// Slower C++ solution:
//#pragma GCC target ("avx2,sse2")

//#pragma GCC optimization ("Ofast")

//#pragma GCC optimization ("unroll-loops")

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

using namespace __gnu_pbds;



#define ordered_set tree <pair <ll, int>, null_type, less <pair <ll, int> >, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define db long double

#define pb push_back

#define pf push_front

#define ppb pop_back

#define ppf pop_front

#define fi first

#define se second

#define mp make_pair

#define up_b upper_bound

#define low_b lower_bound

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

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

#define endl "\n"



#define left fsdsdfoisf

#define sum dpsdfioppsf

#define assign xcvjlkdjfio

#define trie fksdfkjkfnjuiv

#define next sidlfjsfkl

#define merge sdfksdkfsldf



//#define int long long



using namespace std;



void dout() {

    cerr << endl;

}

template <typename Head, typename... Tail>

void dout(Head H, Tail... T) {

    cerr << H << ' ';

    dout(T...);

}



//mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

typedef pair <int, int> pii;



const int N = 1e5 + 7;

int n, m, dp[N];

vector <int> q[N], r[N], ord;

bool used[N];



void dfs(int v) {

    used[v] = true;

    for (auto i : q[v]) {

        if (!used[i]) {

            dfs(i);

        }

    }

    ord.pb(v);

}



void solve(int tc) {

    // check for (int i = 0; i < n; j++)

    cin >> n >> m;

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

        int x, y;

        cin >> x >> y;

        q[x].pb(y);

        r[y].pb(x);

    }

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

        if (!used[i]) {

            dfs(i);

        }

    }

    reverse(all(ord));

    int res = 0;

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

        int v = ord[i - 1];

        for (auto j : r[v]) {

            dp[v] = max(dp[v], dp[j] + 1);

        }

        res = max(res, dp[v]);

    }

    cout << res;

}



signed main() {

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

    cin.tie(NULL);

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

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

    int tc = 1;

//    cin >> tc;

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

        solve(i);

//        cleanup();

    }

}


// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 2.91614291019197x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#define ll long long

#define ull unsigned long long

#define IO ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(0)

#define endl '\n'

#define main() int main()

#define ff1(i,n) for(int i=1;i<=n;++i)

#define ff0(i,n) for(int i=0;i<n;++i)

#define pi acos(-1.0)

#define ms(a, x) memset(a, x, sizeof(a))

#define lowbit(x) ((x)&(-(x)))

#define pb push_back

#define binarycount __builtin_popcount(x)

#define tr t[root]

#define lson t[root << 1]

#define rson t[root << 1 | 1]

#define fir first

#define sec second

#define debug(x) cout<<x<<'\n'

#define sa(a) scanf("%d", &a)

#define sab(a, b) scanf("%d%d", &a, &b)

#define pa(a) printf("%d",a)

#define pab(a,b) printf("%d%d",a,b)

#define pii pair<string,int>

using namespace std;

#define maxn 100005

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int mod = 9973;

const double eps = 1e-8;

ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {return b==0?a:gcd(b, a%b);}

ll lcm(ll a, ll b) {return a/gcd(a, b)*b;}

int max(int x,int y){if(x>y) return x;return y;}

ll powmod(ll a,ll b){

    ull ans = 1, pow = a%mod;

    while(b) { if(b&1) ans = (ans*pow)%mod; pow = (pow*pow)%mod; b >>= 1; }

    return ans%mod;

}



struct Edge

{

    int to, next, val;

} e[maxn << 1];

int head[maxn], tot = 0;

int dis[maxn], dep[maxn], pre[maxn][21];

int n,m,ans;

int d[maxn],c[maxn],dp[maxn];

void init()

{

    ms(head, -1);

    tot = 0;ms(d,0);ans=0;ms(dp,0);

}

void add(int x, int y, int val)

{

    e[tot].to = y, e[tot].val = val, e[tot].next = head[x], head[x] = tot++;

}



int dfs(int x)

{

	if(!c[x]) return 0;

	if(dp[x])return dp[x];

	ll tt=0;

 	for (int i = head[x]; ~i; i = e[i].next)

    {

    	int y=e[i].to;

        tt=max(tt,dfs(y)+1);

    }

    return dp[x]=tt;

}

main()

{

	cin>>n>>m;

	init();

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

	{

		int x,y;

		cin>>x>>y;

		add(x,y,1);

		if(!d[y])d[y]=1;//d为出度 

		if(!c[x])c[x]=1;

	}

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

	{

		if(!d[i]){

			dfs(i);

		}

	}

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

	{

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

		//cout<<dp[i]<<endl;

	}

	cout<<ans<<endl;

}