#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long int
#define ar array
#define bigint int64_t
#define vll vector<ll>
#define pll ar<ll,2>
#define vpll vector<pll>
#define pb push_back
#define MOD 1000000007
#define sz(x) (ll)(x).size()
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define en cout<<"\n"
#define LCM(a,b) (a*(b/__gcd(a,b)))
#define all(v) v.begin(),v.end()
#define maxqueue    priority_queue<int>
#define minqueue    priority_queue<int,vector<int>,greater<int> >
#define lb(v,val)  (lower_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),val)-v.begin())
#define ub(v,val)  (upper_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),val)-v.begin())
#define INF (ll)(1e18)
#define ini(a,b) memset(a,b,sizeof(a))
#define vvll vector<vector<ll>>
#define fast ios::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);
#define prec(n) fixed<<setprecision(n)
#define F_OR(i, a, b, s) for (int i = (a); ((s) > 0 ? i < (b) : i > (b)); i += (s))
#define F_OR1(e) F_OR(i, 0, e, 1)
#define F_OR2(i, e) F_OR(i, 0, e, 1)
#define F_OR3(i, b, e) F_OR(i, b, e, 1)
#define F_OR4(i, b, e, s) F_OR(i, b, e, s)
#define GET5(a, b, c, d, e, ...) e
#define F_ORC(...) GET5(__VA_ARGS__, F_OR4, F_OR3, F_OR2, F_OR1)
#define forn(...) F_ORC(__VA_ARGS__)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define deb1(x)                cerr<<#x<<": "<<x<<endl
#define deb2(x, y)             cerr<<#x<<": "<<x<<" | "<<#y<<": "<<y<<endl
#define deb3(x, y, z)          cerr<<#x<<":" <<x<<" | "<<#y<<": "<<y<<" | "<<#z<<": "<<z<<endl
#define deb4(a, b, c, d)       cerr<<#a<<": "<<a<<" | "<<#b<<": "<<b<<" | "<<#c<<": "<<c<<" | "<<#d<<": "<<d<<endl
#define deb5(a, b, c, d, e)    cerr<<#a<<": "<<a<<" | "<<#b<<": "<<b<<" | "<<#c<<": "<<c<<" | "<<#d<<": "<<d<<" | "<<#e<< ": "<<e<<endl
#define deb6(a, b, c, d, e, f) cerr<<#a<<": "<<a<<" | "<<#b<<": "<<b<<" | "<<#c<<": "<<c<<" | "<<#d<<": "<<d<<" | "<<#e<< ": "<<e<<" | "<<#f<<": "<<f<<endl
#define GET5(a, b, c, d, e, ...) e
#define D_EBC(...) GET5(__VA_ARGS__, deb4, deb3, deb2, deb1)
#define deb(...) D_EBC(__VA_ARGS__)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define each(x, a) for (auto& x: a)

using namespace std;

template <typename T>
void read(T &x) {
    cin >> x;
}
template <typename T , typename T0>
void read(T &x, T0 &y) {
    cin >> x >> y;
}

template <typename T , typename T0 , typename T1>
void read(T &x, T0 &y, T1 &z) {
    cin >> x >> y >> z;
}

template <typename T , typename T0 , typename T1 , typename T2>
void read(T &x, T0 &y, T1 &z, T2 &w) {
    cin >> x >> y >> z >> w;
}

template <typename T>
void read(vector< T > &oneD, ll n) {
    for (ll i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        read(oneD[i]);
    }

}

template <typename T>
void read(T oneD[] , ll n) {
    for (ll i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        read(oneD[i]);
    }
}

const ll N=1e5;
ll dp[N+1],n,m;
vll g[N+1];

void dfs(ll i){
    each(u,g[i]){
        if(dp[u]) {
            dp[i]=max(dp[i],dp[u]+1);
            continue;
        }
        dfs(u);
        dp[i]=max(dp[i],dp[u]+1);
    }
}

void solve(){
    read(n,m);
    forn(i,m){
        ll a,b;
        read(a,b);
        --a,--b;
        g[a].pb(b);
    }
    ll ans=0;
    forn(i,n){
        if(!dp[i])
            dfs(i);
    }
    cout<<*(max_element(dp,dp+N));
}

int main() {
    fast;
    int t=1;
    // read(t);
    forn(t) {
        // cout << "Case #" << i+1 << ": ";
        solve();
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 11636