diff --git a/benchmarks/dynamo/pr_time_benchmarks/benchmark_runner.sh b/benchmarks/dynamo/pr_time_benchmarks/benchmark_runner.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/torch/_inductor/codegen/common.py b/torch/_inductor/codegen/common.py
index dbd02188665..fec37fb6002 100644
--- a/torch/_inductor/codegen/common.py
+++ b/torch/_inductor/codegen/common.py
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ class OpOverrides(BasicMathOpsMixin, OpDecompositions, OpsHandler[Any]):
             f"{type(self).__name__}: inline_asm_elementwise only implemented for Triton backend"
         )
 
-    def output(self, x0: OpVarT) -> None:
+    def output(self, *args: OpVarT) -> None:
         raise AssertionError(
             f"{type(self).__name__}: ops.output should not appear at codegen time"
         )
diff --git a/torch/_inductor/dtype_propagation.py b/torch/_inductor/dtype_propagation.py
index 5b45943b940..256079c8071 100644
--- a/torch/_inductor/dtype_propagation.py
+++ b/torch/_inductor/dtype_propagation.py
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class DtypePropagationOpsHandler:
     ) -> None:
         return None
 
-    def output(self, x: DTypeArg) -> None:
+    def output(self, *args: DTypeArg) -> None:
         raise AssertionError(
             f"{type(self).__name__}: ops.output should not appear here"
         )
diff --git a/torch/_inductor/loop_body.py b/torch/_inductor/loop_body.py
index afee8988253..4968544d80f 100644
--- a/torch/_inductor/loop_body.py
+++ b/torch/_inductor/loop_body.py
@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ class LoopBodyBlock:
                 return var
 
             @staticmethod
-            def output(result):
-                tracer.create_proxy("output", "output", (result,), {})
+            def output(*result):
+                tracer.create_proxy("output", "output", result, {})
 
         tracer = LightTracer()
         proxy_ops = tracer.create_proxy("placeholder", "ops", (), {})
diff --git a/torch/_inductor/ops_handler.py b/torch/_inductor/ops_handler.py
index 5338372f6af..0118d29368c 100644
--- a/torch/_inductor/ops_handler.py
+++ b/torch/_inductor/ops_handler.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # mypy: allow-untyped-defs
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import inspect
 import itertools
 import re
 import warnings
+from io import StringIO
 from typing import Any, Callable, Generic, Literal, NamedTuple, Optional, TypeVar, Union
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
@@ -729,7 +731,7 @@ class OpsHandler(Generic[T]):
     ) -> T:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def output(self, x0: T) -> None:
+    def output(self, *args: T) -> None:
         """This is a fake op used in analysis but not codegen"""
         raise NotImplementedError
 
@@ -755,7 +757,7 @@ class DefaultHandler(OpsHandler[Any]):
         provide generic op behavior.
 
         Args:
-            target: name of the op, see OpHandler.target
+            name: name of the op, see OpHandler.{name}
             args: positional args passed to the op
             kwargs: keyword args passed to the op
 
@@ -783,8 +785,41 @@ class DefaultHandler(OpsHandler[Any]):
 
     @classmethod
     def _init_cls(cls):
+        """
+        Here we codegen many functions of the form:
+
+            def add(self, a, b):
+                return self._default('add', (a, b), {})
+
+        and install them in cls.  This is the same as _call_default above,
+        but is about 1.2x faster since CPython varargs parsing is slow.
+        """
+        code = StringIO()
         for target in OP_NAMES:
-            setattr(cls, target, cls._call_default(target))
+            sig = inspect.signature(getattr(OpsHandler, target))
+            if all(
+                p.kind == inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD
+                and p.default is inspect.Parameter.empty
+                for p in sig.parameters.values()
+            ):
+                self_arg, *args = sig.parameters.keys()
+                assert self_arg == "self"
+                code.write(
+                    f"""
+                    def {target}(self, {', '.join(args)}):
+                        return self._default({target!r}, ({', '.join(args)}, ), {{}})
+                    """.strip()
+                )
+                code.write("\n\n")
+            else:
+                # slower fallback for ops with default or variadic arguments
+                setattr(cls, target, cls._call_default(target))
+
+        ctx: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        exec(code.getvalue(), ctx)
+        for target, impl in ctx.items():
+            if target in OP_NAMES:
+                setattr(cls, target, impl)
 
 
 DefaultHandler._init_cls()