#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
const int N = 10010, M = 15010;
struct edge {
int to, next;
};
edge e[2 * M];
int idx, head[N];
int n, m, root;
int cnt, dfn[N], low[N];
int res;
void add_edge (int u, int v) {
e[idx].to = v;
e[idx].next = head[u];
head[u] = idx ++;
}
void tarjan (int cur) {
low[cur] = dfn[cur] = ++ cnt;
int tot = 0;
for (int i = head[cur]; i != -1; i = e[i].next) {
int to = e[i].to;
if (dfn[to] == 0) {
tarjan(to);
low[cur] = min(low[cur], low[to]);
if (low[to] >= dfn[cur]) ++ tot;
} else {
low[cur] = min(low[cur], dfn[to]);
}
}
if (cur != root) ++ tot;
res = max(res, tot);
}
int main () {
while (scanf("%d%d", &n, &m), n || m) {
idx = cnt = res = 0;
memset(head, -1, sizeof(head));
memset(dfn, 0, sizeof(dfn));
for (int i = 1, u, v; i <= m; ++ i) {
scanf("%d%d", &u, &v);
++ u, ++ v;
add_edge(u, v);
add_edge(v, u);
}
int cnt = 0;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++ i) {
if (dfn[i] == 0) {
root = i;
++ cnt;
tarjan(i);
}
}
printf("%d\n", res + cnt - 1);
}
return 0;
}