#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<string>
#include<algorithm>
#include<stack>
#include<unordered_set>
#include<cmath>
#include<tuple>
#include<numeric>
#include<iterator>
#include<set>
#include<unordered_map>
#include<map>
#include<queue>
#include<cstring>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<fstream>

#define fastio ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL)
#define foru(i , a , b) for(ll i = a ; i < b ; i++)
#define ford(i , a , b) for(ll i = a ; i >= b ; i--)
#define ain(a , n) for(ll i = 0 ; i < n ; i++) cin >> a[i]
#define aout(a , n) for(ll i = 0 ; i < n ; i++) cout << a[i] << " "
#define M 1000000007
#define mp make_pair
#define mt make_tuple
#define cend cout << "\n"
#define all(x) x.begin() , x.end()
#define aout2(a , n , m) for(ll i = 0 ; i < n ; i++){for(ll j = 0 ; j < m ; j++){cout << a[i][j] << " ";} cout << endl;}
#define ain2(a , n , m) for(ll i = 0 ; i < n ; i++){for(ll j = 0 ; j < m ; j++){cin >> a[i][j];}}
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define mset(a , b) memset(a , b , sizeof(a))
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
#define dbg(a) cerr << #a << ": "; _print(a); cerr << endl;
#else
#define dbg(a) // No more TLEs
#endif

using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long double ldb;
typedef vector <int> vi;
typedef vector <ll> vll;
typedef vector <char> vch;
typedef vector <string> vs;
typedef set <ll> sll;
typedef multiset <ll> msll;
typedef pair <ll , ll> pll;
typedef vector <pair <ll , ll>> vpll;
void _print(ll t){cerr<<t;}
void _print(int t){cerr<<t;}
void _print(string t){cerr<<t;}
void _print(char t){cerr<<t;}
void _print(ldb t){cerr<<t;}
template <class T, class V> void _print(pair <T, V> p);
template <class T> void _print(vector <T> v);
template <class T> void _print(set <T> v);
template <class T, class V> void _print(map <T, V> v);
template <class T, class V> void _print(pair <T, V> p){cerr<< "{";_print(p.ff);cerr<<",";_print(p.ss);cerr<<"}";}
template <class T> void _print(vector <T> v){cerr<<"[ ";for(T i: v){_print(i);cerr<<" ";}cerr << "]";}
template <class T> void _print(set <T> v){cerr<<"[ ";for(T i: v){_print(i);cerr<<" ";}cerr << "]";}
template <class T, class V> void _print(map <T, V> v){cerr<<"[ ";for(auto i: v){_print(i);cerr<<" ";}cerr << "]";}

/*----------------------------- # --- MATH ALGORITHMS --- # -----------------------------*/

template <class T> T gcd(T a , T b){ while(a != 0){T temp = a; a = b % a; b = temp;}return b;}
template <class T> T egcd(T a , T b , T &x , T &y){T gcd , xt , yt;if(a == 0){gcd = b;x = 0 , y = 1;}else {gcd = egcd(b % a , a , xt , yt);x = yt - (b/a)*xt; y = xt;}return gcd;}
template <class T> T expo(T base , T exp , T mod){T res = 1;base = base % mod;while (exp > 0){if (exp & 1)res = (res*base) % mod;exp = exp>>1;base = (base*base) % mod;}return res;}
template <class T> T modinv(T a , T mod){T x , y; egcd<T>(a , mod , x , y);while(x < 0) x += mod; while(x >= mod) x -= mod; return x;}
template <class T> T modinvfermat(T a , T mod){return expo<T>(a , mod - 2 , mod);}
template <class T> bool rev(T a , T b){return a > b;}
template <class T> ll maxpower(T a , T b){ll ans = 0;while(a > 0 && a % b == 0){ans++;a /= b;}return ans;}
template <class T> T mceil(T a, T b){if(a % b == 0) return a/b; else return a/b + 1;}
template <class T> T lcm(T a, T b){return (a*b)/gcd<T>(a, b);}

/*----------------------------- # --- MAIN CODE --- # -----------------------------*/
ll n, m;
vector <vll> adj;
vll dp;
vector <bool> vis;
const ll inf = 1e9 + 5;
ll dfs(ll root){
    vis[root] = true;
    bool found = false;
    ll tans = 0;
    for(ll i: adj[root]){
        if(!vis[i]) {
            found = true;
            dfs(i);
        }
        tans = max(tans, dp[i]);
    }
    if(adj[root].size() == 0) dp[root] = 0;
    else dp[root] = 1 + tans;
    return dp[root];
}
int main() {
    fastio;





    cin >> n >> m; adj.resize(n + 1); dp.resize(n + 1, 0); vis.resize(n + 1, false);
    foru(i, 0, m){
        ll a, b; cin >> a >> b;
        adj[a].push_back(b);
    }
    foru(i, 1, n + 1){
        if(!vis[i]){
            dfs(i);
        }
    }

    cout << *max_element(all(dp));
}









Measured memory_bytes: 9216