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 2,710
bash 118,863 709
osh-native-souffle 118,863 492
osh-native 118,863 443
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 0 2 1 2,698 Build.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 7 0 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 7 4 4 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 266 249 16 21 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 0 2 1 2,512 abuild
bash 6 6 0 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 8 8 0 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 8 4 4 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 362 337 24 22 2,512 abuild
dash 9 8 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 32 0 4 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 40 26 15 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 44 36 8 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,746 1,701 44 42 20,489 configure
dash 21 21 0 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 77 76 0 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 132 120 12 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 150 138 12 46 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,019 4,942 76 86 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 5 5 0 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 0 6 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 6 3 3 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 260 228 32 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 0 6 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 6 0 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 250 229 20 20 1,733 functions
dash 4 0 4 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 12 4 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 19 15 4 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 20 16 4 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 822 777 45 28 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 3 0 3 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 75 17 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 4 4 0 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 99 90 8 18 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 15 0 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 16 10 7 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 13 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 755 735 20 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 32,901,167 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,369,048 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,713,874 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 44,970,337 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,440,943 20,489 configure
osh-native 255,020,074 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,583,243 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 917,383,051 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,504,908 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,482,250 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,815,909 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,749,306 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,276,689 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 112,750,514 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 10,803,478 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,810,694 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 12,667,343 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,871,372 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,254,038 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 111,868,569 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-b8acc3ab
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-1bc49486
osh-native osh-25687a7a
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-45d43499
host label host id
no-host no-host-556df3ee

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2024-11-10__19-34-04.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2024-11-10__19-34-04.times.csv