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Thanks for the in-depth answer!

> Essentially, threads A and B have to make sure that once any thread sees its write, all threads see its write

Gotcha. So that's where cache snooping comes in and why that's sufficient to handle the case. I think I see it now. Again, thanks for breaking it down for me. So it appears the only thing necessary is for the DMB ISH to ensure that all cache-snoop messages are "processed" before proceeding.



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