from __future__ import division, print_function
def main():
    n,m=map(int,input().split())
    ## DAG graph , making using dict
    in_degree=[0]*n ## number of incoming edges 
    graph = {} ## graph [ u ] defines edge from u to v
    for i in range(m):
        u, v=map(int,input().split()) 
        if u not in graph:
            graph[u]=[v]
        else :
            graph[u].append(v)
        in_degree[v-1]+=1
    dist=[0]*n
    curr_stack=[] ## starting from nodes with 0 incoming edges
    for i in range(n):
        if in_degree[i]==0:
            curr_stack.append(i+1)
    def dfs (curr_stack):
        while curr_stack:
            u=curr_stack.pop()
            if u not in graph:
                continue
            for item in graph[u]:
                dist[item-1]=max(dist[item-1],dist[u-1]+1)
                in_degree[item-1]-=1
                if in_degree[item-1]==0:
                    curr_stack.append(item)
    dfs(curr_stack)
    print(max(dist))



######## Python 2 and 3 footer by Pajenegod and c1729

# Note because cf runs old PyPy3 version which doesn't have the sped up
# unicode strings, PyPy3 strings will many times be slower than pypy2.
# There is a way to get around this by using binary strings in PyPy3
# but its syntax is different which makes it kind of a mess to use.

# So on cf, use PyPy2 for best string performance.

py2 = round(0.5)
if py2:
    from future_builtins import ascii, filter, hex, map, oct, zip
    range = xrange

import os, sys
from io import IOBase, BytesIO

BUFSIZE = 8192
class FastIO(BytesIO):
    newlines = 0

    def __init__(self, file):
        self._file = file
        self._fd = file.fileno()
        self.writable = "x" in file.mode or "w" in file.mode
        self.write = super(FastIO, self).write if self.writable else None

    def _fill(self):
        s = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
        self.seek((self.tell(), self.seek(0,2), super(FastIO, self).write(s))[0])
        return s

    def read(self):
        while self._fill(): pass
        return super(FastIO,self).read()

    def readline(self):
        while self.newlines == 0:
            s = self._fill(); self.newlines = s.count(b"\n") + (not s)
        self.newlines -= 1
        return super(FastIO, self).readline()

    def flush(self):
        if self.writable:
            os.write(self._fd, self.getvalue())
            self.truncate(0), self.seek(0)

class IOWrapper(IOBase):
    def __init__(self, file):
        self.buffer = FastIO(file)
        self.flush = self.buffer.flush
        self.writable = self.buffer.writable
        if py2:
            self.write = self.buffer.write
            self.read = self.buffer.read
            self.readline = self.buffer.readline
        else:
            self.write = lambda s:self.buffer.write(s.encode('ascii'))
            self.read = lambda:self.buffer.read().decode('ascii')
            self.readline = lambda:self.buffer.readline().decode('ascii')


sys.stdin, sys.stdout = IOWrapper(sys.stdin), IOWrapper(sys.stdout)
input = lambda: sys.stdin.readline().rstrip('\r\n')

# Cout implemented in Python
import sys
class ostream:
    def __lshift__(self,a):
        sys.stdout.write(str(a))
        return self
cout = ostream()
endl = '\n'

# Read all remaining integers in stdin, type is given by optional argument, this is fast
def readnumbers(zero = 0):
    conv = ord if py2 else lambda x:x
    A = []; numb = zero; sign = 1; i = 0; s = sys.stdin.buffer.read()
    try:
        while True:
            if s[i] >= b'0' [0]:
                numb = 10 * numb + conv(s[i]) - 48
            elif s[i] == b'-' [0]: sign = -1
            elif s[i] != b'\r' [0]:
                A.append(sign*numb)
                numb = zero; sign = 1
            i += 1
    except:pass
    if s and s[-1] >= b'0' [0]:
        A.append(sign*numb)
    return A

if __name__== "__main__":
  main()

Measured memory_bytes: 49820