// Slower C++ solution:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define mst(a, b) memset((a), (b), sizeof(a))

#define mp(a, b) make_pair(a, b)

#define pi acos(-1)

#define pii pair<int, int>

#define pb push_back

const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const double eps = 1e-10;

const int maxn = 1e5 + 7;

const int maxm = 5e5 + 10;

const int mod = 1e9 + 7;

vector<int> s[maxn];

int vis[maxn];

int dp[maxn];

int main()

{

    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0);

    cout.tie(0);

    mst(vis, 0);

    mst(dp, 0);

    queue<int> q;

    int n, m;

    cin >> n >> m;

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

    {

        int x, y;

        cin >> x >> y;

        vis[y]++;

        s[x].pb(y);

    }

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

    {

        if (!vis[i])

            q.push(i);

    }

    while (!q.empty())

    {

        int now = q.front();

        q.pop();

        int len = s[now].size();

        for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)

        {

            dp[s[now][i]] = max(dp[s[now][i]], dp[now] + 1);

            vis[s[now][i]]--;

            if (vis[s[now][i]] == 0)

                q.push(s[now][i]);

        }

    }

    int ans = 0;

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

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

    cout << ans << endl;

    return 0;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 3.1307646263575792x):
/*

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*/

#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#include<unordered_map>

#define endl "\n"

#define Ceil(x,y) ((x+y-1)/y)

#define clr(arr, x) memset(arr, x, sizeof arr)

#define all(v) v.begin(),v.end()

#define allr(s) s.rbegin(),s.rend()

#define rt(s) return cout<<s,0

#define watch(x) cout<<(#x)<<" = "<<x<<endl

#define sz(s)	(int)(s.size())

#define OO 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3fLL

const int oo = 0x3f3f3f3f, mod = 1e9 + 7;

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

int dx[] { 1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1 };

int dy[] { 0, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1 };

void K_K(){ 

	ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);

}

vector<vector<int>>gr;

int dp[100005];

int dfs(int node){

	if (!sz(gr[node]))

		return 0;

	int &ret = dp[node];

	if (~ret)

		return ret;

	for (auto child : gr[node]){

		ret = max(ret, dfs(child) + 1);

	}

	return ret;

}

int main(){

	K_K();

	int n, m;

	cin >> n >> m;

	gr.resize(n + 1);

	clr(dp, -1);

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

		int u, v;

		cin >> u >> v;

		gr[u].push_back(v);

	}

	int ans = 0;

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

		dfs(i);

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

	}

	cout << ans;

}