[PATCH] rtc: abx80x: fix the RTC_VL_CLR clearing all status flags

From: Antoni Pokusinski

Date: Wed Apr 15 2026 - 12:10:55 EST


The RTC_VL_CLR ioctl intends to clear only the battery low flag (BLF),
however the current implementation writes 0 to the status register,
clearing all status bits.

Fix this by writing back the masked status value so that only BLF is
cleared, preserving other status flags.

Fixes: ffe1c5a2d427 ("rtc: abx80x: Implement RTC_VL_READ,CLR ioctls")
Signed-off-by: Antoni Pokusinski <apokusinski01@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c
index 3fee27914ba8..5c2424a00b7e 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-abx80x.c
@@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ static int abx80x_ioctl(struct device *dev, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)

status &= ~ABX8XX_STATUS_BLF;

- tmp = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, ABX8XX_REG_STATUS, 0);
+ tmp = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, ABX8XX_REG_STATUS,
+ status);
if (tmp < 0)
return tmp;

--
2.53.0