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 2,780
bash 118,863 708
osh-native-souffle 118,863 450
osh-native 118,863 437
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 3 2 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 2 5 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 4 4 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 282 252 30 21 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 1 1 1 2,512 abuild
bash 5 4 1 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 7 2 9 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 9 7 2 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 382 356 26 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 8 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 29 3 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 41 35 6 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 45 35 10 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,847 1,804 43 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 19 2 1 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 77 76 1 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 149 126 23 51 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 150 125 25 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,400 5,323 76 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 5 4 1 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 5 1 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 4 3 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 270 242 29 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 7 4 2 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 267 247 20 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 2 2 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 16 1 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 20 13 7 14 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 20 13 8 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 866 840 26 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 3 2 1 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 2 2 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 4 2 2 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 105 90 15 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 1 3 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 2 2 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 4 1 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 109 92 17 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 14 1 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 18 15 3 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 15 3 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 794 768 26 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 32,960,592 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,592,973 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 44,368,850 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,312,433 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,560,836 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,258,071 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,334,804 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,753,895 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,530,773 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,633,772 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,857,863 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,968,827 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,402,207 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,400,487 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 10,808,681 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,858,162 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 12,672,636 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,920,136 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,439,637 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,714,815 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-4185cd8f
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-f302918e
osh-native osh-dae0c633
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-1d4b9911
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-02__06-08-26.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-02__06-08-26.times.csv