I compared EncFS with EcryptFS.

I created 10.000 files:
for((X=0;X<10000;X+=1)); do dd if=/dev/zero of=file$X.log bs=1 count=1; done
 
Than I measured directory listing time:

EcryptFS:
maco@maco-desktop:~/Private$ time ls -lR > /dev/null
real    1m4.619s
user    0m0.210s
sys     0m1.460s

EncFS:
maco@maco-desktop:~/visible$ time ls -lR > /dev/null
real    0m0.921s
user    0m0.080s
sys     0m0.280s

no encryption:
maco@maco-desktop:~/.encrypted$ time ls -lR > /dev/null
real    0m0.670s
user    0m0.160s
sys     0m0.250s


Result is, that EncFS do not have this bug, so it can be easy solution for 
those who are using EcryptFS and have big troubles with this bug - simply move 
files from EcryptFS directory to EncFS directory.

EncFS:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FolderEncryption

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