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

 

#define f(i,a,b) for( ll i = a; i < b ; i++ )

#define af(i,a,b) for( ll i = a; i >= b ; i--)

#define rep(i,a,b,k) for(ll i = a; i < b ; i+= k )

#define arep(i,a,b,k) for( ll i = a; i >= b ; i-= k)

#define ones(x) (ll) __builtin_popcount(x)

#define fs first

#define sc second

#define pb push_back

#define po pop_back

#define mp make_pair  

#define sz(a) (ll) a.size()

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

#define sor(a) sort( a.begin(), a.end() )

#define fastio ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL)

#define ller ios::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tsie(nullptr);cout.tie(nullptr)

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

#define PI 3.1415926535

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld; 

typedef pair<ll,ll> ii ;

typedef vector<ll>  vi ;

typedef vector<ii> vii ;

const ll mod = 1e9+7;

const ll MAX = 1e5+5;

const ll inf = 1e18+7;



ll dp[MAX];

bool visited[MAX];

vi adj[MAX];



ll DP(ll u)

{

  ll &ans = dp[u];

  if(ans) return ans;

  for(auto v : adj[u]) ans = max(ans,DP(v)+1);

  return ans;

}



int main() {

  fastio;

  ll n,m,x,y;

  cin>>n>>m;

  while(m--) 

  {

     cin>>x>>y;

     visited[y]=true;

     adj[x].pb(y);

  }

  ll ans=0;

  f(i,1,n+1){

    if(!visited[i]) ans = max(ans,DP(i));

  }

  cout<<ans<<"\n";

  return 0; 

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 2.5241758021876803x):
#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;

}