Correlating UI with CPU stacks for profiling sessions

A computing device, comprising:

• at least one processor circuit;
• and
• at least one memory that stores instructions configured to be executed by the at least one processor circuit, the instructions configured to perform operations for correlating a user interface of a process with a profiling information for the process, the operations comprising:
• capturing a profiling trace of a process during execution of the process;
• determining a window handle associated with the process;
• capturing video of a displayed window having the window handle during said capturing a profiling trace, said capturing video comprising:
• detecting a lack of activity in the process;
• and
• pausing said capturing video in response to said detecting the lack of activity in the process;
• storing the captured profiling trace and the video in a profiling trace object;
• providing a user interface enabling a user to mark a start time and a stop time in the video corresponding to a time period of interest;
• and
• displaying the profiling trace corresponding to the time period of interest.

A system in a computing device, comprising:

• a profile trace capturer configured to:
• capture a profiling trace of a process during execution of the process, and
• detect a lack of activity in the process;
• a window handle determiner configured to determine a window handle associated with the process;
• a video capturer configured to:
• capture video of a displayed window having the window handle during capture of the profiling trace, and
• pause said capture of video in response to the detection of the lack of activity in the process;
• a captured data packager configured to store the captured profiling trace and the video in a profiling trace object;
• a video player configured to enable a user to mark a start time and a stop time in the video corresponding to a time period of interest;
• and
• a profiling trace displayer configured to display the profiling trace corresponding to the time period of interest.