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 2,626
bash 118,863 624
osh-native 118,863 343
osh-native-souffle 118,863 314
osh-cpython 118,863 11

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 6 5 1 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 9 8 1 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 9 7 2 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 305 268 37 22 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 2,512 abuild
bash 6 4 3 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 9 6 3 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 10 7 3 9 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 411 389 22 22 2,512 abuild
dash 9 8 1 2 20,489 configure
bash 33 31 2 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 52 43 9 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 54 40 15 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,989 1,938 50 43 20,489 configure
dash 22 21 1 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 93 92 1 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 205 179 26 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 238 214 23 49 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,845 5,746 98 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 6 6 0 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 3 5 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 6 2 9 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 287 262 25 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 4 1 3 1,733 functions
osh-native 8 8 0 8 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 8 3 5 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 279 253 25 21 1,733 functions
dash 5 2 3 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 16 1 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 24 17 7 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 28 21 7 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 924 891 33 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 4 3 1 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 3 1 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 5 3 1 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 111 90 22 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 1 1 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 5 3 2 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 5 1 4 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 121 98 23 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 15 0 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 18 13 5 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 20 15 5 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 805 777 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 32,961,939 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,599,773 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,798,455 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,321,105 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,632,086 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,275,135 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,423,451 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,783,720 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,542,031 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,639,279 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,867,229 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,974,683 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,424,855 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,409,113 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 10,812,689 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,862,298 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 12,676,835 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,924,082 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,476,947 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,727,262 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-55409933
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-8eff08a6
osh-native osh-610f8270
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-0d1452b0
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-22__01-32-30.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-22__01-32-30.times.csv