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 11.5

(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 2,682
bash 118,863 705
osh-native-souffle 118,863 487
osh-native 118,863 435
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 3 3 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 8 0 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 280 259 20 22 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 9 9 0 9 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 371 338 32 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 8 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 32 0 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 39 31 8 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 44 40 4 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,793 1,741 52 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 21 0 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 77 77 0 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 135 123 12 51 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 151 126 24 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,257 5,180 76 86 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 268 252 16 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 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 6 0 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 258 230 28 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 4 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 17 0 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 18 11 7 14 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 21 21 0 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 849 800 48 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 4 0 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 102 75 27 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 108 84 24 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 15 0 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 16 8 8 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 19 11 7 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 760 731 29 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 32,897,676 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,368,334 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 44,294,318 2,512 abuild
osh-native 44,959,852 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,300,420 20,489 configure
osh-native 275,026,220 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 781,464,027 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 876,688,441 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,496,992 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,472,544 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,809,714 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,741,976 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,258,479 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 112,725,519 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 10,797,849 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,804,486 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 12,661,281 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,864,648 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,262,438 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 111,883,057 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-d2d991be
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-f1df893a
osh-native osh-83d4f518
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-b76edf43
host label host id
no-host no-host-556df3ee

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-02-18__02-42-12.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-02-18__02-42-12.times.csv