Spinlock performance improved when implemented with compare_and_exchange instead of test_and_set. All instances of test_and_set locks were refactored to use clib_spinlock_t when possible. Some locks e.g. ssvm synchronize between processes rather than threads, so they cannot directly use clib_spinlock_t. Type: refactor Change-Id: Ia16b5d4cd49209b2b57b8df6c94615c28b11bb60 Signed-off-by: Jason Zhang <jason.zhang2@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Lijian Zhang <Lijian.Zhang@arm.com>