MINOR: channel: add new function channel_congested()

MINOR: channel: add new function channel_congested()

This function returns non-zero if the channel is congested with data in
transit waiting for leaving, indicating to the caller that it should wait
for the reserve to be released before starting to process new data in
case it needs the ability to append data. This is meant to be used while
waiting for a clean response buffer before processing a request.