1. A method comprising: receiving by a network element a request from a network device connected to the network element to update a shared resource maintained by the network element; subsequent to the receipt, identifying a Base Address Register Resource Table (“BRT”) element pointing to the shared resource; changing an attribute of the identified BRT; notifying the network device that the attribute of the identified BRT has been changed; receiving a notification from the network device that the shared resource has been updated; and changing the attribute of the identified BRT.