lib: introduce a read-write lock for northbound configurations
The upcoming gRPC-based northbound plugin will run on a separate
pthread, and it will need to have access to the running configuration
global variable. Introduce a rw-lock to control concurrent access
to the running configuration. Add the lock inside the "nb_config"
structure so that it can be used to protect candidate configurations
as well (this might be necessary depending on the threading scheme
of future northbound plugins).