From 2feb2a1b78f69da6960ef03c523f4de5908b1196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vahid Tavanashad <vahid.tavanashad@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:35:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update a test for dpnp.pad with mode empty to avoid direct
 comparison

---
 tests/test_arraypad.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_arraypad.py b/tests/test_arraypad.py
index 45c7aee47456..6f2ad4abc650 100644
--- a/tests/test_arraypad.py
+++ b/tests/test_arraypad.py
@@ -432,7 +432,10 @@ def test_pad_empty_dim_valid(self, mode):
         a_dp = dpnp.array(a_np)
         expected = numpy.pad(a_np, [(0,), (2,), (1,)], mode)
         result = dpnp.pad(a_dp, [(0,), (2,), (1,)], mode)
-        assert_dtype_allclose(result, expected)
+        assert result.shape == expected.shape
+        if mode == "constant":
+            # In "empty" mode, arrays are uninitialized and comparing may fail
+            assert_dtype_allclose(result, expected)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "mode",