linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 17/17] cxl: docs/use-cases

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Message-ID: <20250430001224.1028656-18-gourry@gourry.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:12:24 -0400
From: Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>
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Subject: [RFC PATCH 17/17] cxl: docs/use-cases

Add carve-outs for use-case documentation.  Complete open as to
what (if anything) we should explain here, and/or what the structure
should be.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>
---
 Documentation/driver-api/cxl/index.rst        | 10 ++++++++++
 .../cxl/use-case/dynamic-capacity.rst         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../cxl/use-case/memory-expansion.rst         | 14 ++++++++++++++
 .../driver-api/cxl/use-case/shared-memory.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
 .../cxl/use-case/virtual-machines.rst         | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 75 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/dynamic-capacity.rst
 create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/memory-expansion.rst
 create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/shared-memory.rst
 create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/virtual-machines.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/index.rst
index 51dd0392883b..e0a86f68b6f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/index.rst
@@ -50,5 +50,15 @@ that have impacts on each other.  The docs here break up configurations steps.
    allocation/page-allocator
    allocation/reclaim
    allocation/hugepages.rst
+   allocation/tiering.rst
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+   :caption: Use Cases
+
+   use-case/memory-expansion.rst
+   use-case/dynamic-capacity.rst
+   use-case/virtual-machines.rst
+   use-case/shared-memory.rst
 
 .. only::  subproject and html
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/dynamic-capacity.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/dynamic-capacity.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93a24aa1edc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/dynamic-capacity.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+Dynamic Capacity
+################
+todo
+
+For Virtual Machines
+********************
+todo
+
+For Workload Orchestration
+**************************
+todo
+
+For Shared Memory
+*****************
+todo
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/memory-expansion.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/memory-expansion.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d1d25e0e4498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/memory-expansion.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+Memory Expansion
+################
+
+todo
+
+As Page Cache
+*************
+todo
+
+As DAX Device
+*************
+todo
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/shared-memory.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/shared-memory.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfdc2c419ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/shared-memory.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+Shared Memory
+#############
+todo
+
+Coherence
+*********
+todo
+
+Fabric Attached Memory FileSystem (FAMFS)
+*****************************************
+
+todo
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/virtual-machines.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/virtual-machines.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0411d37092ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/cxl/use-case/virtual-machines.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+Virtual Machines
+################
+
+todo
+
+NUMA Passthrough
+****************
+todo
+
+Flexible Shapes
+***************
+todo
+
+Datacenter Efficiency
+*********************
+todo
-- 
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