import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
public class Main{
	static List<Integer> [] al;
	static long [] dp;
	static long dfs(int u){
		if(dp[u]>0)return dp[u];
		long dist=1;
		for(int v : al[u]){
			  dist=Math.max(dist,1+dfs(v));
		}
		return dp[u]=dist;
	}
	public static void main( String [] args) throws IOException{
		FastScanner sc=new FastScanner();
		int n=sc.nextInt();
		int m=sc.nextInt();
		al=new ArrayList[n];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++)al[i]=new ArrayList<>();
		dp=new long[n];
		for(int i=0;i<m;i++){
			int u=sc.nextInt()-1;
			int v=sc.nextInt()-1;
			al[u].add(v);
		}
		long max=0;
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
			max=Math.max(max,dfs(i));
		}
		System.out.println(max-1);
		

	}
}




































































class FastScanner{	
	 private int BUFFER_SIZE = 1 << 16;
	
	private  DataInputStream din;
	
	private  byte[] buffer;
	
	private int bufferPointer, bytesRead;
	
	public FastScanner() {
		din = new DataInputStream(System.in);
		buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
		bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
	}

	public FastScanner( String file_name) throws IOException {
		din = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(file_name));
		buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
		bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
    }
    
	public String readLine() throws IOException {
		 byte[] buf = new byte[64];
		int cnt = 0, c;
		while ((c = read()) != -1) {
			if (c == '\n')
				break;
			buf[cnt++] = (byte) c;
		}
		return new String(buf, 0, cnt);
	}
    
    public String next() throws IOException{

		byte c = read();
		while(Character.isWhitespace(c)){
			c = read();
		}
		
		 StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
		builder.append((char)c);
		c = read();
		while(!Character.isWhitespace(c)){
			builder.append((char)c);
			c = read();
		}
		
		return builder.toString();
	}

	public int nextInt() throws IOException {
		int ret = 0;
		byte c = read();
		while (c <= ' ')
			c = read();
		 boolean neg = (c == '-');
		if (neg)
			c = read();
		do {
			ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
		} while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

		if (neg)
			return -ret;
		return ret;
	}
	
	public int[] nextIntArray( int n) throws IOException {
		 int arr[] = new int[n];
		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
			arr[i] = nextInt();
		}
		return arr;
	}

	public long nextLong() throws IOException {
		long ret = 0;
		byte c = read();
		while (c <= ' ')
			c = read();
		 boolean neg = (c == '-');
		if (neg)
			c = read();
		do {
			ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
		} while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');
		if (neg)
			return -ret;
		return ret;
	}
	
	public long[] nextLongArray( int n) throws IOException {
		 long arr[] = new long[n];
		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
			arr[i] = nextLong();
		}
		return arr;
	}

	public char nextChar() throws IOException{
		byte c = read();
		while(Character.isWhitespace(c)){
			c = read();
		}
		return (char) c;	
	}
	
	public double nextDouble() throws IOException {
		double ret = 0, div = 1;
		byte c = read();
		while (c <= ' ')
			c = read();
		 boolean neg = (c == '-');
		if (neg)
			c = read();

		do {
			ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
		} while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

		if (c == '.') {
			while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9') {
				ret += (c - '0') / (div *= 10);
			}
		}

		if (neg)
			return -ret;
		return ret;
    }
    
	public double[] nextDoubleArray( int n) throws IOException {
		 double arr[] = new double[n];
		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
			arr[i] = nextDouble();
		}
		return arr;
	}

	private void fillBuffer() throws IOException {
		bytesRead = din.read(buffer, bufferPointer = 0, BUFFER_SIZE);
		if (bytesRead == -1)
			buffer[0] = -1;
	}

	private byte read() throws IOException {
		if (bufferPointer == bytesRead)
			fillBuffer();
		return buffer[bufferPointer++];
	}

	public void close() throws IOException {
		if (din == null)
			return;
		din.close();
	}

}




Measured memory_bytes: 42124