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 2,734
bash 118,863 707
osh-native-souffle 118,863 470
osh-native 118,863 436
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 1 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 4 3 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 6 2 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 280 255 25 22 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 1 1 1 2,512 abuild
bash 6 5 1 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 9 5 4 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 8 1 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 377 349 28 22 2,512 abuild
dash 9 8 1 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 29 3 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 42 29 13 20 20,489 configure
osh-native 44 38 6 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,796 1,758 38 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 21 0 1 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 77 76 1 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 139 118 21 51 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 152 127 25 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,335 5,262 72 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 6 5 1 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 5 1 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 3 4 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 272 251 21 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 4 2 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 7 4 2 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 264 240 24 21 1,733 functions
dash 5 5 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 16 16 1 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 19 13 6 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 20 15 5 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 857 831 26 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 3 1 2 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 102 85 17 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 2 2 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 1 3 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 3 1 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 110 88 22 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 14 1 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 16 12 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 14 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 768 745 23 27 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 32,963,992 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,596,216 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 44,372,080 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,316,765 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,565,123 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,260,734 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,335,219 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,761,203 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,534,111 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,637,377 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,860,448 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,973,329 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,405,513 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,404,189 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 10,811,997 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,861,566 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 12,675,575 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,923,220 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,444,322 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,718,839 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-2c92696a
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-0ad1178b
osh-native osh-b734de4a
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-346a324b
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-04__05-14-48.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-04__05-14-48.times.csv