1. A method comprising: a processor requesting exclusive access to a given memory resource, wherein the request includes one or more addresses associated with the given memory resource; comparing each of the one or more addresses to each address of a plurality of sets of addresses, wherein each address of the plurality of sets of addresses corresponds to a respective memory resource to which a requestor has been granted exclusive access; and in response to any address of the one or more addresses matching any address in the plurality of sets of addresses, returning a count value associated with the matching address, wherein the count value is indicative of a number of requestors contending for the matching address.