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



using namespace std;



#define el				'\n'

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

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

#define clr(v, d)		memset(v, d, sizeof(v))



double const EPS = 1e-8, PI = acos(-1);

const int N = 1e5 + 9, M = 50 + 9, OO = (int) 1e9 + 1;

const long long MOD = 1e9 + 7;



typedef long long ll;



void OUTPUT() {

	cout << fixed << setprecision(12);

	ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(nullptr), cout.tie(nullptr);

}



void INPUT() {

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE

	freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);

	//freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);

#endif

	cout << fixed << setprecision(0);

//	ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(nullptr), cout.tie(nullptr);

}



int n, m, x, y, vis[N], ans;

vector<vector<int>> edges(N);



int DFS(int node) {

	if (vis[node] != -1)

		return vis[node];

	vis[node] = 0;

	for (auto child : edges[node]) {

		DFS(child);

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

	}

	return 0;

}



int main() {

//	INPUT();

	OUTPUT();

	clr(vis, -1);

	cin >> n >> m;

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

		cin >> x >> y;

		edges[x].push_back(y);

	}

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

		DFS(j);

	}

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

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

	}

	cout << ans;



	return 0;



}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 2.8219179279293423x):
/*

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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;

}