// Slower C++ solution:
#pragma region

#include <algorithm>

#include <cstring>

#include <iostream>

#include <map>

#include <queue>

#include <stack>

#include <string>

#include <vector>

typedef long long ll;

#define tr t[root]

#define lson t[root << 1]

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

#define rep(i, a, n) for (long long i = a; i <= n; ++i)

#define per(i, a, n) for (long long i = n; i >= a; --i)

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

template <typename T>

void read(T &x) {

    x = 0;

    char ch = getchar();

    ll f = 1;

    while (!isdigit(ch)) {

        if (ch == '-') f *= -1;

        ch = getchar();

    }

    while (isdigit(ch)) {

        x = x * 10 + ch - 48;

        ch = getchar();

    }

    x *= f;

}

using namespace std;

/*

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 *     _-~~     .=~    |  \\-_    '-~7  /-   /  ||    \      /

 *   .~       .~       |   \\ -_    /  /-   /   ||      \   /

 *  /  ____  /         |     \\ ~-_/  /|- _/   .||       \ /

 *  |~~    ~~|--~~~~--_ \     ~==-/   | \~--===~~        .\

 *           '         ~-|      /|    |-~\~~       __--~~

 *                       |-~~-_/ |    |   ~\_   _-~            /\

 *                            /  \     \__   \/~                \__

 *                        _--~ _/ | .-~~____--~-/                  ~~==.

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 *                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 */



#pragma endregion

const int maxn = 1e5 + 5;

int n, m;

vector<int> g[maxn];

int dp[maxn], in[maxn];

int main() {

    IO;

    cin >> n >> m;

    while (m--) {

        int x, y;

        cin >> x >> y;

        g[x].push_back(y);

        in[y]++;

    }

    queue<int> q;

    rep(i, 1, n) if (!in[i]) q.push(i);

    int ans = 0, sz = q.size();

    while (q.size()) {

        int now = q.front();

        q.pop();

        for (auto nex : g[now]) {

            in[nex]--;

            if (!in[nex])

                q.push(nex);

        }

        --sz;

        if (!sz) {

            sz = q.size();

            ans++;

        }

    }

    cout << ans - 1 << endl;

}

// Faster C++ solution for the same problem (measured speedup: 3.5740648488821445x):
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define eps 1e-3

#define pi acos(-1.0)

#define inf 0x3f

#define INF 0x3f3f3f3f

#define pb push_back

#define debug1 cout<<"&&";

#define debug2 cout<<"**";

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

#define for0(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i)

#define for1(i, n) for(int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)

using namespace std;

typedef double db;

typedef long long ll;

typedef unsigned long long ull;

typedef pair<int, int> pii;

typedef pair<long long, int> pli;

typedef pair<long long, long long> pll;

const int mod = 1e9 + 7;

const int N = 1e5+10;

const int M = 1e6+10;

inline int gcd(int a, int b) { return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }

inline ll Pow(ll a, ll b) { ll ans = 1; for( ; b; b >>= 1) { if(b&1) ans = ans * a % mod; a = a * a % mod;} return ans;}

inline ll Mul ( ll a, ll b)  { ll lf = a * ( b >> 25ll ) % mod * ( 1LL << 25 ) % mod; ll rg = a * ( b & ( ( 1ll << 25 ) - 1 ) ) % mod; return ( lf + rg ) % mod;}

inline ll C(ll y, ll x) { ll ans = 1; if(y < 0 || x < 0 || y < x) return 0; y %= mod; if(!y || !x) return 1; for0(i, x) ans = ans * (y-i) % mod; for1(i, x) ans = ans * Pow(i, mod-2) % mod; return ans; }

//==================================================================================================================================================================//



int n, m, tot, head[N], nex[N], ver[N];

int dp[N], deg[N], ans;

queue<int> q;



void add(int x, int y) {

   ver[++tot] = y, nex[tot] = head[x], head[x] = tot;

}



int main() {

   scanf("%d %d", &n, &m);

   for1(i, m) {

      int x, y;

      scanf("%d %d", &x, &y);

      add(x, y);

      deg[y]++;

   }

   for1(i, n) if(!deg[i]) q.push(i);

   while(!q.empty()) {

      int x = q.front(); q.pop();

      for(int i = head[x]; i; i = nex[i]) {

         int y = ver[i]; deg[y]--;

         dp[y] = max(dp[y], dp[x] + 1);

         if(!deg[y]) q.push(y);

      }

   }

   for1(i, n) ans = max(ans, dp[i]);

   printf("%d\n", ans);

   return 0;

}