'use strict';
(function(input){
  input=input.trim().split(/\n/).map(str=>str.split(/\s+/).map(x=>x-0));
  const N=input[0][0];
  const M=input[0][1];
  input.shift();
  
  const Node=function(idx){
    var t=this;
    t.index=idx;
    t.children=[];
    t.scanned=false;
    t.height=0;
  }
    
  const nodes=new Array(N+1).fill(0).map((x,i)=>new Node(i));
  //console.log(nodes);
  input.forEach(function(xy){
    var p=xy[0],c=xy[1];
    nodes[p].children.push(nodes[c]);
  });
  //console.log(nodes);
  var ans=0;
  var stack=[];
  var i=1;
  while(i<=N){
    //console.log('大');
    if(nodes[i].scanned){
      ans=Math.max(ans,nodes[i].height);
      i++;
      continue;
    }
    stack.push(i);
    while(stack.length>0){
      //console.log('中');
      let t=nodes[stack[stack.length-1]];
      //console.log(stack);
      if(t.children.length===0){
        t.scanned=true;
        stack.pop();
        continue;
      }
      let lastChild=t.children[t.children.length-1];
      if(lastChild.scanned){
        t.height=Math.max(t.height,lastChild.height+1);
        t.children.pop();
      }else{
        stack.push(lastChild.index);
      }
    }
    nodes[i].scanned=true;
  }
  //console.log(nodes);
  console.log(ans);
})(require('fs').readFileSync('/dev/stdin','utf8'));
