Automatic merge from submit-queue

pkg/controller/garbagecollector: simplify mutexes.

pkg/controller/garbagecollector: simplified synchronization and made idiomatic.


Similar to #29598, we can rely on the zero-value construction behavior
to embed `sync.Mutex` into parent structs.

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