Optimizing compilation of shaders

A system configured to generate variations of compilation parameters for shaders used by an application, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more hardware-based memory devices storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• accessing snapshot data captured during execution of an application, wherein the snapshot data comprises commands passed between a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) to generate frames of graphics data and a plurality of shaders used during the execution of the application, wherein the commands of the snapshot data comprise one or more graphics events for the GPU,
• selecting the shader being used in the execution of the application based, at least in part, on the commands passed between the CPU and the GPU,
• obtaining original compilation parameters associated with the shader selected, at least in part, on the commands passed between the CPU and the GPU,
• determining one or more variations of the compilation parameters comprising different quantities of registers to use in compilation of the shader, wherein the different quantities of registers of the compilation parameters comprise a limit on a number of registers to be used,
• compiling the shader multiple times with the different quantities of registers within the limit of the one or more variations of the compilation parameters, and
• determining performance statistics for the shader with each of the different quantities of registers of the one or more variations of the compilation parameters.

One or more hardware-based computer-readable memory devices storing computer readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors associated with a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• access snapshot data captured during execution of an application, wherein the snapshot data comprises commands passed between a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) to generate frames of graphics data and a plurality of shaders used during the execution of the application, wherein the commands of the snapshot data comprise one or more graphics events for the GPU;
• select a shader being used in the execution of the application based, at least in part, on the commands passed between the CPU and the GPU;
• obtain original compilation parameters associated with the shader selected, at least in part, on the commands passed between the CPU and the GPU;
• determine one or more variations of the compilation parameters comprising different quantities of registers to use in compilation of the shader, wherein the different quantities of registers of the compilation parameters comprise a limit on a number of registers to be used;
• compile the shader multiple times with the different quantities of registers within the limit of the one or more variations of the compilation parameters;
• and
• determine performance statistics for the shader with each of the different quantities of registers of the one or more variations of the compilation parameters.