// 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: 4.357619323803421x):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define pb push_back

#define POP pop_back()

#define ll long long

#define db double

#define POP pop_back()

#define endl '\n'

const int maxn = 1e5 + 5;

const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;

const int mod = 1e9 + 7;

struct edg{

	int to , nxt;

};

struct node{

	int e , s;

};

edg e[maxn];

int head[maxn] , in[maxn] , s[maxn];

int main(){

	int n , m;cin >> n >> m;

	int u , v;

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

		scanf("%d%d",&u,&v);

		e[i].nxt = head[u];

		e[i].to = v;

		head[u] = i;

		in[v]++;

	}

	queue<node>q;

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

		if(in[i] == 0)q.push((node){i,0});

	}

	node now;

	while(!q.empty()){

		now = q.front() , q.pop();

		for(int i = head[now.e];i != 0;i = e[i].nxt){

			in[e[i].to]--;

			s[e[i].to] = max(s[e[i].to] , now.s+1);

			if(in[e[i].to] == 0)q.push((node){e[i].to , s[e[i].to]});

		}

	}

	int ans = 0;

	for(int i = 1;i <= n;i++)ans = max(ans , s[i]);

	cout << ans << endl;

	return 0;

}