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 13.1
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 2,736
bash 118,863 700
osh-native-souffle 118,863 423
osh-native 118,863 385
osh-cpython 118,863 11

Per-File Measurements

Time and Memory

shell label elapsed ms user ms sys ms max rss MB num lines filename
dash 2 1 1 1 2,698 Build.sh
bash 5 4 1 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 8 6 2 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 4 4 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 286 259 27 21 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 2,512 abuild
bash 5 4 2 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 5 4 9 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 10 9 1 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 379 357 22 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 7 1 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 32 0 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 47 38 8 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 50 40 10 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,917 1,891 26 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 21 0 1 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 78 76 2 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 158 143 15 51 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 179 151 28 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,446 5,350 95 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 5 4 1 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 5 2 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 6 1 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 274 260 15 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 2 2 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 4 2 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 7 3 4 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 257 232 25 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 4 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 15 2 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 20 13 7 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 23 12 11 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 882 853 29 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 3 3 0 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 2 2 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 4 4 0 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 113 89 24 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 2 2 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 5 2 2 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 4 1 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 109 91 18 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 14 1 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 17 13 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 19 11 7 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 791 758 33 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 32,959,869 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,592,055 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 44,368,104 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,312,921 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,560,619 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,256,659 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,336,599 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,754,846 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,530,168 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,633,104 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,857,268 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,969,025 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,401,531 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,399,570 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 10,808,310 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,857,739 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 12,672,149 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,919,556 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,437,971 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,716,164 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-7321a3f1
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-a5458b4e
osh-native osh-75b94fb1
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-150fee72
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-02-27__05-52-00.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-02-27__05-52-00.times.csv