Disable status as sub resource in CRDs

When enabling the status as sub resource in CRD, the status will be ignored when creating the CR with status, this will cause issues when syncing backups/pvbs

Fixes #4950

Signed-off-by: Wenkai Yin(尹文开) <yinw@vmware.com>

pkg/controller/download_request_controller.go

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/util/patch"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	kbclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
@@ -68,16 +67,10 @@ func (r *DownloadRequestReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 		return ctrl.Result{}, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
-	// Initialize the patch helper.
-	patchHelper, err := patch.NewHelper(downloadRequest, r.Client)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.WithError(err).Error("Error getting a patch helper to update this resource")
-		return ctrl.Result{}, errors.WithStack(err)
-	}
-
+	original := downloadRequest.DeepCopy()
 	defer func() {
 		// Always attempt to Patch the downloadRequest object and status after each reconciliation.
-		if err := patchHelper.Patch(ctx, downloadRequest); err != nil {
+		if err := r.Client.Patch(ctx, downloadRequest, kbclient.MergeFrom(original)); err != nil {
 			log.WithError(err).Error("Error updating download request")
 			return
 		}