#include <iostream>
#include <map>
using namespace std;
int main() {
long long n, m;
cin >> n >> m;
map<long long, int> events;
for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i) {
long long l, r;
cin >> l >> r;
events[l]++;
events[r + 1]--;
}
long long max_happiness = 0;
long long current_coverage = 0;
long long last_time = 1;
for (auto& [time, delta] : events) {
if (current_coverage == 0) {
max_happiness = max(max_happiness, time - last_time);
}
current_coverage += delta;
last_time = time;
}
// 处理末尾区间
if (current_coverage == 0) {
max_happiness = max(max_happiness, n - last_time + 1);
}
cout << max_happiness << endl;
return 0;
}