// template for atcoder
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import static java.lang.Math.*;

public class Main {

    private static final int MOD = (int)1e9 + 7; //998244353;
    private static final long INF = (long)1e15;

    public Main(FastScanner in, PrintWriter out) {
        int n = in.nextInt();
        int tStart = in.nextInt() - 1;
        int aStart = in.nextInt() - 1;

        List<Integer>[] adj = new List[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            adj[i] = new ArrayList<>();

        for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
            int u = in.nextInt() - 1;
            int v = in.nextInt() - 1;
            adj[u].add(v);
            adj[v].add(u);
        }

        if (tStart == aStart || (adj[tStart].size() == 1 && adj[tStart].get(0) == aStart)) {
            out.println(0);
            return;
        }

        int[] distT = bfs(adj, tStart);
        int[] distA = bfs(adj, aStart);
        
        int res = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            if (distT[i] <= distA[i]) {
                res = Math.max(res, distA[i] - 1);
            }
        }
        out.println(res);
    }

    private int[] bfs(List<Integer>[] adj, int start) {
        int[] dist = new int[adj.length]; // takashi distance
        Arrays.fill(dist, -1);
        dist[start] = 0;
        Queue<Integer> q = new ArrayDeque<>();
        q.add(start);
        while (!q.isEmpty()) {
            int u = q.remove();
            for (int v : adj[u]) {
                if (dist[v] >= 0) continue;
                dist[v] = dist[u] + 1;
                q.add(v);
            }
        }
        return dist;
    }

    private long gcd(long a, long b) {
        while (true) {
            if (b == 0) return a;
            long tmp = a;
            a = b;
            b = tmp % b;
        }
    }

    private int gcd(int a, int b) {
        while (true) {
            if (b == 0) return a;
            int tmp = a;
            a = b;
            b = tmp % b;
        }
    }

    private long powm(long x, long p) {
        long res = 1;
        while (p > 0) {
            if (p % 2 == 1)
                res = res * x % MOD;
            x = x * x % MOD;
            p /= 2;
        }
        return res;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        // Scanner in = new Scanner(
                // new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)));
        FastScanner in = new FastScanner(System.in);

        Main sol = new Main(in, out);
        out.close();
    }
}

// Pair
class Pair<T extends Comparable<? super T>, U extends Comparable<? super U>> implements Comparable<Pair<T, U>> {
    T a;
    U b;
    Pair() { }
    Pair(T a, U b) {
        this.a = a;
        this.b = b;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() { return "("+a.toString()+", "+b.toString()+")"; }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() { return Objects.hash(a, b); }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if(this == obj) return true;
        if(obj == null) return false;
        if(this.getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false;
        Pair that = (Pair) obj;
        if(this.a.getClass() != that.a.getClass()) return false;
        if(this.b.getClass() != that.b.getClass()) return false;
        if(!this.a.equals(that.a)) return false;
        if(!this.b.equals(that.b)) return false;
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Pair<T, U> that) {
        int c = (this.a).compareTo(that.a);
        if(c == 0) c = (this.b).compareTo(that.b);
        return c;
    }
}


class FastScanner{
    private InputStream stream;
    private byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
    private int curChar;
    private int numChars;

    public FastScanner(InputStream stream)
    {
        this.stream = stream;
    }

    int read()
    {
        if (numChars == -1)
            throw new InputMismatchException();
        if (curChar >= numChars){
            curChar = 0;
            try{
                numChars = stream.read(buf);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new InputMismatchException();
            }
            if (numChars <= 0)
                return -1;
        }
        return buf[curChar++];
    }

    boolean isSpaceChar(int c)
    {
        return c==' '||c=='\n'||c=='\r'||c=='\t'||c==-1;
    }

    boolean isEndline(int c)
    {
        return c=='\n'||c=='\r'||c==-1;
    }

    int nextInt()
    {
        return Integer.parseInt(next());
    }

    long nextLong()
    {
        return Long.parseLong(next());
    }

    double nextDouble()
    {
        return Double.parseDouble(next());
    }

    String next(){
        int c = read();
        while (isSpaceChar(c))
            c = read();
        StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
        do{
            res.appendCodePoint(c);
            c = read();
        }while(!isSpaceChar(c));
        return res.toString();
    }

    String nextLine(){
        int c = read();
        while (isEndline(c))
            c = read();
        StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
        do{
            res.appendCodePoint(c);
            c = read();
        }while(!isEndline(c));
        return res.toString();
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 71772