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 118,863 707
osh-native-souffle 118,863 478
osh-native 118,863 453
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 4 4 1 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 3 4 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 5 3 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 280 259 21 21 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 2,512 abuild
bash 5 4 1 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 8 6 2 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 6 3 9 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 380 352 28 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 6 2 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 31 1 4 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 41 35 5 20 20,489 configure
osh-native 43 35 8 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,828 1,788 40 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 20 1 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 78 77 1 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 137 120 17 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 144 115 29 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,336 5,261 75 86 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 5 4 1 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 3 3 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 3 1 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 1 5 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 262 239 23 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 3 1 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 16 1 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 19 15 4 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 20 17 3 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 859 834 25 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 3 1 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 102 81 21 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 3 1 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 4 1 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 108 90 18 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 14 1 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 16 10 6 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 15 3 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 780 752 29 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 32,959,166 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,596,540 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,795,512 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,318,004 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,624,151 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,266,751 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,415,445 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,768,339 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,540,062 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,636,835 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,865,263 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,972,507 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,421,131 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,405,501 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 10,811,762 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,861,165 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 12,675,856 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,923,099 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,465,072 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,724,134 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-430546b4
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-ba813205
osh-native osh-8fd15444
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-6da61ae1
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-09__23-17-03.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-09__23-17-03.times.csv