#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using VI = vector<ll>;
using VV = vector<VI>;
using VS = vector<string>;
using PII = pair<ll, ll>;

// tourist set
template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(pair<A, B> p);

template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p);

template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p);

string to_string(const string& s) {
  return '"' + s + '"';
}

string to_string(const char* s) {
  return to_string((string) s);
}

string to_string(bool b) {
  return (b ? "true" : "false");
}

string to_string(vector<bool> v) {
  bool first = true;
  string res = "{";
  for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(v.size()); i++) {
    if (!first) {
      res += ", ";
    }
    first = false;
    res += to_string(v[i]);
  }
  res += "}";
  return res;
}

template <size_t N>
string to_string(bitset<N> v) {
  string res = "";
  for (size_t i = 0; i < N; i++) {
    res += static_cast<char>('0' + v[i]);
  }
  return res;
}

template <typename A>
string to_string(A v) {
  bool first = true;
  string res = "{";
  for (const auto &x : v) {
    if (!first) {
      res += ", ";
    }
    first = false;
    res += to_string(x);
  }
  res += "}";
  return res;
}

template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(pair<A, B> p) {
  return "(" + to_string(p.first) + ", " + to_string(p.second) + ")";
}

template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p) {
  return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ")";
}

template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p) {
  return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<3>(p)) + ")";
}

void debug_out() { cerr << '\n'; }

template <typename Head, typename... Tail>
void debug_out(Head H, Tail... T) {
  cerr << " " << to_string(H);
  debug_out(T...);
}

#ifdef LOCAL
#define debug(...) cerr << "[" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]:", debug_out(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define debug(...) 42
#endif
// tourist set end

template<class T>bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if (a<b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T>bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if (b<a) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }

#define FOR(i,a,b) for(ll i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define rep(i,b) FOR(i, 0, b)
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define p(s) cout<<(s)<<'\n'
#define p2(s, t) cout << (s) << " " << (t) << '\n'
#define br() p("")
#define pn(s) cout << (#s) << " " << (s) << '\n'
#define p_yes() p("YES")
#define p_no() p("NO")
#define SZ(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define SORT(A) sort(ALL(A))
#define RSORT(A) sort(ALL(A), greater<ll>())
#define MP make_pair

void no(){p_no(); exit(0);}
void yes(){p_yes(); exit(0);}

const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
const ll inf = 1e18;
const double PI = acos(-1);

struct Edge{
    ll to;
    ll cost;
    Edge(ll to, ll cost): to(to), cost(cost) {}
    Edge(){
        to = 0;
        cost = 0;
    }
};

struct Node{
    ll distance;
    ll index;
    Node(ll d, ll i){
        distance = d;
        index = i;
    }
    Node(){}

    bool operator<(const Node &another) const
    {
        return distance < another.distance;
    }
    bool operator>(const Node &another) const
    {
        return distance > another.distance;
    }
};

struct Dijkstra{
    vector<ll> d;
    vector<vector<Edge> > graph;
    vector<bool> done;

    // ノード数を入れる
    void initialize(ll size){
        d.resize(size);
        done.resize(size);
        graph.resize(size);
        reset();
    }

    void reset(){
        ll N = graph.size();
        FOR(i, 0, N){
            d[i] = inf;
            done[i] = false;
        }
    }
    
    ll distance(int i){
        if((ll)d.size()<=i) return -1;
        return d[i];
    }

    void print_graph(){
        FOR(i, 0, (ll)graph.size()){
            cout << i << " -> ";

            for(auto edge : graph[i]){
                cout << edge.to << " ";
            }
            cout << endl;
        }
        p("distance");
        FOR(i, 0, (ll)graph.size()){
            ll d = distance(i);
            cout << i << " " << d << endl;
        }
    }

    void register_edge(ll a, ll b, ll cost){
        auto edge = Edge(b, cost);
        graph[a].push_back(edge);
    }

    // 双方向
    void register_edge2(ll a, ll b, ll cost){
      register_edge(a, b, cost);
      register_edge(b, a, cost);
    }

    void calc_shortest_path(ll from=0){
      ll N = graph.size();
      if(from<0 || from>=N){
        cout << "index error" << endl;
        exit(0);
      }
        priority_queue<Node, vector<Node>, greater<Node> > que;
        auto node = Node();
        // 始点
        node.index = from;
        node.distance = 0;
        que.push(node);

        while(!que.empty()){
            // 1番distanceが小さいノード
            Node n = que.top();
            que.pop();

            if(done[n.index]){
                continue;
            }
            
            done[n.index] = true;
            d[n.index] = n.distance;

            auto edge_list = graph[n.index];
            for(auto edge : edge_list){   
                // 短くなるノードがあれば
                if(!done[edge.to] && n.distance + edge.cost < d[edge.to]){
                    ll shorter_distance = n.distance + edge.cost;
                    que.push(Node(shorter_distance, edge.to));
                }
            }
        }
    }
};


VV G;

ll dfs(ll i, ll prev){
  if(SZ(G[i])==1){
    return 0; // depth
  }

  ll max_depth = 0;
  for(ll to : G[i]){
    if(to==prev) continue;
    ll d = dfs(to, i);
    chmax(max_depth, d);
  }
  return max_depth + 1;
}

int main(){
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    // input
    ll N, u, v;
    cin >> N >> u >> v;
    u--; v--;
    // u: takahashi
    // v: aoki

    G.resize(N);

    Dijkstra dij[2];
    dij[0].initialize(N);
    dij[1].initialize(N);

    rep(i, N-1){
      ll a,b;cin>>a>>b;
      a--;b--;
      G[a].push_back(b);
      G[b].push_back(a);

      dij[0].register_edge2(a, b, 1);
      dij[1].register_edge2(a, b, 1);
    }

    dij[0].calc_shortest_path(u);
    dij[1].calc_shortest_path(v);

    vector<bool> cango(N);
    rep(i, N){
      if(dij[0].distance(i)<dij[1].distance(i)){
        cango[i]=true;
      }
    }

    ll ma = 0;
    rep(i, N){
      if(!cango[i])continue;
      ll d = dij[1].distance(i);
      chmax(ma, d-1);
    }
    p(ma);
    
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 23368