// Slower C++ solution:


/**

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**/



#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

#include <ext/rope>



#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE

#define _CRT_DISABLE_PERFCRIT_LOCKS



#define findOrder find_by_order

#define orderKey order_of_key



#define isOn(mask, i) (mask & (1 << i))

#define turn(mask, i) (mask |= (1 << i))

#define switch(mask, i) (mask &= ~(1 << i))

#define change(mask, i) (mask ^= (1 << i))

#define lowbit(mask) (mask & (-mask))

#define turnAll(mask, n) (mask = (1 << n) - 1)

#define switchLastBit(mask) (mask & (mask - 1))

#define turnLastZero(mask) (mask | (mask + 1))

#define modulo(x, mod) ((x) & (mod - 1))

#define log2(x) (31 - __builtin_clz(x))



#define mkp make_pair

#define pb push_back

#define pf push_front

#define eb emplace_back

#define ef emplace_front

#define ins insert

#define rsz resize

#define f first

#define s second

#define lb lower_bound

#define ub upper_bound



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

#define all(x) begin(x), end(x)

#define rall(x) rbegin(x), rend(x)



#define debug(x) (cerr << x << " ")



using namespace std;

using namespace __gnu_pbds;

using namespace __gnu_cxx;



typedef double db;

typedef long long ll;

typedef long double ld;

typedef unsigned long long ull;



typedef pair<int, int> ii;

typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;

typedef pair<ld,ld> pdb;

typedef pair<int, ii> tri;

typedef complex<ld> cd;



typedef vector<int> vi;

typedef vector<ii> vii;

typedef vector<ld> vdb;

typedef vector<cd> vcd;

typedef vector<ll> vll;

typedef vector<string> vs;

typedef vector<vll> matrix;



typedef tree<int, null_type, less<int>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update> indexed_tree;



const ll mod = 1e9+7;

const int maxn = 1e5+2;

const int pi = 2 * acos(0.0);

const db eps = 1e-9;



ll n, m;

vll graph[maxn];

ll dp[maxn];



ll dfs (int node){

    ll &ans = dp[node];



    if (ans != -1) return ans;



    for (auto v: graph[node]){

        ans = max(ans, dfs(v) + 1);

    }

    return ans;

}



int main()

{

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);

    cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);



    memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp);



    cin >> n >> m;



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

        int a, b; cin >> a >> b;



        graph[a].pb(b);

    }



    ll ans = 0;

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

        ans = max(ans, dfs(i) + 1);

    }



    cout << ans << "\n";



    return 0;

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 3.1180290120048513x):
/*

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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;

}