Increasing performance at runtime from trace data

A computer program product comprising a computer storage device containing computer-executable instructions for a computer-implemented method for optimizing runtime execution of an application based on tracer data, the computer- implemented method being performed by one or more processors executing the computer executable instructions, and wherein the computer-implemented method comprises:

• tracing an application and identifying a plurality of code elements related to said application;
• gathering and storing tracer data for the plurality of code elements, the tracer data comprising:
• performance data for one or more of the identified plurality of code elements;
• and
• relationship data for one or more of the identified plurality of code elements;
• based on the stored tracer data, generating a network representation for the plurality of code elements, the network representation comprising:
• nodes representing code elements;
• and
• edges that connect the plurality of nodes in various ways, the edges representing relationships between connected code elements;
• analyzing said network representation and identifying as a result of the analysis one or more node patterns of a set of pre-determined node patterns in which at least three or more code elements interact with one another, and wherein the identified node patterns indicate specific classifications for constituent code elements of the identified node patterns, and wherein the specific classification indicates which of various optimization algorithms to apply to a given code element of interest;
• applying the indicated algorithms to the each respective code element of interest to generate a runtime configuration that applies runtime settings to the code elements;
• storing the runtime configuration;
• and
• using the runtime configuration for the application when running the application in a runtime environment.

A computer computing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a computer memory device containing computer-executable instructions for a computer-implemented method for optimizing runtime execution of an application based on tracer data, the computer-implemented method being performed by one or more processors executing the computer executable instructions, and wherein the computer-implemented method comprises:
• tracing an application and identifying a plurality of code elements related to said application;
• gathering and storing tracer data for the plurality of code elements, the tracer data comprising:
• performance data for one or more of the identified plurality of code elements;
• and
• relationship data for one or more of the identified plurality of code elements;
• based on the stored tracer data, generating a network representation for the plurality of code elements, the network representation comprising:
• nodes representing code elements;
• and
• edges that connect the plurality of nodes in various ways, the edges representing relationships between connected code elements;
• analyzing said network representation and identifying as a result of the analysis one or more node patterns of a set of pre-determined node patterns in which at least three or more code elements interact with one another, and wherein the identified patterns indicate specific classifications for constituent code elements of the identified node patterns, and wherein the specific classification indicates which of various optimization algorithms to apply to a given code element of interest;
• applying the indicated algorithms to each respective code element of interest to generate a runtime configuration that applies runtime settings to the code elements;
• storing the runtime configuration;
• and
• using the runtime configuration for the application when running the application in a runtime environment.