OSH Parser Performance

We time $sh -n $file for various files under various shells, and repeat then run under cachegrind for stable metrics.

Source code: oil/benchmarks/osh-parser.sh

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Summary

Instructions Per Line (via cachegrind)

Lower numbers are generally better, but each shell recognizes a different language, and OSH uses a more thorough parsing algorithm. In thousands of "I refs".

shell label total lines thousand irefs per line
bash 118,863 15.1
dash 111,674 2.3
osh-native 118,863 13.2
osh-native-souffle 118,863 11.6

(zsh isn't measured because zsh -n unexpectedly forks.)

Average Parsing Rate, Measured on Two Machines (lines/ms)

Shell startup time is included in the elapsed time measurements, but long files are chosen to minimize its effect.

shell label total lines host no-host
dash 111,674 2,653
bash 118,863 704
osh-native-souffle 118,863 463
osh-native 118,863 421
osh-cpython 118,863 12

Per-File Measurements

Time and Memory

shell label elapsed ms user ms sys ms max rss MB num lines filename
dash 2 2 0 1 2,698 Build.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 4 4 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 8 0 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 268 252 16 21 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 2,512 abuild
bash 5 5 0 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 8 8 0 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 0 9 9 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 362 349 12 21 2,512 abuild
dash 8 8 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 28 4 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 40 36 4 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 46 41 4 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,766 1,737 28 42 20,489 configure
dash 22 22 0 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 77 77 0 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 145 121 24 51 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 158 141 16 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,199 5,130 68 86 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 5 3 3 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 6 0 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 3 3 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 263 242 20 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 4 0 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 6 0 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 7 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 247 227 20 20 1,733 functions
dash 4 4 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 13 3 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 19 14 5 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 21 10 10 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 820 796 24 28 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 4 4 0 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 0 4 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 4 4 0 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 95 79 16 18 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 4 0 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 5 4 0 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 99 63 35 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 15 0 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 16 16 0 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 18 0 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 749 721 28 27 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh

Instruction Counts

shell label irefs num lines filename
dash 6,416,010 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 33,384,189 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,920,083 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 39,420,799 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,796,655 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 244,870,683 20,489 configure
osh-native 279,209,899 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 792,804,515 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 889,962,785 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,932,558 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,997,401 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 25,254,445 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 29,264,951 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 98,853,633 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 114,627,473 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 172,930,991 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 3,166,564 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 10,908,679 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,935,194 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 25,314,918 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 4,357,271 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 12,808,316 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 14,039,874 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 98,931,282 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 113,848,829 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
bash 161,950,200 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh

Shell and Host Details

shell label shell id
bash bash-d4badc22
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-700a7b31
osh-native osh-cf1fd342
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-2583fd19
host label host id
no-host no-host-556df3ee

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2024-10-18__20-23-11.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2024-10-18__20-23-11.times.csv