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 2,724
bash 118,863 699
osh-native-souffle 118,863 411
osh-native 118,863 383
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 2 0 1 2,698 Build.sh
bash 5 3 2 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 8 7 1 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 6 2 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 286 270 16 21 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 1 1 1 2,512 abuild
bash 6 4 2 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 5 4 9 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 9 8 1 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 380 356 25 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 7 1 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 31 1 4 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 47 37 10 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 52 44 8 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,864 1,814 49 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 21 0 1 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 78 77 1 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 166 148 18 51 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 179 158 21 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,504 5,397 106 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 5 4 2 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 3 4 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 3 4 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 276 251 26 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 4 1 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 4 2 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 7 4 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 269 240 29 21 1,733 functions
dash 5 3 2 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 15 2 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 21 16 5 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 21 16 5 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 881 857 24 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 3 3 1 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 3 1 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 4 3 1 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 105 84 21 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 3 1 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 3 1 8 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 113 85 28 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 14 1 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 17 10 7 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 19 13 6 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 789 758 31 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 32,960,724 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,592,875 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 44,368,982 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,313,238 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,560,968 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,258,003 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,334,937 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,753,858 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,530,905 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,633,704 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,857,995 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,969,790 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,402,477 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,398,980 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 10,808,859 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,858,166 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 12,672,768 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,920,038 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,439,861 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,714,813 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-e602a6a0
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-505969a2
osh-native osh-47857ee9
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-bf7de690
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-02-27__12-40-19.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-02-27__12-40-19.times.csv