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 118,863 709
osh-native-souffle 118,863 481
osh-native 118,863 433
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 3 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 5 3 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 283 260 23 21 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 2,512 abuild
bash 5 4 1 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 9 9 0 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 4 5 9 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 373 352 21 22 2,512 abuild
dash 9 7 2 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 31 1 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 40 30 10 20 20,489 configure
osh-native 44 36 8 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,816 1,782 34 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 135 115 20 49 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 154 129 25 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,299 5,200 97 86 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 3 4 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 272 248 24 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 3 2 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 4 2 7 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 5 1 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 260 243 17 21 1,733 functions
dash 5 4 1 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 15 1 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 19 17 2 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 20 13 7 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 856 828 29 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 1 0 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 1 3 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 100 84 16 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 1 3 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 4 4 1 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 109 87 22 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 14 1 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 17 14 3 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 11 7 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 771 747 24 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 32,957,540 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,595,101 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,793,890 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,316,561 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,620,532 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,263,284 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,404,447 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,763,689 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,538,839 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,635,769 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,864,040 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,971,429 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,419,878 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,403,710 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 10,811,202 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,860,459 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 12,675,062 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,922,398 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,462,581 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,722,052 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-8799199a
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-5fa00753
osh-native osh-bc14442d
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-4063ed99
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-06__17-33-05.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-06__17-33-05.times.csv