Getting The Size of a C++ Function

Question

I was reading this question because I\'m trying to find the size of a function in a C++ program, It is hinted at that there may be a way that is platform specific. My target

Answer 1

This can work in very limited scenarios. I use it in part of a code injection utility I wrote. I don't remember where I found the information, but I have the following (C++ in VS2005):

#pragma runtime_checks("", off)

static DWORD WINAPI InjectionProc(LPVOID lpvParameter)
{
    // do something
    return 0;
}

static DWORD WINAPI InjectionProcEnd()
{
    return 0;
}

#pragma runtime_checks("", on)

And then in some other function I have:

size_t cbInjectionProc = (size_t)InjectionProcEnd - (size_t)InjectionProc;

You have to turn off some optimizations and declare the functions as static to get this to work; I don't recall the specifics. I don't know if this is an exact byte count, but it is close enough. The size is only that of the immediate function; it doesn't include any other functions that may be called by that function. Aside from extreme edge cases like this, "the size of a function" is meaningless and useless.