A small simplification and add a few more comments

router/src/queue.rs

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Entry {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Queue {
     receiver: Receiver<Entry>,
+    // Staging buffer, filled until max_size is reached
     buffer: VecDeque<Entry>,
     /// Id of the next entry
     next_id: u64,
@@ -44,22 +45,23 @@ impl Queue {
 
     /// Get the next batch, blocking until available
     /// Corresponding entries are added to the entries map
+    /// Returns None only if the queue has been closed
     pub(crate) async fn next_batch(
         &mut self,
         max_size: usize,
         entries: &mut IntMap<u64, Entry>,
     ) -> Option<Batch> {
-        loop {
-            if self.buffer.is_empty() {
-                match self.receiver.recv().await {
-                    Some(ent) => self.buffer.push_back(ent),
-                    None => return None,
-                }
-            }
-            if let Some(batch) = self.try_next_batch(1, max_size, entries) {
-                return Some(batch)
+        if self.buffer.is_empty() {
+            // Await on the queue while the buffer is empty
+            match self.receiver.recv().await {
+                Some(ent) => self.buffer.push_back(ent),
+                // Queue closed, we must be shutting down
+                None => return None,
             }
         }
+        // We have at least one entry in the buffer, try to fill it further up to max_size
+        // This will always return Some
+        self.try_next_batch(1, max_size, entries)
     }
 
     /// Get the next batch without blocking
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ impl Queue {
         max_size: usize,
         entries: &mut IntMap<u64, Entry>,
     ) -> Option<Batch> {
+        // Fill the buffer up to max_size, without waiting
         while self.buffer.len() < max_size {
             match self.receiver.try_recv() {
                 Ok(ent) => self.buffer.push_back(ent),
@@ -78,12 +81,14 @@ impl Queue {
         }
 
         let len = self.buffer.len();
+        // Return None if we didn't reach the minimum requested
         if len < min_size || len == 0 {
-            // Can't get minimum
             return None;
         }
 
         let now = Some(Instant::now());
+        // Collect vec of Requests to return in batch,
+        // moving the entries from the buffer into the provided hashmap
         let requests = self.buffer.drain(..min(len, max_size))
             .map(|mut entry| {
                 let id = self.next_id;