[systemd-devel] systemd and kernel process

[Kay Sievers]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Steve Dickson <SteveD at redhat.com> wrote:
> Is there a way for systemd to monitor kernel process?
> By monitor I mean the existence.

No, and there is no plan to do anything like that.

Kernel tasks are kernel internals, and userspace must not make any
assumptions about them. They can come and go at any time between any
kernel versions.

Custom tools can do what they need, but systemd should not offer to do
that to users.

Kay