From 296cb9128929a0bbc41cea407af7bbb0fdad998c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Taylor <tinystatemachine@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 20:29:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] backup: set admission header on backup requests

Reelase note: none.
---
 pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_processor.go | 10 +++-------
 pkg/util/admission/work_queue.go      |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_processor.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_processor.go
index 55db29c741bf..ea4e89230824 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_processor.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/backup_processor.go
@@ -409,14 +409,10 @@ func runBackupProcessor(
 					admissionHeader := roachpb.AdmissionHeader{
 						// Export requests are currently assigned NormalPri.
 						//
-						// TODO(bulkio): the priority should vary based on the urgency of
-						// these background requests. These exports should get LowPri,
-						// unless they are being retried and need to be completed in a
-						// timely manner for compliance with RPO and data retention
-						// policies. Consider deriving this from the UserPriority field.
-						Priority:                 int32(admission.NormalPri),
+						// TODO(dt): Consider linking this to/from the UserPriority field.
+						Priority:                 int32(admission.BulkNormalPri),
 						CreateTime:               timeutil.Now().UnixNano(),
-						Source:                   roachpb.AdmissionHeader_ROOT_KV,
+						Source:                   roachpb.AdmissionHeader_FROM_SQL,
 						NoMemoryReservedAtSource: true,
 					}
 					log.Infof(ctx, "sending ExportRequest for span %s (attempt %d, priority %s)",
diff --git a/pkg/util/admission/work_queue.go b/pkg/util/admission/work_queue.go
index 7fe95862e59f..fc86f6fa451f 100644
--- a/pkg/util/admission/work_queue.go
+++ b/pkg/util/admission/work_queue.go
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ const (
 	TTLLowPri WorkPriority = -100
 	// UserLowPri is low priority work from user submissions (SQL).
 	UserLowPri WorkPriority = -50
+	// BulkNormalPri is bulk priority work from bulk jobs, which could be run due
+	// to user submissions or be automatic.
+	BulkNormalPri WorkPriority = -30
 	// NormalPri is normal priority work.
 	NormalPri WorkPriority = 0
 	// UserHighPri is high priority work from user submissions (SQL).