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 2,761
bash 118,863 696
osh-native-souffle 118,863 464
osh-native 118,863 446
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 4 1 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 7 0 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 8 0 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 281 256 25 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 2 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 385 362 24 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 8 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 30 2 4 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 41 28 12 20 20,489 configure
osh-native 44 35 8 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,829 1,788 41 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 20 1 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 78 75 3 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 145 122 23 49 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 147 119 28 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,263 5,188 75 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 6 5 1 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 6 0 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 7 0 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 268 239 30 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 4 0 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 5 1 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 3 4 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 260 243 17 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 14 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 20 15 5 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 865 836 29 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 4 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 106 84 21 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 3 1 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 3 2 8 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 3 2 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 107 85 23 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 15 0 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 16 12 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 12 6 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 777 750 28 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 32,961,137 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,598,992 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,797,509 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,320,423 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,629,335 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,272,731 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,423,701 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,783,199 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,541,370 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,638,505 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,866,564 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,974,184 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,424,220 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,408,575 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 10,812,531 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,861,834 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 12,676,434 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,923,997 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,477,383 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,726,233 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-c3a45cfe
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-2f200d75
osh-native osh-14b75c2b
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-50feea9f
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-12__23-29-32.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-12__23-29-32.times.csv