def upgrade(refresh=False, root=None, **kwargs):
    '''
    .. versionchanged:: 2015.8.12,2016.3.3,2016.11.0
        On minions running systemd>=205, `systemd-run(1)`_ is now used to
        isolate commands which modify installed packages from the
        ``salt-minion`` daemon's control group. This is done to keep systemd
        from killing any pacman commands spawned by Salt when the
        ``salt-minion`` service is restarted. (see ``KillMode`` in the
        `systemd.kill(5)`_ manpage for more information). If desired, usage of
        `systemd-run(1)`_ can be suppressed by setting a :mod:`config option
        <salt.modules.config.get>` called ``systemd.scope``, with a value of
        ``False`` (no quotes).

    .. _`systemd-run(1)`: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-run.html
    .. _`systemd.kill(5)`: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.kill.html

    Run a full system upgrade, a pacman -Syu

    refresh
        Whether or not to refresh the package database before installing.

    Returns a dictionary containing the changes:

    .. code-block:: python

        {'<package>':  {'old': '<old-version>',
                        'new': '<new-version>'}}


    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' pkg.upgrade
    '''
    ret = {'changes': {},
           'result': True,
           'comment': ''}

    old = list_pkgs()

    cmd = []
    if salt.utils.systemd.has_scope(__context__) \
            and __salt__['config.get']('systemd.scope', True):
        cmd.extend(['systemd-run', '--scope'])
    cmd.extend(['pacman', '-Su', '--noprogressbar', '--noconfirm'])
    if salt.utils.data.is_true(refresh):
        cmd.append('-y')

    if root is not None:
        cmd.extend(('-r', root))

    result = __salt__['cmd.run_all'](cmd,
                                     output_loglevel='trace',
                                     python_shell=False)
    __context__.pop('pkg.list_pkgs', None)
    new = list_pkgs()
    ret = salt.utils.data.compare_dicts(old, new)

    if result['retcode'] != 0:
        raise CommandExecutionError(
            'Problem encountered upgrading packages',
            info={'changes': ret, 'result': result}
        )

    return ret