#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <queue>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <vector>
#include <stack>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <random>

using namespace std;

#define VA_NUM_ARGS(...) VA_NUM_ARGS_IMPL_((0,__VA_ARGS__, 6,5,4,3,2,1))
#define VA_NUM_ARGS_IMPL_(tuple) VA_NUM_ARGS_IMPL tuple
#define VA_NUM_ARGS_IMPL(_0,_1,_2,_3,_4,_5,_6,N,...) N
#define macro_dispatcher(macro, ...) macro_dispatcher_(macro, VA_NUM_ARGS(__VA_ARGS__))
#define macro_dispatcher_(macro, nargs) macro_dispatcher__(macro, nargs)
#define macro_dispatcher__(macro, nargs) macro_dispatcher___(macro, nargs)
#define macro_dispatcher___(macro, nargs) macro ## nargs
#define Debug1(a)           cout<<#a<<"="<<(a)<<"\n"
#define Debug2(a,b)         cout<<#a<<"="<<(a)<<", "<<#b<<"="<<(b)<<"\n"
#define Debug3(a,b,c)       cout<<#a<<"="<<(a)<<", "<<#b<<"="<<(b)<<", "<<#c<<"="<<(c)<<"\n"
#define Debug4(a,b,c,d)     cout<<#a<<"="<<(a)<<", "<<#b<<"="<<(b)<<", "<<#c<<"="<<(c)<<", "<<#d<<"="<<(d)<<"\n"
#define Debug5(a,b,c,d,e)   cout<<#a<<"="<<(a)<<", "<<#b<<"="<<(b)<<", "<<#c<<"="<<(c)<<", "<<#d<<"="<<(d)<<", "<<#e<<"="<<(e)<<"\n"
#define Debug6(a,b,c,d,e,f) cout<<#a<<"="<<(a)<<", "<<#b<<"="<<(b)<<", "<<#c<<"="<<(c)<<", "<<#d<<"="<<(d)<<", "<<#e<<"="<<(e)<<", "<<#f<<"="<<(f)<<"\n"
#define Debug(...) macro_dispatcher(Debug, __VA_ARGS__)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define DA(a,n) cout<<#a<<"=["; printarray(a,n); cout<<"]\n"
#define DAR(a,n,s) cout<<#a<<"["<<s<<"-"<<n-1<<"]=["; printarray(a,n,s); cout<<"]\n"

#define TT1 template<class T>
#define TT1T2 template<class T1, class T2>
#define TT1T2T3 template<class T1, class T2, class T3>
template<class T, size_t N> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const array<T, N>& v);
TT1T2 ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const pair<T1, T2>& p){ return os <<"("<<p.first<<", "<< p.second<<")"; }
TT1 ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const vector<T>& v){       bool f=1;os<<"[";for(auto& i : v) { if (!f)os << ", ";os<<i;f=0;}return os << "]"; }
template<class T, size_t N> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const array<T, N>& v) {     bool f=1;os<<"[";for(auto& i : v) { if (!f)os << ", ";os<<i;f=0;}return os << "]"; }
TT1T2 ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const set<T1, T2>&v){    bool f=1;os<<"[";for(auto& i : v) { if (!f)os << ", ";os<<i;f=0;}return os << "]"; }
TT1T2 ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const multiset<T1,T2>&v){bool f=1;os<<"[";for(auto& i : v) { if (!f)os << ", ";os<<i;f=0;}return os << "]"; }
TT1T2T3 ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const map<T1,T2,T3>& v){ bool f = 1; os << "["; for (auto& ii : v) { if (!f)os << ", "; os << "(" << ii.first << " -> " << ii.second << ") "; f = 0; }return os << "]"; }
TT1T2 ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const multimap<T1, T2>& v){ bool f = 1; os << "["; for (auto& ii : v) { if (!f)os << ", "; os << "(" << ii.first << " -> " << ii.second << ") "; f = 0; }return os << "]"; }
TT1T2 ostream& operator << (ostream& os, priority_queue<T1, T2> v) { bool f = 1; os << "["; while (!v.empty()) { auto x = v.top(); v.pop(); if (!f) os << ", "; f = 0; os << x; } return os << "]"; }
TT1T2 void printarray(const T1& a, T2 sz, T2 beg = 0){ for (T2 i = beg; i<sz; i++) cout << a[i] << " "; cout << endl; }

void cio(){
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(NULL);
}

#define tt() printf("%.4f sec\n", (double) clock() / CLOCKS_PER_SEC )

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;

#define Fi first
#define Se second
#define pb(x) push_back(x)
#define sz(x) (int)x.size()
#define rep(i, n) for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
#define repp(i, n) for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define geti1(X) cin >> X
#define geti2(X,Y) cin >> X >> Y
#define geti3(X,Y,Z) cin >> X >> Y >> Z
#define geti4(X,Y,Z,W) cin >> X >> Y >> Z >> W
#define GET_MACRO(_1,_2,_3,_4,NAME,...) NAME
#define geti(...) GET_MACRO(__VA_ARGS__, geti4, geti3, geti2, geti1) (__VA_ARGS__)

#define endl '\n'

typedef tuple<int,int,int> t3;
typedef tuple<int,int,int,int> t4;
void die(){printf("-1\n"); exit(0);}
int xx[4] = {1,-1,0,0}, yy[4] = {0,0,1,-1};

int N,M;
vector<int> E[100500];
int dp[100500];

int dfs(int x){
    int& res = dp[x];
    if( res != -1 ) return res;
    res = 0;
    for(auto e : E[x]) res = max(res, dfs(e)+1);
    return res;
}

int main() {
    memset(dp,-1,sizeof dp);
    scanf("%d%d",&N,&M);
    repp(i,M){
        int a,b; scanf("%d%d",&a,&b);
        E[a].pb(b);
    }
    int ans = 0;
    repp(i,N) ans = max(ans, dfs(i));
    printf("%d\n",ans);
}


Measured memory_bytes: 7424