diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/console_handler.h b/contrib/epee/include/console_handler.h
index 0e22a971c..2ccf5b095 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/console_handler.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/console_handler.h
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ namespace epee
 
     ~async_stdin_reader()
     {
-      stop();
+      try { stop(); }
+      catch (...) { /* ignore */ }
     }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_READLINE
diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/net/levin_protocol_handler_async.h b/contrib/epee/include/net/levin_protocol_handler_async.h
index 0b1fe05fa..e9853ee26 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/net/levin_protocol_handler_async.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/net/levin_protocol_handler_async.h
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ public:
   }
   virtual ~async_protocol_handler()
   {
+    try
+    {
+
     m_deletion_initiated = true;
     if(m_connection_initialized)
     {
@@ -288,6 +291,9 @@ public:
     CHECK_AND_ASSERT_MES_NO_RET(0 == boost::interprocess::ipcdetail::atomic_read32(&m_wait_count), "Failed to wait for operation completion. m_wait_count = " << m_wait_count);
 
     MTRACE(m_connection_context << "~async_protocol_handler()");
+
+    }
+    catch (...) { /* ignore */ }
   }
 
   bool start_outer_call()
diff --git a/contrib/epee/include/net/net_helper.h b/contrib/epee/include/net/net_helper.h
index 2c2efcd82..94744ac21 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/include/net/net_helper.h
+++ b/contrib/epee/include/net/net_helper.h
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ namespace net_utils
 			~blocked_mode_client()
 		{
 			//profile_tools::local_coast lc("~blocked_mode_client()", 3);
-			shutdown();
+			try { shutdown(); }
+			catch(...) { /* ignore */ }
 		}
 
     inline
diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
index cd9867ff5..61d853ef4 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,12 @@ void mlog_configure(const std::string &filename_base, bool console, const std::s
   el::Loggers::addFlag(el::LoggingFlag::StrictLogFileSizeCheck);
   el::Helpers::installPreRollOutCallback([filename_base, max_log_files](const char *name, size_t){
     std::string rname = generate_log_filename(filename_base.c_str());
-    rename(name, rname.c_str());
+    int ret = rename(name, rname.c_str());
+    if (ret < 0)
+    {
+      // can't log a failure, but don't do the file removal below
+      return;
+    }
     if (max_log_files != 0)
     {
       std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> found_files;
diff --git a/external/easylogging++/easylogging++.cc b/external/easylogging++/easylogging++.cc
index b438fa543..a4bdad4cf 100644
--- a/external/easylogging++/easylogging++.cc
+++ b/external/easylogging++/easylogging++.cc
@@ -1975,11 +1975,11 @@ void VRegistry::setCategories(const char* categories, bool clear) {
     m_cached_allowed_categories.clear();
     m_categoriesString.clear();
   }
+  if (!categories)
+    return;
   if (!m_categoriesString.empty())
     m_categoriesString += ",";
   m_categoriesString += categories;
-  if (!categories)
-    return;
 
   bool isCat = true;
   bool isLevel = false;
diff --git a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
index d8f7df5f7..824598f8c 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
+++ b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
@@ -1145,7 +1145,10 @@ BlockchainLMDB::~BlockchainLMDB()
 
   // batch transaction shouldn't be active at this point. If it is, consider it aborted.
   if (m_batch_active)
-    batch_abort();
+  {
+    try { batch_abort(); }
+    catch (...) { /* ignore */ }
+  }
   if (m_open)
     close();
 }
@@ -3589,7 +3592,9 @@ void BlockchainLMDB::migrate_0_1()
           throw0(DB_ERROR(lmdb_error("Failed to open a cursor for block_heights: ", result).c_str()));
         if (!i) {
           MDB_stat ms;
-          mdb_stat(txn, m_block_heights, &ms);
+          result = mdb_stat(txn, m_block_heights, &ms);
+          if (result)
+            throw0(DB_ERROR(lmdb_error("Failed to query block_heights table: ", result).c_str()));
           i = ms.ms_entries;
         }
       }
@@ -3692,7 +3697,9 @@ void BlockchainLMDB::migrate_0_1()
           throw0(DB_ERROR(lmdb_error("Failed to open a cursor for block_timestamps: ", result).c_str()));
         if (!i) {
           MDB_stat ms;
-          mdb_stat(txn, m_block_info, &ms);
+          result = mdb_stat(txn, m_block_info, &ms);
+          if (result)
+            throw0(DB_ERROR(lmdb_error("Failed to query block_info table: ", result).c_str()));
           i = ms.ms_entries;
         }
       }
@@ -3812,7 +3819,9 @@ void BlockchainLMDB::migrate_0_1()
           throw0(DB_ERROR(lmdb_error("Failed to open a cursor for spent_keys: ", result).c_str()));
         if (!i) {
           MDB_stat ms;
-          mdb_stat(txn, m_hf_versions, &ms);
+          result = mdb_stat(txn, m_hf_versions, &ms);
+          if (result)
+            throw0(DB_ERROR(lmdb_error("Failed to query hf_versions table: ", result).c_str()));
           i = ms.ms_entries;
         }
       }
@@ -3967,7 +3976,9 @@ void BlockchainLMDB::migrate_0_1()
           throw0(DB_ERROR(lmdb_error("Failed to open a cursor for txs: ", result).c_str()));
         if (!i) {
           MDB_stat ms;
-          mdb_stat(txn, m_txs, &ms);
+          result = mdb_stat(txn, m_txs, &ms);
+          if (result)
+            throw0(DB_ERROR(lmdb_error("Failed to query txs table: ", result).c_str()));
           i = ms.ms_entries;
           if (i) {
             MDB_val_set(pk, "txblk");
diff --git a/src/blockchain_utilities/blockchain_blackball.cpp b/src/blockchain_utilities/blockchain_blackball.cpp
index 1c6e54d10..5eb2acc79 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_utilities/blockchain_blackball.cpp
+++ b/src/blockchain_utilities/blockchain_blackball.cpp
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ static bool for_all_transactions(const std::string &filename, uint64_t &start_id
   }
 
   mdb_cursor_close(cur);
-  mdb_txn_commit(txn);
+  dbr = mdb_txn_commit(txn);
+  if (dbr) throw std::runtime_error("Failed to commit db transaction: " + std::string(mdb_strerror(dbr)));
   tx_active = false;
   mdb_dbi_close(env, dbi);
   mdb_env_close(env);
@@ -471,7 +472,8 @@ static uint64_t find_first_diverging_transaction(const std::string &first_filena
   for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
   {
     mdb_cursor_close(cur[i]);
-    mdb_txn_commit(txn[i]);
+    dbr = mdb_txn_commit(txn[i]);
+    if (dbr) throw std::runtime_error("Failed to query transaction: " + std::string(mdb_strerror(dbr)));
     tx_active[i] = false;
     mdb_dbi_close(env[i], dbi[i]);
     mdb_env_close(env[i]);
@@ -675,7 +677,7 @@ static uint64_t get_ring_subset_instances(MDB_txn *txn, uint64_t amount, const s
   uint64_t extra = 0;
   std::vector<uint64_t> subset;
   subset.reserve(ring.size());
-  for (uint64_t mask = 1; mask < (1u << ring.size()) - 1; ++mask)
+  for (uint64_t mask = 1; mask < (((uint64_t)1) << ring.size()) - 1; ++mask)
   {
     subset.resize(0);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < ring.size(); ++i)
diff --git a/src/common/threadpool.cpp b/src/common/threadpool.cpp
index 6b69e2a12..5ea04a353 100644
--- a/src/common/threadpool.cpp
+++ b/src/common/threadpool.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ threadpool::~threadpool() {
     has_work.notify_all();
   }
   for (size_t i = 0; i<threads.size(); i++) {
-    threads[i].join();
+    try { threads[i].join(); }
+    catch (...) { /* ignore */ }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp b/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
index dfe456ef4..2bd43de94 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_basic/miner.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ namespace cryptonote
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   miner::~miner()
   {
-    stop();
+    try { stop(); }
+    catch (...) { /* ignore */ }
   }
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   bool miner::set_block_template(const block& bl, const difficulty_type& di, uint64_t height)
@@ -198,8 +199,9 @@ namespace cryptonote
       {
         uint64_t total_hr = std::accumulate(m_last_hash_rates.begin(), m_last_hash_rates.end(), 0);
         float hr = static_cast<float>(total_hr)/static_cast<float>(m_last_hash_rates.size());
+        const auto flags = std::cout.flags();
         const auto precision = std::cout.precision();
-        std::cout << "hashrate: " << std::setprecision(4) << std::fixed << hr << precision << ENDL;
+        std::cout << "hashrate: " << std::setprecision(4) << std::fixed << hr << flags << precision << ENDL;
       }
     }
     m_last_hr_merge_time = misc_utils::get_tick_count();
diff --git a/src/gen_multisig/gen_multisig.cpp b/src/gen_multisig/gen_multisig.cpp
index f11f442bc..69be70e1b 100644
--- a/src/gen_multisig/gen_multisig.cpp
+++ b/src/gen_multisig/gen_multisig.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ static bool generate_multisig(uint32_t threshold, uint32_t total, const std::str
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+  TRY_ENTRY();
+
   po::options_description desc_params(wallet_args::tr("Wallet options"));
   command_line::add_arg(desc_params, arg_filename_base);
   command_line::add_arg(desc_params, arg_scheme);
@@ -254,5 +256,5 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     return 1;
 
   return 0;
-  //CATCH_ENTRY_L0("main", 1);
+  CATCH_ENTRY_L0("main", 1);
 }
diff --git a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
index 06655ed69..7c68de3f3 100644
--- a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
+++ b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
@@ -8073,6 +8073,8 @@ void simple_wallet::commit_or_save(std::vector<tools::wallet2::pending_tx>& ptx_
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+  TRY_ENTRY();
+
 #ifdef WIN32
   // Activate UTF-8 support for Boost filesystem classes on Windows
   std::locale::global(boost::locale::generator().generate(""));
@@ -8167,5 +8169,5 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     w.deinit();
   }
   return 0;
-  //CATCH_ENTRY_L0("main", 1);
+  CATCH_ENTRY_L0("main", 1);
 }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
index 27631187c..5991e0cc2 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -3457,6 +3457,8 @@ public:
 std::string const t_executor::NAME = "Wallet RPC Daemon";
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  TRY_ENTRY();
+
   namespace po = boost::program_options;
 
   const auto arg_wallet_file = wallet_args::arg_wallet_file();
@@ -3500,4 +3502,5 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   }
 
   return daemonizer::daemonize(argc, const_cast<const char**>(argv), t_executor{}, *vm) ? 0 : 1;
+  CATCH_ENTRY_L0("main", 1);
 }
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/fuzzer.cpp b/tests/fuzz/fuzzer.cpp
index 032ff049a..ab14e2b79 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/fuzzer.cpp
+++ b/tests/fuzz/fuzzer.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ static int __AFL_LOOP(int)
 
 int run_fuzzer(int argc, const char **argv, Fuzzer &fuzzer)
 {
+  TRY_ENTRY();
+
   if (argc < 2)
   {
     std::cout << "usage: " << argv[0] << " " << "<filename>" << std::endl;
@@ -69,4 +71,6 @@ int run_fuzzer(int argc, const char **argv, Fuzzer &fuzzer)
   }
 
   return 0;
+
+  CATCH_ENTRY_L0("run_fuzzer", 1);
 }
diff --git a/tests/performance_tests/main.cpp b/tests/performance_tests/main.cpp
index 7c5135c65..87a1573c2 100644
--- a/tests/performance_tests/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/performance_tests/main.cpp
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<bool> arg_verbose = { "verbose", "Verbose output", false };
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<bool> arg_stats = { "stats", "Including statistics (min/median)", false };
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<unsigned> arg_loop_multiplier = { "loop-multiplier", "Run for that many times more loops", 1 };
-  command_line::add_arg(desc_options, arg_filter, "");
-  command_line::add_arg(desc_options, arg_verbose, "");
-  command_line::add_arg(desc_options, arg_stats, "");
-  command_line::add_arg(desc_options, arg_loop_multiplier, "");
+  command_line::add_arg(desc_options, arg_filter);
+  command_line::add_arg(desc_options, arg_verbose);
+  command_line::add_arg(desc_options, arg_stats);
+  command_line::add_arg(desc_options, arg_loop_multiplier);
 
   po::variables_map vm;
   bool r = command_line::handle_error_helper(desc_options, [&]()
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/main.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/main.cpp
index 13b62cbb4..f7251a09e 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/main.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ namespace cryptonote { template class t_cryptonote_protocol_handler<cryptonote::
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+  TRY_ENTRY();
+
   tools::on_startup();
   epee::string_tools::set_module_name_and_folder(argv[0]);
   mlog_configure(mlog_get_default_log_path("unit_tests.log"), true);
@@ -76,5 +78,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
   unit_test::data_dir = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_data_dir);
 
+  CATCH_ENTRY_L0("main", 1);
+
   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/mlocker.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/mlocker.cpp
index 480940374..c97dc2c1d 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/mlocker.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/mlocker.cpp
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ TEST(mlocker, distinct_1)
   const size_t base_pages = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages();
   const size_t base_objects = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects();
   std::unique_ptr<char[]> data{new char[8 * page_size]};
-  epee::mlocker *m0 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), 1);
-  epee::mlocker *m1 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 2 * page_size, 1);
-  epee::mlocker *m2 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 3 * page_size, 1);
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m0{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), 1)};
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m1{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 2 * page_size, 1)};
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m2{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 3 * page_size, 1)};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 3);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 3);
-  delete m0;
-  delete m1;
-  delete m2;
+  m0 = NULL;
+  m1 = NULL;
+  m2 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 0);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 0);
 }
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ TEST(mlocker, distinct_full_page)
   const size_t base_pages = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages();
   const size_t base_objects = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects();
   std::unique_ptr<char[]> data{new char[8 * page_size]};
-  epee::mlocker *m0 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), page_size);
-  epee::mlocker *m1 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 2 * page_size, page_size);
-  epee::mlocker *m2 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 3 * page_size, page_size);
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m0{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), page_size)};
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m1{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 2 * page_size, page_size)};
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m2{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 3 * page_size, page_size)};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 3);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 3);
-  delete m0;
-  delete m1;
-  delete m2;
+  m0 = NULL;
+  m1 = NULL;
+  m2 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 0);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 0);
 }
@@ -84,16 +84,16 @@ TEST(mlocker, identical)
   const size_t base_pages = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages();
   const size_t base_objects = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects();
   std::unique_ptr<char[]> data{new char[8 * page_size]};
-  epee::mlocker *m0 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size, 32);
-  epee::mlocker *m1 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size, 32);
-  epee::mlocker *m2 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size, 32);
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m0{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size, 32)};
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m1{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size, 32)};
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m2{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size, 32)};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 1);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 3);
-  delete m1;
+  m1 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 1);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 2);
-  delete m0;
-  delete m2;
+  m0 = NULL;
+  m2 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 0);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 0);
 }
@@ -105,16 +105,16 @@ TEST(mlocker, overlapping_small)
   const size_t base_pages = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages();
   const size_t base_objects = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects();
   std::unique_ptr<char[]> data{new char[8 * page_size]};
-  epee::mlocker *m0 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), 32);
-  epee::mlocker *m1 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 16, 32);
-  epee::mlocker *m2 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 8, 32);
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m0{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), 32)};
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m1{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 16, 32)};
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m2{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + 8, 32)};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 1);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 3);
-  delete m1;
+  m1 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 1);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 2);
-  delete m2;
-  delete m0;
+  m2 = NULL;
+  m0 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 0);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 0);
 }
@@ -126,16 +126,16 @@ TEST(mlocker, multi_page)
   const size_t base_pages = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages();
   const size_t base_objects = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects();
   std::unique_ptr<char[]> data{new char[8 * page_size]};
-  epee::mlocker *m0 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size, page_size * 3);
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m0{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size, page_size * 3)};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 3);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 1);
-  epee::mlocker *m1 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size * 7, page_size);
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m1{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size * 7, page_size)};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 4);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 2);
-  delete m0;
+  m0 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 1);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 1);
-  delete m1;
+  m1 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 0);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 0);
 }
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ TEST(mlocker, cross_page)
   const size_t base_pages = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages();
   const size_t base_objects = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects();
   std::unique_ptr<char[]> data{new char[2 * page_size]};
-  epee::mlocker *m0 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size - 1, 2);
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m0{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data) + page_size - 1, 2)};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 2);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 1);
-  delete m0;
+  m0 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 0);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 0);
 }
@@ -158,21 +158,22 @@ TEST(mlocker, cross_page)
 TEST(mlocker, redundant)
 {
   const size_t page_size = epee::mlocker::get_page_size();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(page_size > 0);
   const size_t base_pages = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages();
   const size_t base_objects = epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects();
   std::unique_ptr<char[]> data{new char[2 * page_size]};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 0);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 0);
-  epee::mlocker *m0 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), 32);
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m0{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), 32)};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 1);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 1);
-  epee::mlocker *m1 = new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), 32);
+  std::shared_ptr<epee::mlocker> m1{new epee::mlocker(BASE(data), 32)};
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 1);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 2);
-  delete m1;
+  m1 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 1);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 1);
-  delete m0;
+  m0 = NULL;
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_pages(), base_pages + 0);
   ASSERT_EQ(epee::mlocker::get_num_locked_objects(), base_objects + 0);
 }