Abstract: A method and system for resolving access to a common resource for competing processes. According to one embodiment, a resource manager receives a request from a first process to access a resource, receives a request from a second process to access the resource, the request from the second process arriving after the request from the first process, grants access to the resource to the first process, queues the access request from the second process until the resource is released by the first process, and notifies the second process that its access request has been queued, wherein upon receiving the notification, the second process resumes operation as if the second process had been granted access to and released the resource.