Linus Torvalds and many others have come out in protest against the hasty and often flawed patching approach to the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.  It is good to see Intel pumping the breaks on this process and taking a closer look at the architectural needs associated with the correction of this flaw.

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities—threats/intel-says-to-stop-applying-problematic-spectre-meltdown-patch-/d/d-id/1330871