using System.Collections;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using static System.Math;
using static System.Console;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System;
using System.Numerics;
using System.IO.Pipes;
using System.Threading;
using System.Net;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Collections.Immutable;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Net.WebSockets;

class Program
{
    #region Reader

    static string ReadStr => Console.ReadLine();
    static string[] ReadStrs => Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
    static int ReadInt => Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
    static int[] ReadInts => Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(s => Convert.ToInt32(s)).ToArray();
    static long ReadLong => Convert.ToInt64(Console.ReadLine());
    static long[] ReadLongs => Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(s => Convert.ToInt64(s)).ToArray();
    static long[,] ReLongMatrix(int r, int c)
    {
        var mat = new long[r, c];
        for (int i = 0; i < r; ++i)
        {
            var x = ReadLongs;
            for (int j = 0; j < c; ++j)
            {
                mat[i, j] = x[j];
            }
        }
        return mat;
    }
    static Tuple<string, string>[] ReTupleStr(int n)
    {
        List<Tuple<string, string>> list = new List<Tuple<string, string>>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
        {
            var ab = ReadStrs;
            list.Add(new Tuple<string, string>(ab[0], ab[1]));
        }
        return list.ToArray();
    }
    static Tuple<long, long>[] ReTupleLong(int n)
    {
        List<Tuple<long, long>> list = new List<Tuple<long, long>>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
        {
            var ab = ReadLongs;
            list.Add(new Tuple<long, long>(ab[0], ab[1]));
        }
        return list.ToArray();
    }
    static Tuple<int, int>[] ReadTupleInt(int n)
    {
        List<Tuple<int, int>> list = new List<Tuple<int, int>>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
        {
            var ab = ReadInts;
            list.Add(new Tuple<int, int>(ab[0], ab[1]));
        }
        return list.ToArray();
    }
    static Tuple<double, double>[] ReTupleDouble(int n)
    {
        List<Tuple<double, double>> list = new List<Tuple<double, double>>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
        {
            var ab = ReadLongs;
            list.Add(new Tuple<double, double>(ab[0], ab[1]));
        }
        return list.ToArray();
    }
    static Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>> ReAdjacencyList(int N, int M)
    {
        Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>> dict = new Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>>();
        for (int i = 0; i <= N; ++i)
        {
            dict.Add(i, new HashSet<int>());
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < M; ++i)
        {
            var ab = ReadInts;
            dict[ab[0]].Add(ab[1]);
            dict[ab[1]].Add(ab[0]);
        }
        return dict;
    }
    #endregion
    static void Swap<T>(ref T a, ref T b)
    {
        T temp = a;
        a = b;
        b = temp;
    }
    static int mod = (int)Pow(10, 9) + 7;

    #region PriorityQueue
    public class PriorityQueue<T> : IEnumerable<T>
    {
        private readonly List<T> _data = new List<T>();
        private readonly IComparer<T> _comparer;
        private readonly bool _isDescending;

        public PriorityQueue(IComparer<T> comparer, bool isDescending = true)
        {
            _comparer = comparer;
            _isDescending = isDescending;
        }

        public PriorityQueue(Comparison<T> comparison, bool isDescending = true)
            : this(Comparer<T>.Create(comparison), isDescending)
        {
        }

        public PriorityQueue(bool isDescending = true)
            : this(Comparer<T>.Default, isDescending)
        {
        }

        public void Enqueue(T item)
        {
            _data.Add(item);
            var childIndex = _data.Count - 1;
            while (childIndex > 0)
            {
                var parentIndex = (childIndex - 1) / 2;
                if (Compare(_data[childIndex], _data[parentIndex]) >= 0)
                    break;
                Swap(childIndex, parentIndex);
                childIndex = parentIndex;
            }
        }

        public T Dequeue()
        {
            var lastIndex = _data.Count - 1;
            var firstItem = _data[0];
            _data[0] = _data[lastIndex];
            _data.RemoveAt(lastIndex--);
            var parentIndex = 0;
            while (true)
            {
                var childIndex = parentIndex * 2 + 1;
                if (childIndex > lastIndex)
                    break;
                var rightChild = childIndex + 1;
                if (rightChild <= lastIndex && Compare(_data[rightChild], _data[childIndex]) < 0)
                    childIndex = rightChild;
                if (Compare(_data[parentIndex], _data[childIndex]) <= 0)
                    break;
                Swap(parentIndex, childIndex);
                parentIndex = childIndex;
            }
            return firstItem;
        }

        public T Peek()
        {
            return _data[0];
        }

        private void Swap(int a, int b)
        {
            var tmp = _data[a];
            _data[a] = _data[b];
            _data[b] = tmp;
        }

        private int Compare(T a, T b)
        {
            return _isDescending ? _comparer.Compare(b, a) : _comparer.Compare(a, b);
        }

        public int Count => _data.Count;

        public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator()
        {
            return _data.GetEnumerator();
        }

        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() => GetEnumerator();
    }
    public class PriorityQueue<TKey, TValue> : IEnumerable<TValue>
    {
        private readonly List<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>> _data = new List<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>();
        private readonly bool _isDescending;
        private readonly Func<TValue, TKey> _keySelector;
        private readonly IComparer<TKey> _keyComparer;

        public PriorityQueue(Func<TValue, TKey> keySelector, bool isDescending = true)
            : this(keySelector, Comparer<TKey>.Default, isDescending)
        {
        }

        public PriorityQueue(Func<TValue, TKey> keySelector, IComparer<TKey> keyComparer, bool isDescending = true)
        {
            _keySelector = keySelector;
            _keyComparer = keyComparer;
            _isDescending = isDescending;
        }

        public void Enqueue(TValue item)
        {
            _data.Add(new KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>(_keySelector(item), item));
            var childIndex = _data.Count - 1;
            while (childIndex > 0)
            {
                var parentIndex = (childIndex - 1) / 2;
                if (Compare(_data[childIndex].Key, _data[parentIndex].Key) >= 0)
                    break;
                Swap(childIndex, parentIndex);
                childIndex = parentIndex;
            }
        }

        public TValue Dequeue()
        {
            var lastIndex = _data.Count - 1;
            var firstItem = _data[0];
            _data[0] = _data[lastIndex];
            _data.RemoveAt(lastIndex--);
            var parentIndex = 0;
            while (true)
            {
                var childIndex = parentIndex * 2 + 1;
                if (childIndex > lastIndex)
                    break;
                var rightChild = childIndex + 1;
                if (rightChild <= lastIndex && Compare(_data[rightChild].Key, _data[childIndex].Key) < 0)
                    childIndex = rightChild;
                if (Compare(_data[parentIndex].Key, _data[childIndex].Key) <= 0)
                    break;
                Swap(parentIndex, childIndex);
                parentIndex = childIndex;
            }
            return firstItem.Value;
        }

        public TValue Peek()
        {
            return _data[0].Value;
        }

        private void Swap(int a, int b)
        {
            var tmp = _data[a];
            _data[a] = _data[b];
            _data[b] = tmp;
        }

        private int Compare(TKey a, TKey b)
        {
            return _isDescending ? _keyComparer.Compare(b, a) : _keyComparer.Compare(a, b);
        }

        public int Count => _data.Count;

        public IEnumerator<TValue> GetEnumerator()
        {
            return _data.Select(r => r.Value).GetEnumerator();
        }

        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() => GetEnumerator();
    }
    #endregion
    #region Set
    /// <summary>
    /// Self-Balancing Binary Search Tree
    /// (using Randamized BST)
    /// </summary>
    public class SB_BinarySearchTree<T> where T : IComparable
    {
        public class Node
        {
            public T Value;
            public Node LChild;
            public Node RChild;
            public int Count;     //size of the sub tree

            public Node(T v)
            {
                Value = v;
                Count = 1;
            }
        }

        static Random _rnd = new Random();

        public static int Count(Node t)
        {
            return t == null ? 0 : t.Count;
        }

        static Node Update(Node t)
        {
            t.Count = Count(t.LChild) + Count(t.RChild) + 1;
            return t;
        }

        public static Node Merge(Node l, Node r)
        {
            if (l == null || r == null) return l == null ? r : l;

            if ((double)Count(l) / (double)(Count(l) + Count(r)) > _rnd.NextDouble())
            {
                l.RChild = Merge(l.RChild, r);
                return Update(l);
            }
            else
            {
                r.LChild = Merge(l, r.LChild);
                return Update(r);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// split as [0, k), [k, n)
        /// </summary>
        public static Tuple<Node, Node> Split(Node t, int k)
        {
            if (t == null) return new Tuple<Node, Node>(null, null);
            if (k <= Count(t.LChild))
            {
                var s = Split(t.LChild, k);
                t.LChild = s.Item2;
                return new Tuple<Node, Node>(s.Item1, Update(t));
            }
            else
            {
                var s = Split(t.RChild, k - Count(t.LChild) - 1);
                t.RChild = s.Item1;
                return new Tuple<Node, Node>(Update(t), s.Item2);
            }
        }

        public static Node Remove(Node t, T v)
        {
            if (Find(t, v) == null) return t;
            return RemoveAt(t, LowerBound(t, v));
        }

        public static Node RemoveAt(Node t, int k)
        {
            var s = Split(t, k);
            var s2 = Split(s.Item2, 1);
            return Merge(s.Item1, s2.Item2);
        }

        public static bool Contains(Node t, T v)
        {
            return Find(t, v) != null;
        }

        public static Node Find(Node t, T v)
        {
            while (t != null)
            {
                var cmp = t.Value.CompareTo(v);
                if (cmp > 0) t = t.LChild;
                else if (cmp < 0) t = t.RChild;
                else break;
            }
            return t;
        }

        public static Node FindByIndex(Node t, int idx)
        {
            if (t == null) return null;

            var currentIdx = Count(t) - Count(t.RChild) - 1;
            while (t != null)
            {
                if (currentIdx == idx) return t;
                if (currentIdx > idx)
                {
                    t = t.LChild;
                    currentIdx -= (Count(t == null ? null : t.RChild) + 1);
                }
                else
                {
                    t = t.RChild;
                    currentIdx += (Count(t == null ? null : t.LChild) + 1);
                }
            }

            return null;
        }

        public static int UpperBound(Node t, T v)
        {
            var torg = t;
            if (t == null) return -1;

            var ret = Int32.MaxValue;
            var idx = Count(t) - Count(t.RChild) - 1;
            while (t != null)
            {
                var cmp = t.Value.CompareTo(v);

                if (cmp > 0)
                {
                    ret = Math.Min(ret, idx);
                    t = t.LChild;
                    idx -= (Count(t == null ? null : t.RChild) + 1);
                }
                else if (cmp <= 0)
                {
                    t = t.RChild;
                    idx += (Count(t == null ? null : t.LChild) + 1);
                }
            }
            return ret == Int32.MaxValue ? Count(torg) : ret;
        }

        public static int LowerBound(Node t, T v)
        {
            var torg = t;
            if (t == null) return -1;

            var idx = Count(t) - Count(t.RChild) - 1;
            var ret = Int32.MaxValue;
            while (t != null)
            {
                var cmp = t.Value.CompareTo(v);
                if (cmp >= 0)
                {
                    if (cmp == 0) ret = Math.Min(ret, idx);
                    t = t.LChild;
                    if (t == null) ret = Math.Min(ret, idx);
                    idx -= t == null ? 0 : (Count(t.RChild) + 1);
                }
                else if (cmp < 0)
                {
                    t = t.RChild;
                    idx += (Count(t == null ? null : t.LChild) + 1);
                    if (t == null) return idx;
                }
            }
            return ret == Int32.MaxValue ? Count(torg) : ret;
        }

        public static Node Insert(Node t, T v)
        {
            var ub = LowerBound(t, v);
            return InsertByIdx(t, ub, v);
        }

        static Node InsertByIdx(Node t, int k, T v)
        {
            var s = Split(t, k);
            return Merge(Merge(s.Item1, new Node(v)), s.Item2);
        }

        public static IEnumerable<T> Enumerate(Node t)
        {
            var ret = new List<T>();
            Enumerate(t, ret);
            return ret;
        }

        static void Enumerate(Node t, List<T> ret)
        {
            if (t == null) return;
            Enumerate(t.LChild, ret);
            ret.Add(t.Value);
            Enumerate(t.RChild, ret);
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// C-like set
    /// </summary>
    public class Set<T> where T : IComparable
    {
        protected SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Node _root;

        public T this[int idx] { get { return ElementAt(idx); } }

        public int Count()
        {
            return SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Count(_root);
        }

        public virtual void Insert(T v)
        {
            if (_root == null) _root = new SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Node(v);
            else
            {
                if (SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Find(_root, v) != null) return;
                _root = SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Insert(_root, v);
            }
        }

        public void Clear()
        {
            _root = null;
        }

        public void Remove(T v)
        {
            _root = SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Remove(_root, v);
        }

        public bool Contains(T v)
        {
            return SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Contains(_root, v);
        }

        public T ElementAt(int k)
        {
            var node = SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.FindByIndex(_root, k);
            if (node == null) throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
            return node.Value;
        }

        public int Count(T v)
        {
            return SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.UpperBound(_root, v) - SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.LowerBound(_root, v);
        }

        public int LowerBound(T v)
        {
            return SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.LowerBound(_root, v);
        }

        public int UpperBound(T v)
        {
            return SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.UpperBound(_root, v);
        }

        public Tuple<int, int> EqualRange(T v)
        {
            if (!Contains(v)) return new Tuple<int, int>(-1, -1);
            return new Tuple<int, int>(SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.LowerBound(_root, v), SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.UpperBound(_root, v) - 1);
        }

        public List<T> ToList()
        {
            return new List<T>(SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Enumerate(_root));
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// C-like multiset
    /// </summary>
    public class MultiSet<T> : Set<T> where T : IComparable
    {
        public override void Insert(T v)
        {
            if (_root == null) _root = new SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Node(v);
            else _root = SB_BinarySearchTree<T>.Insert(_root, v);
        }
    }
    #endregion


    public class Tree
    {
        public class Node
        {
            public List<int> Children = new List<int>();
        }

        public Tree(int nodeNumber)
        {
            Nodes = new Node[nodeNumber];
            for (int i = 0; i < Nodes.Length; i++)
            {
                Nodes[i] = new Node();
                Connenters = new List<int[]>();
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 頂点の配列。それぞれの頂点には、一つの親と、複数の子がある
        /// </summary>
        public Node[] Nodes { get; }

        public List<int[]> Connenters { get; }

        public void Connent(int to, int from)
        {
            Connenters.Add(new int[3] { to, from, 0 });
            Nodes[to].Children.Add(from);
            Nodes[from].Children.Add(to);
        }
    }

    static void Main()
    {
        int[] Nuv = ReadInts;
        int N = Nuv[0];
        int u = Nuv[1]-1;
        int v = Nuv[2]-1;

        Tree tree = new Tree(N);

        for (int i = 0; i < N-1; i++)
        {
            var con = ReadInts;
            tree.Connent(con[0]-1, con[1]-1);
        }

        int[] takahashi = new int[N];
        takahashi[u] = 0;
        int[] aoki = new int[N];
        aoki[v] = 0;


        DFS(u, 0, tree, new HashSet<int>() {u }, takahashi);
        DFS(v, 0, tree, new HashSet<int>() { v }, aoki);

        int ans = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            if (aoki[i] > takahashi[i])
            {
                ans = Max(aoki[i] - 1,ans);
            }
        }

        WriteLine(ans);
        
    }

    public static void DFS(int start,int count,Tree tree,HashSet<int> done,int[] ans)
    {
        foreach(int child in tree.Nodes[start].Children)
        {
            if (!done.Contains(child))
            {
                ans[child] = count + 1;
                done.Add(child);
                DFS(child, count + 1, tree, done,ans);
            }
        }
    }



}


Measured memory_bytes: 73972