From fddc81ec0accad88e9a04594be0b41f6d5dc9094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jpirnay <jens@pirnay.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 22:57:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Special case for zero-byte prewarm

---
 lib/EpdFont/FontDecompressor.cpp | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/EpdFont/FontDecompressor.cpp b/lib/EpdFont/FontDecompressor.cpp
index 8dbf2ba9..ee8215c2 100644
--- a/lib/EpdFont/FontDecompressor.cpp
+++ b/lib/EpdFont/FontDecompressor.cpp
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ int FontDecompressor::prewarmCache(const EpdFontData* fontData, const char* utf8
     int32_t glyphIdx = findGlyphIndex(fontData, cp);
     if (glyphIdx < 0) continue;
 
+    const EpdGlyph& glyph = fontData->glyph[glyphIdx];
+    // Whitespace/empty glyphs have no bitmap payload and do not need prewarm storage.
+    if (glyph.dataLength == 0 || glyph.width == 0 || glyph.height == 0) continue;
+
     // Deduplicate against already prewarmed slots
     bool alreadyCached = false;
     for (uint8_t s = 0; s < pageSlotCount; s++) {
@@ -376,6 +380,12 @@ int FontDecompressor::prewarmCache(const EpdFontData* fontData, const char* utf8
 
   stats.uniqueGroupsAccessed = groupCount;
 
+  // Safety: if the collected glyph set has no bitmap payload, skip slot allocation.
+  if (totalBytes == 0) {
+    LOG_DBG("FDC", "Prewarm skipped: %u glyphs but 0 bitmap bytes", glyphCount);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   // Sort neededGroups by ascending group index so flash reads are sequential.
   // Uses insertion sort — groupCount is bounded at 128, typically <14 for Latin fonts.
   for (uint8_t i = 1; i < groupCount; i++) {