--- a/net/server_epoll.lua	Sun Oct 28 17:11:18 2018 +0100
+++ b/net/server_epoll.lua	Thu Oct 25 15:12:59 2018 +0200
@@ -409,8 +409,10 @@
 	else
 		self.writebuffer = { data };
 	end
-	self:setwritetimeout();
-	self:set(nil, true);
+	if not self._write_lock then
+		self:setwritetimeout();
+		self:set(nil, true);
+	end
 	return #data;
 end
 interface.send = interface.write;
@@ -590,6 +592,20 @@
 	end);
 end
 
+function interface:pause_writes()
+	self._write_lock = true;
+	self:setwritetimeout(false);
+	self:set(nil, false);
+end
+
+function interface:resume_writes()
+	self._write_lock = nil;
+	if self.writebuffer[1] then
+		self:setwritetimeout();
+		self:set(nil, true);
+	end
+end
+
 -- Connected!
 function interface:onconnect()
 	if self.conn and not self.peername and self.conn.getpeername then