using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace Competitive
{
    internal class Solution
    {
        public int N, M;
        public Graph G;
        public void Run()
        {
            // Input
            {
                var line = Input.ReadIntArray();
                N = line[0];
                M = line[1];
            }

            // Graph
            G = new Graph(N);
            for (int i = 0; i < M; i++)
            {
                var line = Input.ReadIntArray();
                int u = line[0] - 1;
                int v = line[1] - 1;
                var e1 = new Edge(u, v, 0);
                G[u].Edges.Add(e1);
                G[v].InCount++;
            }

            Queue<int> q = new Queue<int>();
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                if(G[i].InCount == 0) q.Enqueue(i);
            }

            while (q.Count > 0)
            {
                int i = q.Dequeue();
                var n = G[i];

                foreach (var e in n.Edges)
                {
                    int to = e.To;
                    G[to].PathLength = Math.Max(G[to].PathLength, n.PathLength + 1);
                    G[to].InCount--;
                    if(G[to].InCount == 0) q.Enqueue(to);
                }
            }

            long ret = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                ret = Math.Max(ret, G[i].PathLength);
            }

            Console.WriteLine(ret);
        }

    }

    internal class Graph
    {
        public List<Node> Nodes;

        public Node this[int i]
        {
            set { Nodes[i] = value; }
            get { return Nodes[i]; }
        }

        public Graph(int N)
        {
            Nodes = new List<Node>();
            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            {
                Nodes.Add(new Node(i));
            }
        }

    }

    internal class Node
    {
        public List<Edge> Edges;
        public int PathLength;
        public int No;
        public int InCount;

        public Node(int no)
        {
            this.No = no;
            PathLength = 0;
            Edges = new List<Edge>();
            InCount = 0;
        }
    }

    internal class Edge
    {
        public int From;
        public int To;
        public int Cost;
        public Edge Rev;

        public Edge(int fr, int to, int cost = 0)
        {
            From = fr;
            To = to;
            Cost = cost;
        }

        public bool IsRev(Edge e)
        {
            return Rev != null && (e == Rev);
        }
    }

    // 通常はIComparableのみが必要
    class EdgeData : IComparable<EdgeData>, IComparable
    {
        public int Dist;
        public Edge Edge;
        public EdgeData(int dist, Edge edge)
        {
            Dist = dist;
            Edge = edge;
        }

        public int CompareTo(EdgeData other)
        {
            return Dist.CompareTo(other.Dist);
        }

        public int CompareTo(object obj)
        {
            if (obj == null) return 1;
            if (GetType() != obj.GetType()) throw new ArgumentException();
            return CompareTo((EdgeData)obj);
        }
    }

    // libs ----------


    // common ----------

    internal static class Input
    {
        public static string ReadString()
        {
            string line = Console.ReadLine();
            return line;
        }

        public static int ReadInt()
        {
            string line = Console.ReadLine();
            return int.Parse(line);
        }

        public static int[] ReadIntArray()
        {
            string line = Console.ReadLine();
            return line.Split(' ').Select(int.Parse).ToArray();            
        }

        public static long ReadLong()
        {
            string line = Console.ReadLine();
            return long.Parse(line);
        }

        public static long[] ReadLongArray()
        {
            string line = Console.ReadLine();
            return line.Split(' ').Select(long.Parse).ToArray();
        }

        public static double[] ReadDoubleArray()
        {
            string line = Console.ReadLine();
            return line.Split(' ').Select(double.Parse).ToArray();
        }
    }
    
    internal class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var s = new Solution();
            s.Run();
        }
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 35860