !target.tid)
+       if (!argc && perf_target__no_task(&target))
                usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
        if (run_count <= 0)
                usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
 
        /* no_aggr, cgroup are for system-wide only */
-       if ((no_aggr || nr_cgroups) && !target.system_wide) {
+       if ((no_aggr || nr_cgroups) && perf_target__no_cpu(&target)) {
                fprintf(stderr, "both cgroup and no-aggregation "
                        "modes only available in system-wide mode\n");
 
 
        if (ret)
                goto out_delete;
 
-       if (top->target.tid || top->target.uid != UINT_MAX)
+       if (!perf_target__no_task(&top->target))
                perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(&top->tool, top->evlist->threads,
                                                  perf_event__process,
                                                  &top->session->host_machine);
 
        if (evlist->threads == NULL)
                return -1;
 
-       if (target->uid != UINT_MAX || target->tid)
-               evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
-       else if (!target->system_wide && target->cpu_list == NULL)
-               evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
-       else
+       if (!perf_target__no_cpu(target))
                evlist->cpus = cpu_map__new(target->cpu_list);
+       else
+               evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
 
        if (evlist->cpus == NULL)
                goto out_delete_threads;
                exit(-1);
        }
 
-       if (!opts->target.system_wide && !opts->target.tid && !opts->target.pid)
+       if (perf_target__none(&opts->target))
                evlist->threads->map[0] = evlist->workload.pid;
 
        close(child_ready_pipe[1]);
 
                attr->sample_type       |= PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD;
 
        if (!opts->sample_id_all_missing &&
-           (opts->sample_time || opts->target.system_wide ||
-            !opts->no_inherit || opts->target.cpu_list))
+           (opts->sample_time || !opts->no_inherit ||
+            !perf_target__no_cpu(&opts->target)))
                attr->sample_type       |= PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
 
        if (opts->raw_samples) {
        attr->mmap = track;
        attr->comm = track;
 
-       if (!opts->target.pid && !opts->target.tid &&
-           !opts->target.system_wide && (!opts->group || evsel == first)) {
+       if (perf_target__none(&opts->target) &&
+           (!opts->group || evsel == first)) {
                attr->disabled = 1;
                attr->enable_on_exec = 1;
        }
 
 int perf_target__strerror(struct perf_target *target, int errnum, char *buf,
                          size_t buflen);
 
+static inline bool perf_target__no_task(struct perf_target *target)
+{
+       return !target->pid && !target->tid && !target->uid_str;
+}
+
+static inline bool perf_target__no_cpu(struct perf_target *target)
+{
+       return !target->system_wide && !target->cpu_list;
+}
+
+static inline bool perf_target__none(struct perf_target *target)
+{
+       return perf_target__no_task(target) && perf_target__no_cpu(target);
+}
+
 #endif /* _PERF_TARGET_H */