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 13.0
osh-native-souffle 118,863 11.4

(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 2,667
bash 118,863 704
osh-native-souffle 118,863 470
osh-native 118,863 439
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 8 0 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 282 266 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 9 9 0 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 10 10 0 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 379 349 29 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 8 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 32 0 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 42 38 4 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 44 32 12 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,819 1,770 48 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 18 4 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 77 73 4 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 141 116 24 51 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 150 126 24 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,205 5,156 48 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 6 3 3 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 6 0 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 7 0 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 271 243 28 21 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 0 6 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 261 252 8 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 2 2 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 16 4 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 876 839 36 29 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 4 0 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 4 0 4 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 102 82 20 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 0 1 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 107 87 19 19 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 18 18 0 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 767 738 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 32,908,096 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,362,847 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 44,286,836 2,512 abuild
osh-native 44,954,324 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,285,689 20,489 configure
osh-native 275,013,195 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 772,312,505 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 876,674,108 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,493,145 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,468,495 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,805,775 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,738,051 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,251,708 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 112,717,784 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 10,795,576 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,801,861 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 12,658,586 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,861,985 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,254,284 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 111,865,735 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-4874d862
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-3d019ed7
osh-native osh-17f8e036
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-46833066
host label host id
no-host no-host-556df3ee

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2024-12-25__15-35-37.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2024-12-25__15-35-37.times.csv