Random imagined example: Two files with different names being created in the same directory. The race decides which one gets which inode number, but both are cr

Random imagined example: Two files with different names being created in the same directory. The race decides which one gets which inode number, but both are created correctly and successfully. That would be a race condition, but as long as only the assignment of inode numbers changes between outcomes of the race nobody would care. But again, this is just a contrived example.