// Slower C++ solution:
#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;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 2.527635979502165x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>



using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace std;





template <typename T>using ordered_set = tree<T, null_type, less<T>,rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;



#define PI              acos(-1.0)

#define en '\n'

#define Infi 0x3f3f3f3f

#define LInfi 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f



#define setzero(a)    memset(a,0,sizeof(a))

#define setneg(a)     memset(a,-1,sizeof(a))

#define setinf(a)     memset(a,126,sizeof(a))





#define READ_IN freopen("Input.txt","r",stdin);

#define READ_OUT freopen("Output.txt","w",stdout);





const int dx[] = {+1,-1,+0,+0};                         // 4 X directions

const int dy[] = {+0,+0,+1,-1};                         // 4 Y directions

const int dx8[] = {+0,+0,+1,-1,-1,+1,-1,+1};            // King X Moves

const int dy8[] = {-1,+1,+0,+0,+1,+1,-1,-1};            // King Y Moves

const int kx[] = {-2, -2, -1, -1,  1,  1,  2,  2};      // Knight X Moves

const int ky[] = {-1,  1, -2,  2, -2,  2, -1,  1};      // Knight Y Moves







int  Set    (int N,int pos) {return N=N | (1<<pos);}    /// turn a bit on

int  reset  (int N,int pos) {return N= N & ~(1<<pos);}  /// turn a bit off

bool check  (int N,int pos) {return (bool)(N & (1<<pos));} /// check, if a bit is on or not



void __print(int x) {cerr << x;}

void __print(long x) {cerr << x;}

void __print(long long x) {cerr << x;}

void __print(unsigned x) {cerr << x;}

void __print(unsigned long x) {cerr << x;}

void __print(unsigned long long x) {cerr << x;}

void __print(float x) {cerr << x;}

void __print(double x) {cerr << x;}

void __print(long double x) {cerr << x;}

void __print(char x) {cerr << '\'' << x << '\'';}

void __print(const char *x) {cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';}

void __print(const string &x) {cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';}

void __print(bool x) {cerr << (x ? "true" : "false");}



template<typename T, typename V>

void __print(const pair<T, V> &x) {cerr << '{'; __print(x.first); cerr << ','; __print(x.second); cerr << '}';}

template<typename T>

void __print(const T &x) {int f = 0; cerr << '{'; for (auto &i: x) cerr << (f++ ? "," : ""), __print(i); cerr << "}";}

void _print() {cerr << "]\n";}

template <typename T, typename... V>

void _print(T t, V... v) {__print(t); if (sizeof...(v)) cerr << ", "; _print(v...);}

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

#define trace(x...) cerr << "[" << #x << "] = ["; _print(x)

#else

#define trace(x...)

#endif



typedef long long int  ll;

typedef unsigned long long int llu;



vector<vector<int>> graph;



int dp[100005];



int make(int id){



    if(dp[id]!=-1)return dp[id];



    int ans = 0;

    for(int i=0;i<graph[id].size();i++){

        ans = max(ans,1+make(graph[id][i]));

    }

    return dp[id] = ans;

}



int main(void){



    int n,m;

    cin >> n >> m;



    graph.assign(n+2,vector<int>());



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

        int a,b;

        cin >> a >> b;

        graph[a].push_back(b);

    }

    int ans = 0;



    memset(dp,-1,sizeof(dp));



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

        ans = max(ans,make(i));

    }



    cout << ans << endl;



    return 0;

}