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 2,796
bash 118,863 705
osh-native-souffle 118,863 449
osh-native 118,863 429
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 1 1 1 2,698 Build.sh
bash 5 3 1 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 5 2 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 7 1 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 282 264 18 22 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 1 1 1 2,512 abuild
bash 5 5 0 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 5 4 9 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 9 6 3 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 374 353 22 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 7 1 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 30 2 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 41 31 10 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 45 35 10 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,837 1,787 49 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 152 134 17 49 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 154 127 27 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,369 5,297 72 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 5 5 0 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 3 4 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 4 3 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 271 252 20 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 3 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 259 239 21 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 3 1 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 15 2 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 19 15 4 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 21 16 6 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 852 811 41 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 104 83 20 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 4 0 8 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 4 1 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 111 91 20 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 13 2 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 17 11 6 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 14 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 772 747 25 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 32,957,583 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,595,049 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,793,933 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,316,509 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,620,575 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,263,232 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,404,520 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,763,637 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,538,912 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,635,717 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,864,113 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,971,377 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,419,729 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,403,922 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 10,811,211 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,860,495 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 12,675,105 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,922,346 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,462,529 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,722,111 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-c689fec3
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-99b943e7
osh-native osh-8bf6290b
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-c5e81197
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-06__01-41-47.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-06__01-41-47.times.csv