https://github.com/dev-priyanshu15 updated 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/172092

>From e4b8541ab405bf31e5f49bfd0a1c43134f5df39c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: spriyanshucoder <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 03:31:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [clang][libclang] Fix auto function parameter type reporting

When auto is used as a function parameter type, clang-c API was
incorrectly reporting it as TypeRef with kind unexposed instead of
reporting it as CXType_Auto.

The issue was that CursorVisitor did not have a handler for AutoTypeLoc,
so it fell back to default behavior which resulted in unexposed types.

Add VisitAutoTypeLoc method to properly handle auto type locations in
function parameters. This brings consistency with how auto is handled
in variable declarations.

Fixes issue #172072
---
 clang/test/Index/auto-function-param.cpp | 14 ++++++++++++++
 clang/tools/libclang/CIndex.cpp          |  9 +++++++++
 clang/tools/libclang/CXType.cpp          | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 clang/test/Index/auto-function-param.cpp

diff --git a/clang/test/Index/auto-function-param.cpp 
b/clang/test/Index/auto-function-param.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5366d8468007e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/Index/auto-function-param.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Test case for auto function parameter reported as CXType_Auto
+// This test verifies that auto parameters in function declarations
+// are properly reported as CXType_Auto in the libclang C API
+// See issue #172072
+
+// RUN: c-index-test -test-type %s | FileCheck %s
+
+// Function with auto parameter
+int bar(auto p) {
+  return p;
+}
+
+// CHECK: FunctionDecl=bar:{{.*}} CXType_FunctionProto
+// CHECK: ParmDecl=p:{{.*}} CXType_Auto
diff --git a/clang/tools/libclang/CIndex.cpp b/clang/tools/libclang/CIndex.cpp
index 32e84248c1b27..bb0816b0447a9 100644
--- a/clang/tools/libclang/CIndex.cpp
+++ b/clang/tools/libclang/CIndex.cpp
@@ -1789,6 +1789,15 @@ bool CursorVisitor::VisitAdjustedTypeLoc(AdjustedTypeLoc 
TL) {
   return Visit(TL.getOriginalLoc());
 }
 
+bool CursorVisitor::VisitAutoTypeLoc(AutoTypeLoc TL) {
+  // AutoTypeLoc represents the location of an auto type specifier.
+  // We do not visit children because the auto type itself is complete.
+  // This handler ensures that auto function parameters are properly
+  // reported as CXType_Auto in the libclang C API, rather than being
+  // incorrectly reported as TypeRef/unexposed.
+  return false;
+}
+
 bool CursorVisitor::VisitDeducedTemplateSpecializationTypeLoc(
     DeducedTemplateSpecializationTypeLoc TL) {
   if (VisitTemplateName(TL.getTypePtr()->getTemplateName(),
diff --git a/clang/tools/libclang/CXType.cpp b/clang/tools/libclang/CXType.cpp
index 3feb56334d79c..f317976905e48 100644
--- a/clang/tools/libclang/CXType.cpp
+++ b/clang/tools/libclang/CXType.cpp
@@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ CXType cxtype::MakeCXType(QualType T, CXTranslationUnit 
TU) {
       return MakeCXType(PTT->getInnerType(), TU);
     }
 
+    // Handle auto in function parameters
+    if (auto *TTP = T->getAs<TemplateTypeParmType>()) {
+      auto *D = TTP->getDecl();
+      if (D && D->isImplicit()) {
+        if (auto *TC = D->getTypeConstraint(); !TC) {
+          TK = CXType_Auto;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     ASTContext &Ctx = cxtu::getASTUnit(TU)->getASTContext();
     if (Ctx.getLangOpts().ObjC) {
       QualType UnqualT = T.getUnqualifiedType();

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