diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 8c72d88..00f4ead 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -16,35 +16,50 @@
 		return 1;
 }
 
-int find_all_tid(int pid, pid_t ** all_tid)
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_pid(pid_t pid)
 {
+	struct thread_map *threads;
 	char name[256];
 	int items;
 	struct dirent **namelist = NULL;
-	int ret = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	sprintf(name, "/proc/%d/task", pid);
 	items = scandir(name, &namelist, filter, NULL);
 	if (items <= 0)
-                return -ENOENT;
-	*all_tid = malloc(sizeof(pid_t) * items);
-	if (!*all_tid) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto failure;
+                return NULL;
+
+	threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) + sizeof(pid_t) * items);
+	if (threads != NULL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
+			threads->map[i] = atoi(namelist[i]->d_name);
+		threads->nr = items;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
-		(*all_tid)[i] = atoi(namelist[i]->d_name);
-
-	ret = items;
-
-failure:
 	for (i=0; i<items; i++)
 		free(namelist[i]);
 	free(namelist);
 
-	return ret;
+	return threads;
+}
+
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_tid(pid_t tid)
+{
+	struct thread_map *threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) + sizeof(pid_t));
+
+	if (threads != NULL) {
+		threads->map[0] = tid;
+		threads->nr	= 1;
+	}
+
+	return threads;
+}
+
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
+{
+	if (pid != -1)
+		return thread_map__new_by_pid(pid);
+	return thread_map__new_by_tid(tid);
 }
 
 static struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
index 688500f..d757410 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
@@ -18,11 +18,24 @@
 	int			comm_len;
 };
 
+struct thread_map {
+	int nr;
+	int map[];
+};
+
 struct perf_session;
 
 void thread__delete(struct thread *self);
 
-int find_all_tid(int pid, pid_t ** all_tid);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_pid(pid_t pid);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_tid(pid_t tid);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid);
+
+static inline void thread_map__delete(struct thread_map *threads)
+{
+	free(threads);
+}
+
 int thread__set_comm(struct thread *self, const char *comm);
 int thread__comm_len(struct thread *self);
 struct thread *perf_session__findnew(struct perf_session *self, pid_t pid);