To be honest, I don't think I've ever tracked a problem down to that race condition. But I'm willing to believe some of the things that systemd does (and increased parallelization in general) might increase the likelihood of it occurring.
I think the larger point to take away here is that the systemd authors have a bias for doing "the right thing"[1], even if it means additional (implementation) complexity. Unix has traditionally been a stronghold of "worse is better" culture, which I think is where all this friction is coming from.
I think the larger point to take away here is that the systemd authors have a bias for doing "the right thing"[1], even if it means additional (implementation) complexity. Unix has traditionally been a stronghold of "worse is better" culture, which I think is where all this friction is coming from.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better