PVS-Studio warning V579 for ACE

char *strsncpy (char *dst,
                const char *src,
                size_t maxlen);

class ACE_Export ACE_Name_Request
{
  ...
  /// Pointer to the beginning of the type in this->data_;
  char *type_;
};

void
ACE_Name_Request::type (const char *c)
{
  ACE_TRACE ("ACE_Name_Request::type");
  ACE_OS::strsncpy (this->type_,
                    c,
                    sizeof this->type_);
}

This suspicious code was found in ACE project by PVS-Studio static code analyzer.
Warning message is:
V579 The strsncpy function receives the pointer and its size as arguments. It is possibly a mistake. Inspect the third argument. ACE name_request_reply.cpp 251

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