Improve docs of remove_all and remove_prefix

frame/support/src/storage/mod.rs

@@ -502,7 +502,18 @@ pub trait StorageDoubleMap<K1: FullEncode, K2: FullEncode, V: FullCodec> {
 		KArg1: EncodeLike<K1>,
 		KArg2: EncodeLike<K2>;
 
-	/// Remove all values under the first key.
+	/// Remove all values under the first key `k1` in the overlay and up to `limit` in the
+	/// backend.
+	///
+	/// All values in the client overlay will be deleted, if there is some `limit` then up to
+	/// `limit` values are deleted from the client backend, if `limit` is none then all values in
+	/// the client backend are deleted.
+	///
+	/// # Note
+	///
+	/// Calling this multiple times per block with a `limit` set leads always to the same keys being
+	/// removed and the same result being returned. This happens because the keys to delete in the
+	/// overlay are not taken into account when deleting keys in the backend.
 	fn remove_prefix<KArg1>(k1: KArg1, limit: Option<u32>) -> sp_io::KillStorageResult
 	where
 		KArg1: ?Sized + EncodeLike<K1>;
@@ -632,7 +643,18 @@ pub trait StorageNMap<K: KeyGenerator, V: FullCodec> {
 	/// Remove the value under a key.
 	fn remove<KArg: EncodeLikeTuple<K::KArg> + TupleToEncodedIter>(key: KArg);
 
-	/// Remove all values under the partial prefix key.
+	/// Remove all values starting with `partial_key` in the overlay and up to `limit` in the
+	/// backend.
+	///
+	/// All values in the client overlay will be deleted, if there is some `limit` then up to
+	/// `limit` values are deleted from the client backend, if `limit` is none then all values in
+	/// the client backend are deleted.
+	///
+	/// # Note
+	///
+	/// Calling this multiple times per block with a `limit` set leads always to the same keys being
+	/// removed and the same result being returned. This happens because the keys to delete in the
+	/// overlay are not taken into account when deleting keys in the backend.
 	fn remove_prefix<KP>(partial_key: KP, limit: Option<u32>) -> sp_io::KillStorageResult
 	where
 		K: HasKeyPrefix<KP>;
@@ -1076,11 +1098,17 @@ pub trait StoragePrefixedMap<Value: FullCodec> {
 		crate::storage::storage_prefix(Self::module_prefix(), Self::storage_prefix())
 	}
 
-	/// Remove all values of the storage in the overlay and up to `limit` in the backend.
+	/// Remove all values in the overlay and up to `limit` in the backend.
 	///
 	/// All values in the client overlay will be deleted, if there is some `limit` then up to
 	/// `limit` values are deleted from the client backend, if `limit` is none then all values in
 	/// the client backend are deleted.
+	///
+	/// # Note
+	///
+	/// Calling this multiple times per block with a `limit` set leads always to the same keys being
+	/// removed and the same result being returned. This happens because the keys to delete in the
+	/// overlay are not taken into account when deleting keys in the backend.
 	fn remove_all(limit: Option<u32>) -> sp_io::KillStorageResult {
 		sp_io::storage::clear_prefix(&Self::final_prefix(), limit)
 	}

frame/support/src/storage/types/double_map.rs

@@ -217,7 +217,18 @@ where
 		<Self as crate::storage::StorageDoubleMap<Key1, Key2, Value>>::remove(k1, k2)
 	}
 
-	/// Remove all values under the first key.
+	/// Remove all values under `k1` in the overlay and up to `limit` in the
+	/// backend.
+	///
+	/// All values in the client overlay will be deleted, if there is some `limit` then up to
+	/// `limit` values are deleted from the client backend, if `limit` is none then all values in
+	/// the client backend are deleted.
+	///
+	/// # Note
+	///
+	/// Calling this multiple times per block with a `limit` set leads always to the same keys being
+	/// removed and the same result being returned. This happens because the keys to delete in the
+	/// overlay are not taken into account when deleting keys in the backend.
 	pub fn remove_prefix<KArg1>(k1: KArg1, limit: Option<u32>) -> sp_io::KillStorageResult
 	where
 		KArg1: ?Sized + EncodeLike<Key1>,
@@ -337,11 +348,17 @@ where
 		>(key1, key2)
 	}
 
-	/// Remove all values of the storage in the overlay and up to `limit` in the backend.
+	/// Remove all values in the overlay and up to `limit` in the backend.
 	///
 	/// All values in the client overlay will be deleted, if there is some `limit` then up to
 	/// `limit` values are deleted from the client backend, if `limit` is none then all values in
 	/// the client backend are deleted.
+	///
+	/// # Note
+	///
+	/// Calling this multiple times per block with a `limit` set leads always to the same keys being
+	/// removed and the same result being returned. This happens because the keys to delete in the
+	/// overlay are not taken into account when deleting keys in the backend.
 	pub fn remove_all(limit: Option<u32>) -> sp_io::KillStorageResult {
 		<Self as crate::storage::StoragePrefixedMap<Value>>::remove_all(limit)
 	}

frame/support/src/storage/types/map.rs

@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ where
 	/// All values in the client overlay will be deleted, if there is some `limit` then up to
 	/// `limit` values are deleted from the client backend, if `limit` is none then all values in
 	/// the client backend are deleted.
+	///
+	/// # Note
+	///
+	/// Calling this multiple times per block with a `limit` set leads always to the same keys being
+	/// removed and the same result being returned. This happens because the keys to delete in the
+	/// overlay are not taken into account when deleting keys in the backend.
 	pub fn remove_all(limit: Option<u32>) -> sp_io::KillStorageResult {
 		<Self as crate::storage::StoragePrefixedMap<Value>>::remove_all(limit)
 	}

frame/support/src/storage/types/nmap.rs

@@ -173,7 +173,18 @@ where
 		<Self as crate::storage::StorageNMap<Key, Value>>::remove(key)
 	}
 
-	/// Remove all values under the first key.
+	/// Remove all values starting with `partial_key` in the overlay and up to `limit` in the
+	/// backend.
+	///
+	/// All values in the client overlay will be deleted, if there is some `limit` then up to
+	/// `limit` values are deleted from the client backend, if `limit` is none then all values in
+	/// the client backend are deleted.
+	///
+	/// # Note
+	///
+	/// Calling this multiple times per block with a `limit` set leads always to the same keys being
+	/// removed and the same result being returned. This happens because the keys to delete in the
+	/// overlay are not taken into account when deleting keys in the backend.
 	pub fn remove_prefix<KP>(partial_key: KP, limit: Option<u32>) -> sp_io::KillStorageResult
 	where
 		Key: HasKeyPrefix<KP>,
@@ -277,7 +288,17 @@ where
 		<Self as crate::storage::StorageNMap<Key, Value>>::migrate_keys::<_>(key, hash_fns)
 	}
 
-	/// Remove all value of the storage.
+	/// Remove all values in the overlay and up to `limit` in the backend.
+	///
+	/// All values in the client overlay will be deleted, if there is some `limit` then up to
+	/// `limit` values are deleted from the client backend, if `limit` is none then all values in
+	/// the client backend are deleted.
+	///
+	/// # Note
+	///
+	/// Calling this multiple times per block with a `limit` set leads always to the same keys being
+	/// removed and the same result being returned. This happens because the keys to delete in the
+	/// overlay are not taken into account when deleting keys in the backend.
 	pub fn remove_all(limit: Option<u32>) -> sp_io::KillStorageResult {
 		<Self as crate::storage::StoragePrefixedMap<Value>>::remove_all(limit)
 	}

primitives/io/src/lib.rs

@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@ pub trait Storage {
 	/// The limit can be used to partially delete a prefix storage in case it is too large
 	/// to delete in one go (block).
 	///
-	/// It returns a boolean false iff some keys are remaining in
-	/// the prefix after the functions returns. Also returns a `u32` with
-	/// the number of keys removed from the process.
+	/// Returns [`KillStorageResult`] to inform about the result.
 	///
 	/// # Note
 	///
@@ -171,8 +169,10 @@ pub trait Storage {
 	///
 	/// Calling this function multiple times per block for the same `prefix` does
 	/// not make much sense because it is not cumulative when called inside the same block.
-	/// Use this function to distribute the deletion of a single child trie across multiple
-	/// blocks.
+	/// The deletion would always start from `prefix` resulting in the same keys being deleted
+	/// every time this function is called with the exact same arguments per block. This happens
+	/// because the keys in the overlay are not taken into account when deleting keys in the
+	/// backend.
 	#[version(2)]
 	fn clear_prefix(&mut self, prefix: &[u8], limit: Option<u32>) -> KillStorageResult {
 		let (all_removed, num_removed) = Externalities::clear_prefix(*self, prefix, limit);