Method and system for locking resources in a computer system

A lock manager for controlling and managing the access of system resources on a computer system comprising:

• a lock object, said lock object comprising at least one queue and a value block;
• said at least one queue comprising granted locks and lock requests;
• and
• said value block configured to be marked dubious if one or more of said granted locks are released with the possibility of data integrity problems.

A computer readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for locking resource in a computer system, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• opening a resource object for a resource in a computer system;
• granting one or more locks to said resource object;
• automatically de-allocating said resource object in response to said locks being released only if said locks are validly released from said resource object;
• marking said resource object if one or more of said locks are released from said resource object with the possibility of data integrity problems;
• and
• when said resource object is marked, preventing said resource object from being de-allocated in response to said locks being released.