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 2,748
bash 118,863 702
osh-native-souffle 118,863 472
osh-native 118,863 451
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 5 0 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 5 2 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 6 2 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 291 265 26 22 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 1 1 1 2,512 abuild
bash 6 5 1 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 8 6 2 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 6 3 8 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 378 356 23 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 7 1 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 32 0 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 41 30 11 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 44 37 7 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,831 1,783 47 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 20 1 1 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 77 76 1 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 140 119 21 49 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 143 120 23 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,312 5,227 80 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 6 4 2 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 3 4 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 4 2 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 275 257 19 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 1 1 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 2 2 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 3 4 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 264 237 27 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 4 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 14 2 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 19 13 6 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 21 17 3 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 864 832 33 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 3 2 1 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 4 0 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 4 1 3 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 102 83 20 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 1 1 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 2 2 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 1 3 8 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 4 1 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 110 88 22 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 14 1 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 17 13 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 19 11 8 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 782 754 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 32,964,427 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,602,450 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,801,006 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,324,536 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,641,722 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,284,135 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,431,518 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,790,037 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,544,271 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,641,514 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,869,476 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,976,952 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,428,631 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,411,927 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 10,814,575 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,864,179 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 12,678,604 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,925,801 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,490,177 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,739,114 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-53dae32b
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-69bf3fe7
osh-native osh-a18cebab
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-e7ef64f3
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-28__11-09-30.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-28__11-09-30.times.csv