#include "bits/stdc++.h"
using namespace std;
using lint = long long;
#define low lower_bound
#define upp upper_bound
#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < int(n); ++i)
#define Rep(i, n) for (int i = int(n); i >= 0; --i)
#define all(vec) (vec).begin(), (vec).end()
#define cend printf("\n");
#define prique(T) priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>
#define prique2(T) priority_queue<T>

struct edge { int to; double cost; };
using P = pair<lint, lint>;
using D = pair<double, double>;
//const lint mod = 998244353LL;
const lint mod = 1000000007LL;
const lint inf = 3LL * mod * mod;

template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {
	if (a < b) {
		a = b;
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {
	return chmax(b, a);
}

lint modpow(lint x, lint n, lint m) {
	lint ans = 1;
	while (n > 0) {
		if (n & 1) {
			ans *= x;
			if (m <= ans) ans %= m;
		}
		x *= x;
		if (m <= x) x %= m;
		n >>= 1;
	}
	return ans;
}

lint fact[1000000];
void f_init(lint n) {
	if (1000000 <= n) return;
	fact[0] = fact[1] = 1;
	for (lint i = 2; i <= n; ++i) {
		fact[i] = i * fact[i - 1];
		if (mod <= fact[i]) fact[i] %= mod;
	}
	return;
}

lint inver[1000000]; bool inve[100000];
lint inv(lint x) {
	if (x == 0) return 0;
	else if (inve[x]) return inver[x];
	else {
		inve[x] = true;
		return inver[x] = modpow(x, mod - 2, mod);
	}
}

lint comb(lint n, lint r) {
	if (n < r) return 0;
	if (n == r) return 1;
	lint ans = fact[n] * inv(fact[n - r]) % mod * inv(fact[r]) % mod;
	if (ans < 0) return ans + mod;
	return ans;
}

lint nck[1010][1010];
void comb(lint n) {
	rep(i, n + 1) {
		rep(j, i + 1) {
			if (j == 0 || i == j) nck[i][j] = 1;
			else nck[i][j] = nck[i - 1][j - 1] + nck[i - 1][j];
		}
	}
}

lint gcd(lint a, lint b) {
	if (b == 0) return a;
	return gcd(b, a % b);
}

lint lcm(lint a, lint b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }

bool pri(lint p) {
	for (lint i = 2; i * i <= p; i == 2 ? ++i : i += 2) if (p % i == 0) return false;
	return p > 1;
}

map<lint, lint> factring(lint n) {
	map<lint, lint>ans;
	for (lint i = 2; i * i <= n; ++i) {
		while (n % i == 0) {
			n /= i;
			++ans[i];
		}
	}
	if (n != 1) ++ans[n];
	return ans;
}

lint xor128() {
	static lint x = 123456789, y = 362436069, z = 521288629, w = 88675123;
	lint t = (x xor (x << 11));
	x = y; y = z; z = w;
	return (w = (w xor (w >> 19)) xor (t xor (t >> 8)));
}

double dis(D a, D b) {
	double x = a.first - b.first, y = a.second - b.second;
	return sqrt(x * x + y * y);
}

int n, u, v, ans;
vector<int> g[100010], d[2];
vector<int> dijkstra(int s) {
	vector<int>ans(n + 10, n + 10);
	queue<P>que;
	ans[s] = 0;
	que.push(P(0, s));
	while (!que.empty()) {
		P p = que.front(); que.pop();
		int v1 = p.second;
		if (p.first < ans[v1]) continue;
		rep(i, g[v1].size()) {
			if (ans[g[v1][i]] > p.first + 1) {
				ans[g[v1][i]] = p.first + 1;
				que.push(P(p.first + 1, g[v1][i]));
			}
		}
	}
	return ans;
}
int main() {
	scanf("%d %d %d", &n, &u, &v);
	u--; v--;
	rep(i, n - 1) {
		int a, b;
		scanf("%d %d", &a, &b);
		a--; b--;
		g[a].emplace_back(b);
		g[b].emplace_back(a);
	}
	d[0] = dijkstra(u), d[1] = dijkstra(v);
	if (g[u].size() == 1 && d[1][g[u][0]] == 0) {
		cout << 0 << endl;
		return 0;
	}
	rep(i, n) {
		if (d[0][i] <= d[1][i]) {
			ans = max(ans, d[1][i] - 1);
		}
	}
	cout << ans << endl;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 9060