import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
public class Main{
	static int mod = 998244353;
	public static PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter (new BufferedOutputStream(System.out));
	public static void main(String sp[])throws IOException{
		//Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
		FastReader sc = new FastReader();
		long k = sc.nextLong();
		int n =  sc.nextInt();
		long arr[] = new long[n+1];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
			long temp = sc.nextLong();
			arr[i] = temp;
		}
		arr[n] = k;
		long max = Long.MAX_VALUE;
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
			if(i==0){
				max = Math.min(max, arr[n-1]-arr[0]);
			}else{
				max = Math.min(max, arr[n-1]-arr[i]+(arr[n]-arr[n-1])+arr[i-1]);
			}
		}
		System.out.println(max);
	}
  
	
	public static class pair{
		long bal;
		long wt;
		long diff;
	}
	
	public static class comp implements Comparator<pair>{
		public int compare(pair o1, pair o2){
			return Long.valueOf(o1.diff).compareTo(Long.valueOf(o2.diff));
		}
	}
		
	static class FastReader 
		{ 
		final private int BUFFER_SIZE = 1 << 16; 
		private DataInputStream din; 
		private byte[] buffer; 
		private int bufferPointer, bytesRead; 
  
		public FastReader() 
		{ 
			din = new DataInputStream(System.in); 
			buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE]; 
			bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0; 
		} 
  
		public FastReader(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]; // line length 
			int cnt = 0, c; 
			while ((c = read()) != -1) 
			{ 
				if (c == '\n') 
					break; 
				buf[cnt++] = (byte) c; 
			} 
			return new String(buf, 0, cnt); 
		} 
  
		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 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 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; 
		} 
  
		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: 25812