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 2,671
bash 118,863 708
osh-native-souffle 118,863 470
osh-native 118,863 437
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 4 3 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 5 3 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 283 262 22 22 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 1 1 1 2,512 abuild
bash 5 5 0 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 380 361 20 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 6 2 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 30 2 4 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 40 28 12 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 44 37 7 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,815 1,764 51 43 20,489 configure
dash 23 22 1 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 77 74 3 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 142 115 27 49 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 151 125 26 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,354 5,272 81 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 5 5 1 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 2 5 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 6 1 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 271 253 19 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 1 1 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 3 1 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 5 1 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 268 242 25 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 4 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 16 1 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 19 16 3 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 20 14 6 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 870 845 25 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 3 2 1 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 3 1 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 4 4 1 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 104 80 24 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 1 3 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 2 2 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 4 1 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 113 88 25 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 13 2 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 17 14 3 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 15 3 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 780 747 33 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 32,961,886 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,599,752 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,798,401 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,321,083 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,632,003 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,275,143 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,423,368 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,783,728 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,541,978 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,639,258 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,867,176 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,974,662 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,425,108 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,409,244 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 10,812,748 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,862,318 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 12,676,782 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,924,061 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,477,039 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,727,282 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-c713030b
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-2048ae33
osh-native osh-7ed4a47f
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-3f800f2e
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-22__05-55-11.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-22__05-55-11.times.csv