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

Raw files

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 11.5

(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 2,702
bash 118,863 699
osh-native-souffle 118,863 486
osh-native 118,863 434
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 3 3 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 8 0 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 272 232 40 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 4 4 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 0 9 9 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 361 353 8 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 8 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 32 0 4 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 40 39 0 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 43 39 4 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,773 1,744 28 42 20,489 configure
dash 21 21 0 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 78 78 0 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 136 108 28 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 154 129 24 46 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,210 5,157 52 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 259 239 20 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 0 4 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 3 3 7 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 251 230 20 20 1,733 functions
dash 4 4 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 17 0 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 18 18 0 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 20 20 0 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 864 852 12 28 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 3 3 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 93 77 16 18 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 0 4 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 0 4 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 100 72 28 18 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 15 0 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 16 12 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 19 14 5 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 745 716 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 32,910,197 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,380,911 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,725,109 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 44,980,297 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,435,219 20,489 configure
osh-native 255,023,156 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,560,165 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 917,376,648 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,517,196 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,495,178 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,826,209 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,761,555 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,286,670 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 112,760,333 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 10,817,157 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,824,547 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 12,680,512 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,885,253 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,269,717 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 111,884,409 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-cfc7a1d6
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-59bae9f5
osh-native osh-96cca1cd
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-257a363f
host label host id
no-host no-host-556df3ee

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2024-10-24__17-21-23.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2024-10-24__17-21-23.times.csv