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 2,618
bash 118,863 692
osh-native-souffle 118,863 449
osh-native 118,863 409
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 4 4 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 0 8 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 282 265 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 4 4 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 10 10 0 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 381 349 32 22 2,512 abuild
dash 9 9 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 33 29 4 4 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 42 38 4 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 46 31 15 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,812 1,767 44 43 20,489 configure
dash 22 22 0 1 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 77 69 8 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 149 125 24 51 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 165 149 16 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,308 5,226 80 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 6 6 0 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 0 6 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 7 0 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 278 256 21 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 2 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 4 0 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 6 0 7 1,733 functions
osh-native 7 7 0 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 264 243 21 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 4 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 18 14 4 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 19 11 8 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 21 21 0 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 883 841 41 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 4 4 0 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 0 4 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 4 0 4 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 105 66 38 19 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 8 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 118 81 36 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 16 12 4 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 17 8 8 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 19 7 11 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 786 745 40 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 32,908,125 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,362,845 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 44,286,866 2,512 abuild
osh-native 44,954,292 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,285,748 20,489 configure
osh-native 275,013,193 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 772,312,564 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 876,674,106 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,493,174 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,468,463 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,805,804 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,738,019 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,251,852 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 112,717,953 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 10,795,643 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,801,886 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 12,658,615 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,861,983 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,254,326 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 111,865,799 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-bfb04251
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-99110a15
osh-native osh-b9ea7976
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-efc278b4
host label host id
no-host no-host-556df3ee

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-01-04__15-05-59.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-01-04__15-05-59.times.csv