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 2,750
bash 118,863 708
osh-native-souffle 118,863 466
osh-native 118,863 440
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 3 2 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 7 6 1 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 6 1 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 283 261 23 22 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 2 0 1 2,512 abuild
bash 5 5 0 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 8 6 3 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 9 0 9 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 376 351 25 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 6 3 2 20,489 configure
bash 32 32 0 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 42 33 9 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 44 32 12 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,818 1,774 44 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 20 1 1 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 78 76 2 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 142 122 20 49 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 150 129 21 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,327 5,254 72 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 5 4 1 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 5 1 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 4 3 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 269 252 17 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 7 1,733 functions
osh-native 6 6 0 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 261 240 21 21 1,733 functions
dash 5 2 3 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 12 9 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 855 823 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 2 2 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 4 2 2 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 101 85 17 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 0 1 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 8 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 3 2 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 109 90 19 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 15 14 1 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 16 12 5 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 18 17 1 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 794 759 36 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 32,966,201 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,604,219 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,802,944 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,326,690 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,644,480 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,288,415 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,438,740 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,797,274 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,545,771 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,643,029 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,870,671 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,978,302 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,430,898 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,414,246 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 10,817,237 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,866,924 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 12,680,161 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,928,564 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,492,264 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,743,172 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-aa00bde2
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-6cf003c6
osh-native osh-0d8ab44e
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-c5b1367b
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-31__06-54-19.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-31__06-54-19.times.csv