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 2,292
bash 118,863 598
osh-native-souffle 118,863 343
osh-native 118,863 303
osh-cpython 118,863 10

Per-File Measurements

Time and Memory

shell label elapsed ms user ms sys ms max rss MB num lines filename
dash 2 0 2 1 2,698 Build.sh
bash 6 6 0 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 9 4 4 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 9 9 0 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 305 272 32 20 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 2,512 abuild
bash 7 7 0 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 10 10 0 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 10 11 0 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 410 385 24 22 2,512 abuild
dash 10 10 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 37 37 0 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 55 43 12 20 20,489 configure
osh-native 59 55 4 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 2,035 1,990 44 42 20,489 configure
dash 24 24 0 1 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 89 85 4 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 205 200 4 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 240 212 28 46 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 6,019 5,913 104 86 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 7 7 0 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 8 8 0 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 8 8 0 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 302 260 41 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 5 5 0 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 8 4 4 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 8 4 4 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 289 261 28 20 1,733 functions
dash 6 6 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 20 16 4 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 23 23 0 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 25 25 0 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 960 934 25 28 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 5 2 2 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 5 5 0 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 5 0 5 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 113 88 24 18 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 5 5 0 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 5 3 3 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 6 6 0 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 121 100 20 18 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 18 18 0 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 20 16 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 22 22 0 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 874 852 21 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 32,911,738 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,382,308 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,726,421 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 44,981,468 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,438,961 20,489 configure
osh-native 255,026,499 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,566,349 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 917,378,138 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,518,230 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,496,072 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,827,291 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,762,497 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,288,388 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 112,761,973 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 10,818,274 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,825,558 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 12,681,701 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,886,302 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,273,151 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 111,887,315 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-b7e259be
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-0462a457
osh-native osh-71b3fec9
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-fafd08cc
host label host id
no-host no-host-556df3ee

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2024-10-28__03-24-38.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2024-10-28__03-24-38.times.csv