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The same:

$ dmesg | tail
[32955.246231] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[32955.246248] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[33019.249402] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[33019.249418] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[33573.256403] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[33573.256420] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[33651.229472] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[33651.229484] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[33713.245151] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[33713.245163] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO

As far as zero byte files goes, I found the following:

$ mount | grep crypt
/home/tobuntu/.Private on /home/toobuntu type ecryptfs (ecryptfs_sig=[sanitized],ecryptfs_fnek_sig=[sanitized],ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16)

$ find /home/toobuntu/ -xdev -size 0c -exec ls '{}' \; | wc -l
233

Hmm, here are some examples:
$ ls -lAhS | tail -n 5
-rw-r-----  1 toobuntu toobuntu    0 Jun 24 09:12 .gksu.lock
dr-x------  3 toobuntu toobuntu    0 Jun 24 09:11 .gvfs
-rw-r--r-x  1 toobuntu toobuntu    0 Mar  1 13:56 .nofinger
-rw-r--r--  1 toobuntu toobuntu    0 Mar 30 07:06 .screenrc
-rw-r--r--  1 toobuntu toobuntu    0 Mar  1 00:35 .sudo_as_admin_successful

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Ecrypt errors in dmesg
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372014
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

Keep getting the following messages in my dmesg, not sure if problem or false error messages. Using encrypted /home on a ext4 file system.

[  912.551732] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 1014.971663] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 1014.971667] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 1014.972750] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 1014.972754] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 1950.936089] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
[ 3604.742511] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3604.742516] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3627.252245] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3627.252256] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3627.280981] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3627.280992] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3634.952965] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3634.952977] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3634.979929] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3634.979940] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3641.448686] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3641.448697] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3641.494153] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3641.494157] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3646.439896] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3646.439900] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3646.455610] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3646.455614] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3897.059734] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3897.059739] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 3897.083600] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 3897.083606] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 4088.146042] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 4088.146053] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 4088.209406] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 4088.209417] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO
[ 4088.232342] Valid eCryptfs headers not found in file header region or xattr region
[ 4088.232352] Either the lower file is not in a valid eCryptfs format, or the key could not be retrieved. Plaintext passthrough mode is not enabled; returning -EIO

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: ecryptfs-utils 73-0ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ecryptfs-utils
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686