cuda_unicode_eq.patch

diff --git a/numba/core/extending.py b/numba/core/extending.py
index 9d005fe74..b42442a38 100644
--- a/numba/core/extending.py
+++ b/numba/core/extending.py
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ def register_jitable(*args, **kwargs):
     def wrap(fn):
         # It is just a wrapper for @overload
         inline = kwargs.pop('inline', 'never')
+        target = kwargs.pop('target', 'cpu')
 
-        @overload(fn, jit_options=kwargs, inline=inline, strict=False)
+        @overload(fn, jit_options=kwargs, inline=inline, strict=False,
+                  target=target)
         def ov_wrap(*args, **kwargs):
             return fn
         return fn
diff --git a/numba/cpython/unicode.py b/numba/cpython/unicode.py
index a14f31910..c0874cf80 100644
--- a/numba/cpython/unicode.py
+++ b/numba/cpython/unicode.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ def _empty_string(kind, length, is_ascii=0):
 
 
 # Disable RefCt for performance.
-@register_jitable(_nrt=False)
+@register_jitable(_nrt=False, target='generic')
 def _get_code_point(a, i):
     if a._kind == PY_UNICODE_1BYTE_KIND:
         return deref_uint8(a._data, i)
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ def _kind_to_byte_width(kind):
         raise AssertionError("Unexpected unicode encoding encountered")
 
 
-@register_jitable(_nrt=False)
+@register_jitable(_nrt=False, target='generic')
 def _cmp_region(a, a_offset, b, b_offset, n):
     if n == 0:
         return 0
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def unicode_str(s):
         return lambda s: s
 
 
-@overload(len)
+@overload(len, target='generic')
 def unicode_len(s):
     if isinstance(s, types.UnicodeType):
         def len_impl(s):
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def unicode_len(s):
         return len_impl
 
 
-@overload(operator.eq)
+@overload(operator.eq, target='generic')
 def unicode_eq(a, b):
     if not (a.is_internal and b.is_internal):
         return
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ def unicode_eq(a, b):
                 else:
                     return False
             # the str() is for UnicodeCharSeq, it's a nop else
-            a = str(a)
-            b = str(b)
+            #a = str(a)
+            #b = str(b)
             if len(a) != len(b):
                 return False
             return _cmp_region(a, 0, b, 0, len(a)) == 0