diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
index debe87e..1a7ec61 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string_view>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 namespace android {
 namespace snapshot {
@@ -194,11 +195,12 @@
     uint64_t source;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
+static constexpr uint64_t kCowOpSourceInfoDataMask = (1ULL << 48) - 1;
+static constexpr uint64_t kCowOpSourceInfoTypeBit = 60;
+static constexpr uint64_t kCowOpSourceInfoTypeNumBits = 4;
+static constexpr uint64_t kCowOpSourceInfoTypeMask = (1ULL << kCowOpSourceInfoTypeNumBits) - 1;
 // The on disk format of cow (currently ==  CowOperation)
 struct CowOperationV3 {
-    // The operation code (see the constants and structures below).
-    CowOperationType type;
-
     // If this operation reads from the data section of the COW, this contains
     // the length.
     uint16_t data_length;
@@ -206,6 +208,10 @@
     // The block of data in the new image that this operation modifies.
     uint32_t new_block;
 
+    // source_info with have the following layout
+    // |---4 bits ---| ---12 bits---| --- 48 bits ---|
+    // |--- type --- | -- unused -- | --- source --- |
+    //
     // The value of |source| depends on the operation code.
     //
     // CopyOp: a 32-bit block location in the source image.
@@ -217,9 +223,26 @@
     // For ops other than Label:
     //  Bits 47-62 are reserved and must be zero.
     // A block is compressed if it’s data is < block_sz
-    uint64_t source_info;
+    uint64_t source_info_;
+    constexpr uint64_t source() const { return source_info_ & kCowOpSourceInfoDataMask; }
+    constexpr void set_source(uint64_t source) {
+        source_info_ |= source & kCowOpSourceInfoDataMask;
+    }
+    constexpr CowOperationType type() const {
+        // this is a mask to grab the first 4 bits of a 64 bit integer
+        const auto type = (source_info_ >> kCowOpSourceInfoTypeBit) & kCowOpSourceInfoTypeMask;
+        return static_cast<CowOperationType>(type);
+    }
+    constexpr void set_type(CowOperationType type) {
+        source_info_ |= (static_cast<uint64_t>(type) & kCowOpSourceInfoTypeMask)
+                        << kCowOpSourceInfoTypeBit;
+    }
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
+// Ensure that getters/setters added to CowOperationV3 does not increases size
+// of CowOperationV3 struct(no virtual method tables added).
+static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<CowOperationV3>);
+static_assert(std::is_standard_layout_v<CowOperationV3>);
 static_assert(sizeof(CowOperationV2) == sizeof(CowFooterOperation));
 
 enum CowCompressionAlgorithm : uint8_t {
@@ -238,12 +261,6 @@
 static constexpr uint8_t kCowReadAheadInProgress = 1;
 static constexpr uint8_t kCowReadAheadDone = 2;
 
-static constexpr uint64_t kCowOpSourceInfoDataMask = (1ULL << 48) - 1;
-
-static inline uint64_t GetCowOpSourceInfoData(const CowOperation& op) {
-    return op.source_info & kCowOpSourceInfoDataMask;
-}
-
 static constexpr off_t GetSequenceOffset(const CowHeaderV3& header) {
     return header.prefix.header_size + header.buffer_size;
 }
@@ -284,7 +301,7 @@
 
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, CowOperationV2 const& arg);
 
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, CowOperation const& arg);
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, CowOperationV3 const& arg);
 
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, ResumePoint const& arg);
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_format.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_format.cpp
index 4afd026..2c4d40f 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_format.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_format.cpp
@@ -80,22 +80,21 @@
     return os;
 }
 
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, CowOperation const& op) {
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, CowOperationV3 const& op) {
     os << "CowOperation(";
-    EmitCowTypeString(os, op.type);
-    if (op.type == kCowReplaceOp || op.type == kCowXorOp || op.type == kCowSequenceOp) {
+    EmitCowTypeString(os, op.type());
+    if (op.type() == kCowReplaceOp || op.type() == kCowXorOp || op.type() == kCowSequenceOp) {
         os << ", data_length:" << op.data_length;
     }
-    if (op.type != kCowClusterOp && op.type != kCowSequenceOp && op.type != kCowLabelOp) {
+    if (op.type() != kCowClusterOp && op.type() != kCowSequenceOp && op.type() != kCowLabelOp) {
         os << ", new_block:" << op.new_block;
     }
-    if (op.type == kCowXorOp || op.type == kCowReplaceOp || op.type == kCowCopyOp) {
-        os << ", source:" << (op.source_info & kCowOpSourceInfoDataMask);
-    } else if (op.type == kCowClusterOp) {
-        os << ", cluster_data:" << (op.source_info & kCowOpSourceInfoDataMask);
-    } else {
-        os << ", label:0x" << android::base::StringPrintf("%" PRIx64, op.source_info);
+    if (op.type() == kCowXorOp || op.type() == kCowReplaceOp || op.type() == kCowCopyOp) {
+        os << ", source:" << op.source();
+    } else if (op.type() == kCowClusterOp) {
+        os << ", cluster_data:" << op.source();
     }
+    // V3 op stores resume points in header, so CowOp can never be Label.
     os << ")";
     return os;
 }
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@
 }
 
 bool IsMetadataOp(const CowOperation& op) {
-    switch (op.type) {
+    switch (op.type()) {
         case kCowLabelOp:
         case kCowClusterOp:
         case kCowFooterOp:
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@
 }
 
 bool IsOrderedOp(const CowOperation& op) {
-    switch (op.type) {
+    switch (op.type()) {
         case kCowCopyOp:
         case kCowXorOp:
             return true;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp
index 7b5370c..1b4a971 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/cow_reader.cpp
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
     for (size_t i = 0; i < ops_->size(); i++) {
         auto& current_op = ops_->data()[i];
 
-        if (current_op.type == kCowSequenceOp) {
+        if (current_op.type() == kCowSequenceOp) {
             size_t seq_len = current_op.data_length / sizeof(uint32_t);
 
             merge_op_blocks->resize(merge_op_blocks->size() + seq_len);
@@ -637,11 +637,11 @@
 }
 
 bool CowReader::GetRawBytes(const CowOperation* op, void* buffer, size_t len, size_t* read) {
-    switch (op->type) {
+    switch (op->type()) {
         case kCowSequenceOp:
         case kCowReplaceOp:
         case kCowXorOp:
-            return GetRawBytes(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), buffer, len, read);
+            return GetRawBytes(op->source(), buffer, len, read);
         default:
             LOG(ERROR) << "Cannot get raw bytes of non-data op: " << *op;
             return false;
@@ -730,10 +730,10 @@
     }
 
     uint64_t offset;
-    if (op->type == kCowXorOp) {
+    if (op->type() == kCowXorOp) {
         offset = xor_data_loc_->at(op->new_block);
     } else {
-        offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op);
+        offset = op->source();
     }
     if (!decompressor ||
         ((op->data_length == header_.block_size) && (header_.prefix.major_version == 3))) {
@@ -747,12 +747,12 @@
 }
 
 bool CowReader::GetSourceOffset(const CowOperation* op, uint64_t* source_offset) {
-    switch (op->type) {
+    switch (op->type()) {
         case kCowCopyOp:
-            *source_offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op) * header_.block_size;
+            *source_offset = op->source() * header_.block_size;
             return true;
         case kCowXorOp:
-            *source_offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op);
+            *source_offset = op->source();
             return true;
         default:
             return false;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/inspect_cow.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/inspect_cow.cpp
index 993630b..3718851 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/inspect_cow.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/inspect_cow.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 
         if (!FLAGS_silent && FLAGS_show_ops) std::cout << *op << "\n";
 
-        if ((FLAGS_decompress || extract_to >= 0) && op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+        if ((FLAGS_decompress || extract_to >= 0) && op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
             if (reader.ReadData(op, buffer.data(), buffer.size()) < 0) {
                 std::cerr << "Failed to decompress for :" << *op << "\n";
                 success = false;
@@ -213,12 +213,12 @@
                     return false;
                 }
             }
-        } else if (extract_to >= 0 && !IsMetadataOp(*op) && op->type != kCowZeroOp) {
+        } else if (extract_to >= 0 && !IsMetadataOp(*op) && op->type() != kCowZeroOp) {
             PLOG(ERROR) << "Cannot extract op yet: " << *op;
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (op->type == kCowSequenceOp && FLAGS_show_merge_sequence) {
+        if (op->type() == kCowSequenceOp && FLAGS_show_merge_sequence) {
             size_t read;
             std::vector<uint32_t> merge_op_blocks;
             size_t seq_len = op->data_length / sizeof(uint32_t);
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@
             }
         }
 
-        if (op->type == kCowCopyOp) {
+        if (op->type() == kCowCopyOp) {
             copy_ops++;
-        } else if (op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+        } else if (op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
             replace_ops++;
-        } else if (op->type == kCowZeroOp) {
+        } else if (op->type() == kCowZeroOp) {
             zero_ops++;
-        } else if (op->type == kCowXorOp) {
+        } else if (op->type() == kCowXorOp) {
             xor_ops++;
         }
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/parser_v2.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/parser_v2.cpp
index 08a43a4..fe977b7 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/parser_v2.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/parser_v2.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
         const auto& v2_op = v2_ops_->at(i);
 
         auto& new_op = out->ops->at(i);
-        new_op.type = v2_op.type;
+        new_op.set_type(v2_op.type);
         new_op.data_length = v2_op.data_length;
 
         if (v2_op.new_block > std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()) {
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
         new_op.new_block = v2_op.new_block;
 
         uint64_t source_info = v2_op.source;
-        if (new_op.type != kCowLabelOp) {
+        if (new_op.type() != kCowLabelOp) {
             source_info &= kCowOpSourceInfoDataMask;
             if (source_info != v2_op.source) {
                 LOG(ERROR) << "Out-of-range source value in COW op: " << v2_op;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
                 return false;
             }
         }
-        new_op.source_info = source_info;
+        new_op.set_source(source_info);
     }
 
     out->header = header_;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/parser_v3.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/parser_v3.cpp
index 8e0f190..ce68b39 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/parser_v3.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/parser_v3.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     xor_data_loc_ = std::make_shared<std::unordered_map<uint64_t, uint64_t>>();
 
     for (auto op : *ops_) {
-        if (op.type == kCowXorOp) {
+        if (op.type() == kCowXorOp) {
             xor_data_loc_->insert({op.new_block, data_pos});
         }
         data_pos += op.data_length;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/snapshot_reader.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/snapshot_reader.cpp
index a3e40d9..4e90a0f 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/snapshot_reader.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/snapshot_reader.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
         op = ops_[chunk];
     }
 
-    if (!op || op->type == kCowCopyOp) {
+    if (!op || op->type() == kCowCopyOp) {
         borrowed_fd fd = GetSourceFd();
         if (fd < 0) {
             // GetSourceFd sets errno.
@@ -169,15 +169,15 @@
             // ReadFullyAtOffset sets errno.
             return -1;
         }
-    } else if (op->type == kCowZeroOp) {
+    } else if (op->type() == kCowZeroOp) {
         memset(buffer, 0, bytes_to_read);
-    } else if (op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+    } else if (op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
         if (cow_->ReadData(op, buffer, bytes_to_read, start_offset) < bytes_to_read) {
             LOG(ERROR) << "CompressedSnapshotReader failed to read replace op";
             errno = EIO;
             return -1;
         }
-    } else if (op->type == kCowXorOp) {
+    } else if (op->type() == kCowXorOp) {
         borrowed_fd fd = GetSourceFd();
         if (fd < 0) {
             // GetSourceFd sets errno.
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
             ((char*)buffer)[i] ^= data[i];
         }
     } else {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "CompressedSnapshotReader unknown op type: " << uint32_t(op->type);
+        LOG(ERROR) << "CompressedSnapshotReader unknown op type: " << uint32_t(op->type());
         errno = EINVAL;
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
index 2709059..49d86d8 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v2.cpp
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@
     size_t i = 0;
     while (!iter->AtEnd()) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
-        ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowCopyOp);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowCopyOp);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 10 + i);
-        ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 1000 + i);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 1000 + i);
         iter->Next();
         i += 1;
     }
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     auto op = iter->Get();
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowCopyOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowCopyOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 10);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 20);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 20);
 
     std::string sink(data.size(), '\0');
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 4096);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
@@ -153,19 +153,19 @@
     op = iter->Get();
 
     // Note: the zero operation gets split into two blocks.
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 51);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 0);
 
     iter->Next();
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 52);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 0);
 
     iter->Next();
     ASSERT_TRUE(iter->AtEnd());
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     auto op = iter->Get();
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowCopyOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowCopyOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 10);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 20);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 20);
 
     std::string sink(data.size(), '\0');
 
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowXorOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowXorOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 4096);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(sink, data);
 
@@ -229,19 +229,19 @@
     op = iter->Get();
 
     // Note: the zero operation gets split into two blocks.
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 51);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 0);
 
     iter->Next();
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 52);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 0);
 
     iter->Next();
     ASSERT_TRUE(iter->AtEnd());
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 
     std::string sink(data.size(), '\0');
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 56);  // compressed!
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
@@ -325,16 +325,16 @@
     while (!iter->AtEnd()) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
 
-        if (op->type == kCowXorOp) {
+        if (op->type() == kCowXorOp) {
             total_blocks += 1;
             std::string sink(xor_data.size(), '\0');
             ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
-            ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
+            ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
             ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
             ASSERT_EQ(sink, xor_data);
         }
 
-        if (op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+        if (op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
             total_blocks += 1;
             if (op->new_block == 100) {
                 data.resize(options.block_size);
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
     while (!iter->AtEnd()) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
 
-        if (op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+        if (op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
             total_blocks += 1;
             if (op->new_block == 50) {
                 data.resize(options.block_size);
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
 
     std::string sink(data.size(), '\0');
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 56);  // compressed!
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowClusterOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowClusterOp);
 
     iter->Next();
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowClusterOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowClusterOp);
 
     iter->Next();
     ASSERT_TRUE(iter->AtEnd());
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
     std::string sink(options.block_size, '\0');
 
     auto op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 51);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
 }
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     auto op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(sink, data);
 
@@ -663,14 +663,14 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowLabelOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 3);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowLabelOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 3);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(sink, data2);
 
@@ -716,14 +716,14 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     auto op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowLabelOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowLabelOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 0);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
 
     iter->Next();
 
@@ -774,8 +774,8 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     auto op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowLabelOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 5);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowLabelOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 5);
 
     iter->Next();
     ASSERT_TRUE(iter->AtEnd());
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     auto op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(sink, data.substr(0, options.block_size));
 
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(sink, data.substr(options.block_size, 2 * options.block_size));
 
@@ -843,26 +843,26 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowLabelOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 4);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowLabelOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 4);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
 
     iter->Next();
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowLabelOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 5);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowLabelOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 5);
 
     iter->Next();
 
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     auto op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(sink, data.substr(0, options.block_size));
 
@@ -914,52 +914,52 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowLabelOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 4);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowLabelOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 4);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowClusterOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowClusterOp);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowLabelOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 5);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowLabelOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 5);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowCopyOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowCopyOp);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowClusterOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowClusterOp);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowLabelOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 6);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowLabelOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 6);
 
     iter->Next();
 
@@ -1005,14 +1005,14 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     auto op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowLabelOp);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 50);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowLabelOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 50);
 
     iter->Next();
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(sink, data2);
 
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowClusterOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowClusterOp);
 
     iter->Next();
 
@@ -1117,12 +1117,12 @@
         num_in_cluster++;
         max_in_cluster = std::max(max_in_cluster, num_in_cluster);
 
-        if (op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+        if (op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
             num_replace++;
 
             ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, num_replace);
             ASSERT_TRUE(CompareDataBlock(&reader, op, "Block " + std::to_string(num_replace)));
-        } else if (op->type == kCowClusterOp) {
+        } else if (op->type() == kCowClusterOp) {
             num_in_cluster = 0;
             num_clusters++;
         }
@@ -1178,12 +1178,12 @@
         num_in_cluster++;
         max_in_cluster = std::max(max_in_cluster, num_in_cluster);
 
-        if (op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+        if (op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
             num_replace++;
 
             ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, num_replace);
             ASSERT_TRUE(CompareDataBlock(&reader, op, "Block " + std::to_string(num_replace)));
-        } else if (op->type == kCowClusterOp) {
+        } else if (op->type() == kCowClusterOp) {
             num_in_cluster = 0;
             num_clusters++;
         }
@@ -1229,12 +1229,12 @@
 
         num_in_cluster++;
         max_in_cluster = std::max(max_in_cluster, num_in_cluster);
-        if (op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+        if (op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
             num_replace++;
 
             ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, num_replace);
             ASSERT_TRUE(CompareDataBlock(&reader, op, "Block " + std::to_string(num_replace)));
-        } else if (op->type == kCowClusterOp) {
+        } else if (op->type() == kCowClusterOp) {
             num_in_cluster = 0;
             num_clusters++;
         }
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v3.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v3.cpp
index 9ac1448..ea34c27 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v3.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/test_v3.cpp
@@ -128,19 +128,19 @@
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
 
     auto op = iter->Get();
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 1);
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->source_info, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 0);
 
     iter->Next();
     ASSERT_FALSE(iter->AtEnd());
     op = iter->Get();
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 2);
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->source_info, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 0);
 }
 
 TEST_F(CowTestV3, ReplaceOp) {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     auto op = iter->Get();
     std::string sink(data.size(), '\0');
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 4096);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 5);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 
     while (!iter->AtEnd()) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
-        ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, options.block_size);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 5 + i);
         ASSERT_TRUE(
@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@
     size_t i = 0;
     while (!iter->AtEnd()) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
-        ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowCopyOp);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowCopyOp);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 0);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 10 + i);
-        ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 1000 + i);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 1000 + i);
         iter->Next();
         i += 1;
     }
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@
     auto op = iter->Get();
     std::string sink(data.size(), '\0');
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowXorOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowXorOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 4096);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
-    ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 98314);  // 4096 * 24 + 10
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
     ASSERT_EQ(sink, data);
 }
@@ -325,10 +325,10 @@
 
     while (!iter->AtEnd()) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
-        ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowXorOp);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowXorOp);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 4096);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50 + i);
-        ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 98314 + (i * options.block_size));  // 4096 * 24 + 10
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 98314 + (i * options.block_size));  // 4096 * 24 + 10
         ASSERT_TRUE(
                 ReadData(reader, op, sink.data() + (i * options.block_size), options.block_size));
         iter->Next();
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 
     while (i < 5) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
-        ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowZeroOp);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowZeroOp);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 10 + i);
         iter->Next();
         i++;
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@
     i = 0;
     while (i < 5) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
-        ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowCopyOp);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowCopyOp);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 15 + i);
-        ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 3 + i);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 3 + i);
         iter->Next();
         i++;
     }
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 
     while (i < 5) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
-        ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 18 + i);
         ASSERT_TRUE(
                 ReadData(reader, op, sink.data() + (i * options.block_size), options.block_size));
@@ -410,9 +410,9 @@
     std::fill(sink.begin(), sink.end(), '\0');
     while (i < 5) {
         auto op = iter->Get();
-        ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowXorOp);
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowXorOp);
         ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50 + i);
-        ASSERT_EQ(GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op), 98314 + (i * options.block_size));  // 4096 * 24 + 10
+        ASSERT_EQ(op->source(), 98314 + (i * options.block_size));  // 4096 * 24 + 10
         ASSERT_TRUE(
                 ReadData(reader, op, sink.data() + (i * options.block_size), options.block_size));
         iter->Next();
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
 
     std::string sink(data.size(), '\0');
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(op->type, kCowReplaceOp);
+    ASSERT_EQ(op->type(), kCowReplaceOp);
     ASSERT_EQ(op->data_length, 56);  // compressed!
     ASSERT_EQ(op->new_block, 50);
     ASSERT_TRUE(ReadData(reader, op, sink.data(), sink.size()));
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v3.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v3.cpp
index 767f3d5..5bdc5fd 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v3.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v3.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 }
 
 bool CowWriterV3::OpenForAppend(uint64_t label) {
-    CowHeaderV3 header_v3;
+    CowHeaderV3 header_v3{};
     if (!ReadCowHeader(fd_, &header_v3)) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "Couldn't read Cow Header";
         return false;
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@
 
 bool CowWriterV3::EmitCopy(uint64_t new_block, uint64_t old_block, uint64_t num_blocks) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_blocks; i++) {
-        CowOperationV3 op = {};
-        op.type = kCowCopyOp;
+        CowOperationV3 op{};
+        op.set_type(kCowCopyOp);
         op.new_block = new_block + i;
-        op.source_info = old_block + i;
+        op.set_source(old_block + i);
         if (!WriteOperation(op)) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@
         CowOperation op = {};
         op.new_block = new_block_start + i;
 
-        op.type = type;
+        op.set_type(type);
         if (type == kCowXorOp) {
-            op.source_info = (old_block + i) * header_.block_size + offset;
+            op.set_source((old_block + i) * header_.block_size + offset);
         } else {
-            op.source_info = next_data_pos_;
+            op.set_source(next_data_pos_);
         }
         std::basic_string<uint8_t> compressed_data;
         const void* out_data = iter;
@@ -273,11 +273,9 @@
 
 bool CowWriterV3::EmitZeroBlocks(uint64_t new_block_start, uint64_t num_blocks) {
     for (uint64_t i = 0; i < num_blocks; i++) {
-        CowOperationV3 op;
-        op.type = kCowZeroOp;
-        op.data_length = 0;
+        CowOperationV3 op{};
+        op.set_type(kCowZeroOp);
         op.new_block = new_block_start + i;
-        op.source_info = 0;
         if (!WriteOperation(op)) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd.cpp
index 6dc082e..93bb0b2 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd.cpp
@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@
             break;
         }
 
-        if (cow_op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+        if (cow_op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
             replace_ops++;
-        } else if (cow_op->type == kCowZeroOp) {
+        } else if (cow_op->type() == kCowZeroOp) {
             zero_ops++;
         }
 
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
             // the merge of operations are done based on the ops present
             // in the file.
             //===========================================================
-            uint64_t block_source = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*cow_op);
+            uint64_t block_source = cow_op->source();
             if (prev_id.has_value()) {
                 if (dest_blocks.count(cow_op->new_block) || source_blocks.count(block_source)) {
                     break;
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
             chunk_vec_.push_back(std::make_pair(ChunkToSector(data_chunk_id), cow_op));
             offset += sizeof(struct disk_exception);
             num_ops += 1;
-            if (cow_op->type == kCowCopyOp) {
+            if (cow_op->type() == kCowCopyOp) {
                 copy_ops++;
             }
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
index ab0b309..f1b9245 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 }
 
 void ReadAheadThread::CheckOverlap(const CowOperation* cow_op) {
-    uint64_t source_block = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*cow_op);
+    uint64_t source_block = cow_op->source();
     if (dest_blocks_.count(cow_op->new_block) || source_blocks_.count(source_block)) {
         overlap_ = true;
     }
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@
         // Get the first block with offset
         const CowOperation* cow_op = GetRAOpIter();
         CHECK_NE(cow_op, nullptr);
-        *source_offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*cow_op);
-        if (cow_op->type == kCowCopyOp) {
+        *source_offset = cow_op->source();
+        if (cow_op->type() == kCowCopyOp) {
             *source_offset *= BLOCK_SZ;
         }
         RAIterNext();
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@
         while (!RAIterDone() && num_ops) {
             const CowOperation* op = GetRAOpIter();
             CHECK_NE(op, nullptr);
-            uint64_t next_offset = GetCowOpSourceInfoData(*op);
-            if (op->type == kCowCopyOp) {
+            uint64_t next_offset = op->source();
+            if (op->type() == kCowCopyOp) {
                 next_offset *= BLOCK_SZ;
             }
             if (next_offset + nr_consecutive * BLOCK_SZ != *source_offset) {
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_worker.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_worker.cpp
index b24844d..1f5d568 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_worker.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/dm-snapshot-merge/snapuserd_worker.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    switch (cow_op->type) {
+    switch (cow_op->type()) {
         case kCowReplaceOp: {
             return ProcessReplaceOp(cow_op);
         }
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 
         default: {
             SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Unsupported operation-type found: "
-                            << static_cast<uint8_t>(cow_op->type);
+                            << static_cast<uint8_t>(cow_op->type());
         }
     }
     return false;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/merge_worker.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/merge_worker.cpp
index 11b8d7c..3a56669 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/merge_worker.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/merge_worker.cpp
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@
                 SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "AcquireBuffer failed in MergeReplaceOps";
                 return false;
             }
-            if (cow_op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+            if (cow_op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
                 if (!reader_->ReadData(cow_op, buffer, BLOCK_SZ)) {
                     SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read COW in merge";
                     return false;
                 }
             } else {
-                CHECK(cow_op->type == kCowZeroOp);
+                CHECK(cow_op->type() == kCowZeroOp);
                 memset(buffer, 0, BLOCK_SZ);
             }
         }
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/read_worker.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/read_worker.cpp
index 906316e..431baf0 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/read_worker.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/read_worker.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
                     << " Op: " << *cow_op;
     if (!android::base::ReadFullyAtOffset(backing_store_fd_, buffer, BLOCK_SZ, offset)) {
         std::string op;
-        if (cow_op->type == kCowCopyOp)
+        if (cow_op->type() == kCowCopyOp)
             op = "Copy-op";
         else {
             op = "Xor-op";
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         }
         case MERGE_GROUP_STATE::GROUP_MERGE_PENDING: {
             bool ret;
-            if (cow_op->type == kCowCopyOp) {
+            if (cow_op->type() == kCowCopyOp) {
                 ret = ProcessCopyOp(cow_op, buffer);
             } else {
                 ret = ProcessXorOp(cow_op, buffer);
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    switch (cow_op->type) {
+    switch (cow_op->type()) {
         case kCowReplaceOp: {
             return ProcessReplaceOp(cow_op, buffer);
         }
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 
         default: {
             SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Unknown operation-type found: "
-                            << static_cast<uint8_t>(cow_op->type);
+                            << static_cast<uint8_t>(cow_op->type());
         }
     }
     return false;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp
index 950d771..9b8c70d 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@
     while (!cowop_iter->AtEnd()) {
         const CowOperation* cow_op = cowop_iter->Get();
 
-        if (cow_op->type == kCowCopyOp) {
+        if (cow_op->type() == kCowCopyOp) {
             copy_ops += 1;
-        } else if (cow_op->type == kCowReplaceOp) {
+        } else if (cow_op->type() == kCowReplaceOp) {
             replace_ops += 1;
-        } else if (cow_op->type == kCowZeroOp) {
+        } else if (cow_op->type() == kCowZeroOp) {
             zero_ops += 1;
-        } else if (cow_op->type == kCowXorOp) {
+        } else if (cow_op->type() == kCowXorOp) {
             xor_ops += 1;
         }
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
index 998d233..034cda1 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "PrepareNextReadAhead operation has no source offset: " << *cow_op;
         return nr_consecutive;
     }
-    if (cow_op->type == kCowXorOp) {
+    if (cow_op->type() == kCowXorOp) {
         xor_op_vec.push_back(cow_op);
     }
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
             break;
         }
 
-        if (op->type == kCowXorOp) {
+        if (op->type() == kCowXorOp) {
             xor_op_vec.push_back(op);
         }