MINOR: buffer: replace buffer_empty() with b_empty() or c_empty()

MINOR: buffer: replace buffer_empty() with b_empty() or c_empty()

For the same consistency reasons, let's use b_empty() at the few places
where an empty buffer is expected, or c_empty() if it's done on a channel.
Some of these places were there to realign the buffer so
{b,c}_realign_if_empty() was used instead.