Incorrect usage of the 'sync/atomic' package

Reports assignment statements of the form x = atomic.AddUint64(&x, 1).

Such operations are not atomic, and is a common misuse of the sync/atomic API. To make them atomic, one need to remove the assignment to use a direct call: atomic.AddUint64(&x, 1). In that case, the value of x will be updated atomically by address.

Example:

import (
 "sync/atomic"
)

type Counter uint64

func AtomicTests() {
 x := uint64(1)
 x = atomic.AddUint64(&x, 1)         // ERROR "direct assignment to atomic value"
 _, x = 10, atomic.AddUint64(&x, 1)  // ERROR "direct assignment to atomic value"
 x, _ = atomic.AddUint64(&x, 1), 10  // ERROR "direct assignment to atomic value"
}

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Inspection ID: GoVetAtomic

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GoLand 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	GoLand 2025.2, Qodana for Go 2025.2,
Can be installed with plugin:	Go, 252.26654.0

Last modified: 18 September 2025