3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast.rs
index 064f05ef1f3..944ae65ffc6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast.rs
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ impl Pat {
     /// This is intended for use by diagnostics.
     pub fn to_ty(&self) -> Option<P<Ty>> {
         let kind = match &self.kind {
+            PatKind::Missing => unreachable!(),
             // In a type expression `_` is an inference variable.
             PatKind::Wild => TyKind::Infer,
             // An IDENT pattern with no binding mode would be valid as path to a type. E.g. `u32`.
@@ -625,7 +626,8 @@ impl Pat {
             | PatKind::Guard(s, _) => s.walk(it),
 
             // These patterns do not contain subpatterns, skip.
-            PatKind::Wild
+            PatKind::Missing
+            | PatKind::Wild
             | PatKind::Rest
             | PatKind::Never
             | PatKind::Expr(_)
@@ -676,6 +678,7 @@ impl Pat {
     /// Return a name suitable for diagnostics.
     pub fn descr(&self) -> Option<String> {
         match &self.kind {
+            PatKind::Missing => unreachable!(),
             PatKind::Wild => Some("_".to_string()),
             PatKind::Ident(BindingMode::NONE, ident, None) => Some(format!("{ident}")),
             PatKind::Ref(pat, mutbl) => pat.descr().map(|d| format!("&{}{d}", mutbl.prefix_str())),
@@ -769,6 +772,9 @@ pub enum RangeSyntax {
 // Adding a new variant? Please update `test_pat` in `tests/ui/macros/stringify.rs`.
 #[derive(Clone, Encodable, Decodable, Debug)]
 pub enum PatKind {
+    /// A missing pattern, e.g. for an anonymous param in a bare fn like `fn f(u32)`.
+    Missing,
+
     /// Represents a wildcard pattern (`_`).
     Wild,
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs
index 274fe312f7f..8c6ddf2a69c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ pub fn walk_pat<T: MutVisitor>(vis: &mut T, pat: &mut P<Pat>) {
     vis.visit_id(id);
     match kind {
         PatKind::Err(_guar) => {}
-        PatKind::Wild | PatKind::Rest | PatKind::Never => {}
+        PatKind::Missing | PatKind::Wild | PatKind::Rest | PatKind::Never => {}
         PatKind::Ident(_binding_mode, ident, sub) => {
             vis.visit_ident(ident);
             visit_opt(sub, |sub| vis.visit_pat(sub));
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/visit.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/visit.rs
index 2716601ca4f..3d78f65f634 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/visit.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/visit.rs
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ pub fn walk_pat<'a, V: Visitor<'a>>(visitor: &mut V, pattern: &'a Pat) -> V::Res
             try_visit!(visitor.visit_pat(subpattern));
             try_visit!(visitor.visit_expr(guard_condition));
         }
-        PatKind::Wild | PatKind::Rest | PatKind::Never => {}
+        PatKind::Missing | PatKind::Wild | PatKind::Rest | PatKind::Never => {}
         PatKind::Err(_guar) => {}
         PatKind::Tuple(elems) | PatKind::Slice(elems) | PatKind::Or(elems) => {
             walk_list!(visitor, visit_pat, elems);