Looks like this thread is related:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infrastructure/22152/

And here are the entries from patchwork:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/119206/

OOPS message is:
[    6.171529] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP 
[    6.171689] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/name
[    6.171753] CPU 1 
[    6.171808] Modules linked in: lirc_ene0100(+) lirc_dev lp parport ahci sdhci_pci firewire_ohci firewire_core sdhci led_class libahci crc_itu_t pata_amd forcedeth
[    6.172709] 
[    6.172766] Pid: 511, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.35-6-generic #9-Ubuntu Fuquene/Aspire 5520     
[    6.172830] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8107f22e>]  [<ffffffff8107f22e>] kfifo_alloc+0x2e/0xb0
[    6.172946] RSP: 0018:ffff88009a579d08  EFLAGS: 00010286
[    6.173005] RAX: ffff8800b9477000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8107f229
[    6.173067] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000000d0 RDI: 0000000000000246
[    6.173128] RBP: ffff88009a579d18 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000246
[    6.173189] R10: 0000000000000030 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000001000
[    6.173251] R13: ffff88003787d800 R14: ffff8800bbc44c00 R15: 00000000fffffff4
[    6.173313] FS:  00007f3022b1c700(0000) GS:ffff880001f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    6.173376] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    6.173435] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000009a43d000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[    6.173506] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[    6.173578] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[    6.173649] Process modprobe (pid: 511, threadinfo ffff88009a578000, task ffff88009b2edb80)
[    6.173730] Stack:
[    6.173795]  ffff88009abc7b40 ffff8800bbc58660 ffff88009a579d58 ffffffffa009ee4f
[    6.174020] <0> ffff88009a579d38 ffffffffa009f060 ffff88003787d800 ffffffffa009f580
[    6.174357] <0> ffffffffa009f540 00000000fffffff4 ffff88009a579d98 ffffffff8132a475
[    6.174755] Call Trace:
[    6.174825]  [<ffffffffa009ee4f>] ene_probe+0x17f/0x350 [lirc_ene0100]
[    6.174899]  [<ffffffff8132a475>] pnp_device_probe+0x95/0x100
[    6.174971]  [<ffffffff813899b2>] ? driver_sysfs_add+0x62/0x90
[    6.175041]  [<ffffffff81389ad8>] really_probe+0x68/0x190
[    6.175111]  [<ffffffff81389c45>] driver_probe_device+0x45/0x70
[    6.175182]  [<ffffffff81389d0b>] __driver_attach+0x9b/0xa0
[    6.175252]  [<ffffffff81389c70>] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0xa0
[    6.175322]  [<ffffffff81388f18>] bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0x90
[    6.175392]  [<ffffffff8138994e>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
[    6.175461]  [<ffffffff8138920e>] bus_add_driver+0xde/0x280
[    6.175531]  [<ffffffff8138a050>] driver_register+0x80/0x150
[    6.175603]  [<ffffffffa00a2000>] ? ene_init+0x0/0x3e [lirc_ene0100]
[    6.175675]  [<ffffffff8132a1f1>] pnp_register_driver+0x21/0x30
[    6.175746]  [<ffffffffa00a203c>] ene_init+0x3c/0x3e [lirc_ene0100]
[    6.175819]  [<ffffffff8100204c>] do_one_initcall+0x3c/0x1a0
[    6.175890]  [<ffffffff8109abfb>] sys_init_module+0xbb/0x200
[    6.175962]  [<ffffffff8100a0f2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[    6.176032] Code: e5 41 54 53 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 fb 89 f7 41 89 f4 48 85 ff 48 8d 47 ff 74 33 48 85 f8 75 2e 89 d6 e8 b7 33 0c 00 48 85 c0 74 52 <48> 89 03 44 89 63 08 31 c0 c7 43 10 00 00 00 00 c7 43 0c 00 00 
[    6.179475] RIP  [<ffffffff8107f22e>] kfifo_alloc+0x2e/0xb0
[    6.179596]  RSP <ffff88009a579d08>
[    6.179662] CR2: 0000000000000000
[    6.179763] ---[ end trace 0f811dc89fd018c0 ]---