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 2,634
bash 118,863 700
osh-native-souffle 118,863 469
osh-native 118,863 422
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 7 0 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 4 4 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 280 255 25 22 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 2,512 abuild
bash 6 3 3 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 8 0 8 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 6 3 9 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 376 347 28 23 2,512 abuild
dash 9 4 4 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 32 0 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 41 33 8 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 46 42 4 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,823 1,803 20 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 21 0 1 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 78 74 4 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 141 117 23 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 155 127 28 46 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,274 5,192 80 87 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 7 3 3 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 274 242 32 22 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 4 0 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 7 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 263 242 20 21 1,733 functions
dash 5 5 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 23 19 4 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 831 810 20 30 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 1 0 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 104 84 20 20 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 0 4 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 4 0 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 0 5 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 109 86 23 20 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 11 4 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 17 13 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 7 11 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 767 723 44 28 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 32,901,350 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,369,153 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,714,061 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 44,970,453 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,441,804 20,489 configure
osh-native 255,020,543 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,602,332 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 917,380,344 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,505,062 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,482,333 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,816,067 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,749,396 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,275,635 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 112,750,377 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 10,803,549 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,810,669 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 12,667,311 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,871,299 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,254,539 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 111,867,981 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-b0d5d7b8
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-9e4732bb
osh-native osh-63b6a033
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-b2d297fe
host label host id
no-host no-host-556df3ee

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2024-11-20__02-55-09.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2024-11-20__02-55-09.times.csv