I have one file which is corrupted, my VirtualBox config file.
VirtualBox reports an XML error, and from looking at the file, I see it
is truncated. This happened when my disk space was low. I am going to be
reformatting ASAP (in the weekend, I cannot afford to lose my laptop
during the week) but I will not be using ecryptfs again.

It seems that when ecryptfs experiences a low disk space condition,
files get truncated. So far only VirtualBox has been hit. That can be
repaired reasonably easily, by deleting the config and letting VB create
it again. But I worry that a more important file will be corrupted
eventually, so I have backed up all important stuff on to another, non-
ecryptfs HDD.

The files only get corrupted if they are in use at the time of the disk
space condition. Attached is the config file which was damaged, note
that it is truncated.

** Attachment added: "truncated file, example of what happens on low disk space"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40697005/Windows%20XP%20II.xml

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severe ecryptfs corruption
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521523
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