/*

                         YATIN KWATRA                       _03_08_14


Let's Hoop..



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HOOPER_4_LYF..

*/

// AC BAKSHI RABBA

// #pragma GCC optimize "trapv"

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll                      long long
#define ld                      long double
#define ull                     unsigned long long
#define FIO                     ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL);cout.tie(NULL);
#define endl                    "\n"
#define fo(i,a,b)               for(int i = a; i<=b ; i++)
#define rfo(i,a,b)              for(int i = a; i>=b ; i--)
#define vii                     vector<int>
#define vll                     vector<ll>
#define pq                      priority_queue
#define uom                     unordered_map
#define all(v)                  v.begin(),v.end()
#define mp                      make_pair
#define pb                      push_back
#define pob                     pop_back
#define ff                      first
#define ss                      second
#define pii                     pair<int,int>
#define pll                     pair<ll,ll>
#define mll                     map<ll,ll>
#define mii                     map<int,int>
#define vvii                    vector<vii>
#define vvll                    vector<vll>
#define mod                     1000000007
#define MIN                     -1e9
#define pi                      3.1415926535897932384626433832795

using namespace std;

void INPUT()
{
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
  freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
  freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
#endif
}

/*

   -> Check For Overflows
   -> Out of Bounds
   -> Initialisations of global arrays and variables
   -> Read the Question and the sample test cases carefully
   -> Its not Always Complex, Try to simplify
   -> write it down and try to solve
   -> Have Faith in urself and in ur approach
   -> If it seems totally out of reach, switch to next :)
   -> And Come Back later, if possible ..



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   Thats what I call a Tappu / Blocked_shot / Rejection...


   Time to Code Now.....
*/

const int N = 100005;

vii v[N];
int dp[N];
int ans;

int dfs(int node)
{
  int childs = 0;
  int cur = 0;

  for (auto &i : v[node])
  {
    if (dp[i] == -1) cur = dfs(i);
    else cur = dp[i];

    childs = max(childs, cur);
  }

  dp[node] = childs + 1;
  ans = max(ans, dp[node]);
  return dp[node];
}

void solve()
{

  int n, m;
  cin >> n >> m;

  fo(i, 0, n) dp[i] = -1, v[i].clear();

  int x, y;

  while (m--)
  {
    cin >> x >> y;
    x--, y--;

    v[x].pb(y);
  }

  ans = 0;

  fo(i, 0, n - 1)
  {
    if (dp[i] == -1) dfs(i);
  }

  cout << --ans << endl;

}

int main() {

  FIO
  INPUT();

  int t;
  t = 1;
// cin >> t;

  fo(i, 0, t - 1)
  {
    solve();
  }
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 11468