sync/pipe: update to clarify docs that it is byte-oriented.

There was some language copypasted from Channel talking about "messages"
or "values", that is not really accurate with Pipe.

1 files changed, 43 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/embassy-sync/src/pipe.rs b/embassy-sync/src/pipe.rs
index 1977005fb..ee27cdec8 100644
--- a/embassy-sync/src/pipe.rs
+++ b/embassy-sync/src/pipe.rs
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@ impl<'p, M, const N: usize> Writer<'p, M, N>
 where
     M: RawMutex,
 {
-    /// Writes a value.
+    /// Write some bytes to the pipe.
     ///
     /// See [`Pipe::write()`]
     pub fn write<'a>(&'a self, buf: &'a [u8]) -> WriteFuture<'a, M, N> {
         self.pipe.write(buf)
     }
 
-    /// Attempt to immediately write a message.
+    /// Attempt to immediately write some bytes to the pipe.
     ///
-    /// See [`Pipe::write()`]
+    /// See [`Pipe::try_write()`]
     pub fn try_write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize, TryWriteError> {
         self.pipe.try_write(buf)
     }
@@ -95,16 +95,16 @@ impl<'p, M, const N: usize> Reader<'p, M, N>
 where
     M: RawMutex,
 {
-    /// Reads a value.
+    /// Read some bytes from the pipe.
     ///
     /// See [`Pipe::read()`]
     pub fn read<'a>(&'a self, buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> ReadFuture<'a, M, N> {
         self.pipe.read(buf)
     }
 
-    /// Attempt to immediately read a message.
+    /// Attempt to immediately read some bytes from the pipe.
     ///
-    /// See [`Pipe::read()`]
+    /// See [`Pipe::try_read()`]
     pub fn try_read(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, TryReadError> {
         self.pipe.try_read(buf)
     }
@@ -221,12 +221,11 @@ impl<const N: usize> PipeState<N> {
     }
 }
 
-/// A bounded pipe for communicating between asynchronous tasks
+/// A bounded byte-oriented pipe for communicating between asynchronous tasks
 /// with backpressure.
 ///
-/// The pipe will buffer up to the provided number of messages.  Once the
-/// buffer is full, attempts to `write` new messages will wait until a message is
-/// read from the pipe.
+/// The pipe will buffer up to the provided number of bytes. Once the
+/// buffer is full, attempts to `write` new bytes will wait until buffer space is freed up.
 ///
 /// All data written will become available in the same order as it was written.
 pub struct Pipe<M, const N: usize>
@@ -277,40 +276,56 @@ where
         Reader { pipe: self }
     }
 
-    /// Write a value, waiting until there is capacity.
+    /// Write some bytes to the pipe.
+    ///
+    /// This method writes a nonzero amount of bytes from `buf` into the pipe, and
+    /// returns the amount of bytes written.
+    ///
+    /// If it is not possible to write a nonzero amount of bytes because the pipe's buffer is full,
+    /// this method will wait until it is. See [`try_write`](Self::try_write) for a variant that
+    /// returns an error instead of waiting.
     ///
-    /// Writeing completes when the value has been pushed to the pipe's queue.
-    /// This doesn't mean the value has been read yet.
+    /// It is not guaranteed that all bytes in the buffer are written, even if there's enough
+    /// free space in the pipe buffer for all. In other words, it is possible for `write` to return
+    /// without writing all of `buf` (returning a number less than `buf.len()`) and still leave
+    /// free space in the pipe buffer. You should always `write` in a loop, or use helpers like
+    /// `write_all` from the `embedded-io` crate.
     pub fn write<'a>(&'a self, buf: &'a [u8]) -> WriteFuture<'a, M, N> {
         WriteFuture { pipe: self, buf }
     }
 
-    /// Attempt to immediately write a message.
+    /// Attempt to immediately write some bytes to the pipe.
     ///
-    /// This method differs from [`write`](Pipe::write) by returning immediately if the pipe's
-    /// buffer is full, instead of waiting.
-    ///
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// If the pipe capacity has been reached, i.e., the pipe has `n`
-    /// buffered values where `n` is the argument passed to [`Pipe`], then an
-    /// error is returned.
+    /// This method will either write a nonzero amount of bytes to the pipe immediately,
+    /// or return an error if the pipe is empty. See [`write`](Self::write) for a variant
+    /// that waits instead of returning an error.
     pub fn try_write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize, TryWriteError> {
         self.lock(|c| c.try_write(buf))
     }
 
-    /// Receive the next value.
+    /// Read some bytes from the pipe.
+    ///
+    /// This method reads a nonzero amount of bytes from the pipe into `buf` and
+    /// returns the amount of bytes read.
+    ///
+    /// If it is not possible to read a nonzero amount of bytes because the pipe's buffer is empty,
+    /// this method will wait until it is. See [`try_read`](Self::try_read) for a variant that
+    /// returns an error instead of waiting.
     ///
-    /// If there are no messages in the pipe's buffer, this method will
-    /// wait until a message is written.
+    /// It is not guaranteed that all bytes in the buffer are read, even if there's enough
+    /// space in `buf` for all. In other words, it is possible for `read` to return
+    /// without filling `buf` (returning a number less than `buf.len()`) and still leave bytes
+    /// in the pipe buffer. You should always `read` in a loop, or use helpers like
+    /// `read_exact` from the `embedded-io` crate.
     pub fn read<'a>(&'a self, buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> ReadFuture<'a, M, N> {
         ReadFuture { pipe: self, buf }
     }
 
-    /// Attempt to immediately read a message.
+    /// Attempt to immediately read some bytes from the pipe.
     ///
-    /// This method will either read a message from the pipe immediately or return an error
-    /// if the pipe is empty.
+    /// This method will either read a nonzero amount of bytes from the pipe immediately,
+    /// or return an error if the pipe is empty. See [`read`](Self::read) for a variant
+    /// that waits instead of returning an error.
     pub fn try_read(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, TryReadError> {
         self.lock(|c| c.try_read(buf))
     }