#include<cstdio>
#include<queue>
#include<cstring>
#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;
const int N = 400005;
int n, m;
int h[N], e[N], ne[N], idx;
int dfn[N], low[N], timestamp;
int stk[N], top;
bool in_stk[N];
int id[N];
int scc_cnt;
int Size[N];
int dout[N];
int u[N],v[N];
void add(int a, int b)
{
e[idx] = b, ne[idx] = h[a], h[a] = idx ++ ;
}
void tarjan(int u)
{
dfn[u] = low[u] = ++ timestamp;
stk[ ++ top] = u;
in_stk[u] = true;
for (int i = h[u]; i != -1; i = ne[i])
{
int j = e[i];
if (!dfn[j])
{
tarjan(j);
low[u] = min(low[u], low[j]);
}
else if (in_stk[j])
//取最小
low[u] = min(low[u], dfn[j]);
}
if (dfn[u] == low[u])
{
++ scc_cnt;
int y;
do
{
y = stk[top -- ];
in_stk[y] = false;
id[y] = scc_cnt;
Size[scc_cnt] ++ ;
}
while (y != u);
}
}
int dis[N];
int vis[N];
queue<int>q;
void spfa()
{
memset(dis,-100,sizeof dis);
memset(vis,0,sizeof vis);
q.push(id[1]);
dis[id[1]]=0;
vis[id[1]]=1;
while(q.size())
{
int u=q.front();
q.pop();
vis[u]=0;
for(int i=h[u]; i!=-1; i=ne[i])
{
int v=e[i];
if(dis[v]<dis[u]+Size[u])
{
dis[v]=dis[u]+Size[u];
if(!vis[v])
{
q.push(v);
vis[v]=1;
}
}
}
}
}
int main()
{
cin>>n>>m;
memset(h, -1, sizeof h);
for(int i=1; i<=m; i++)
{
int a, b;
cin>>a>>b;
u[i]=a,v[i]=b;
add(a, b);
}
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i ++ )
if (!dfn[i])
tarjan(i);
memset(h,-1,sizeof h);
for(int i=1; i<=m; i++)
{
if(id[u[i]]==id[v[i]])
continue;
//正向边
add(id[u[i]],id[v[i]]);
add(id[u[i]]+n,id[v[i]]+n);
//反向边,只能走一次
add(id[v[i]],id[u[i]]+n);
}
for(int i=1; i<=scc_cnt; i++)
Size[i+n]=Size[i];
spfa();
cout<<max(dis[id[1]],dis[id[1]+n])<<endl;
return 0;
}