// Original C++ solution (slower):
#include<iostream>

#include<iomanip>

#include<cmath>

#include<string>

#include<cctype>

#include<algorithm>

#include<set>

#include<map>

#include<stack>

#include<queue>

#include<cstring>

//#include<windows.h>

//#include<time.h>

#define pb push_back

#define ppb pop_back

#define fi first

#define se second

#define mer make_pair

#define mme memset

using namespace std;



const double pie1=3.1415926;//π1

const double pie2=3.14159265358979;//π2

const double pie3=3.14159265358979323846;//π3

const int vbi=999999999;

const int vli=-vbi;

const long long vbl=999999999999999999;

const long long vll=-vbl;



typedef long long ll;

typedef pair<int,int> pii;

typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;

typedef pair<pii,int> piii;

typedef pair<pii,pii> pi4;

typedef pair<pll,ll> plll;

typedef pair<int,pii> ipii;

typedef pair<ll,pll> lpll;

typedef pair<pll,pll> pl4;

typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<ll> vl;

typedef vector<pii> vpi;

typedef vector<pll> vpl;

typedef set<int> sti;

typedef set<ll> stl;

typedef set<pii> spi;

typedef set<pll> spl;

priority_queue<int> pqi;

priority_queue<ll> pql;

queue<int> qi;

queue<ll> ql;



/*void bin_v(){

	char bin[1000];

	gets(bin);

}*/



bool pss(int a){

	for(int i=2;i<=sqrt(a);i++)

		if(a%i==0)

			return false;

	return true;

}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

int n,m;

vector<int> v[100010];

int d[100010];

int dp[100010];



int main(){

	//my name is Veex_WCY

	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

	cin>>n>>m;

	for(int i=1;i<=m;i++){

		int a,b;

		cin>>a>>b;

		v[a].pb(b);

		d[b]++;

	}

	stack<int> st;

	for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)

		if(d[i]==0)

			st.push(i);

	while(!st.empty()){

		int x=st.top();

		st.pop();

		for(int i=0;i<v[x].size();i++){

			int ne=v[x][i];

			if(dp[x]+1>dp[ne])

				dp[ne]=dp[x]+1;

			d[ne]--;

			if(d[ne]==0)

				st.push(ne);

		}

	}

	int maxn=0;

	for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)

		maxn=max(maxn,dp[i]);

	cout<<maxn;

	return 0;

}


// Optimized solution to the same problem (faster):
#include <iostream>

#include <string>

#include<iomanip>

#include <algorithm>

#include <map>

#include <vector>

#include<queue>

#include<math.h>

#include<cmath>

#include<sstream>

#include<set>

#include <map>

#include<string.h>

#include<sstream>

#include<stack>

#include<unordered_map>

#include <iostream>

#include <stdio.h>

#include <ctype.h>

#include <cstdio>

#include <cstdlib>

#define ll long long

#define ios ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);

#define arr2dof vector  vector<vector<int>>dp(N,vector<int>(2, inf));

using namespace std;

const int N = 2e5 + 5, inf = 1e9+7 ;

const double ep = 0.0000000001;

const double pi = 3.14159265359;

const long long inff= 1e18;

vector < vector<int>>graph;

int n, m,a,b;

int dp[100005];

bool visited[100005];

void dfs(int node) {

	visited[node] = true;

	for (int child : graph[node]) {

		if (!visited[child]) 

		dfs(child);

		

		

			dp[node] = max(dp[node], 1 + dp[child]);

		

	}

}





int main()

{

	

	cin >> n>>m;

	graph.resize(max(n,m) + 5);

	

	for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i) {

		cin >> a >> b;

		graph[a].push_back(b);

	

	}

	for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i) {

		if (!visited[i])

			dfs(i);

	}

	int ans = 0;

	for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i) {

		ans = max(ans, dp[i]);

	}

	cout << ans;

	return 0;

}

// Fastest known solution for this problem: