Filter masks and blur gallery

I create a blur filter on a smart object layer.   I then mask the filter.    I then add another filter to the same layer but it seems to ignore the existing filter mask.  When I press M in the filter window for the new filter I do not see any mask.
I thought the mask would apply to all filters for the same layer.  Am I missing something?
Thanks
Paul

I seem to be missing something I do not understand what your describing with " When I press M in the filter window for the new filter I do not see any mask." What or where is the filter window.   For me the Filter mask seems to be common to all smart filters added to the smart object layer. 
I your mean Filter Gallery window. All effects will also go through the common filter mask.  However Filter Gallery will only show as a single smart filter.
Here I selected the left half if the image so there would be an active selection when the Filter mask is added and not be a white  show all  mask. In the filter gallery I could see each effect added was only to the left half.  I commit three effects. so the filter would show with the filter mask in the layers palette.   I the reopened the smart filter Filter Gallery. When I reopened it the active selection not being active any more showed the whole image as being effected however the filter mask protected the right side of the smart object layer as you can clearly see in the image window.
Again when I originally applied the smart Filter Gallery the was an active selection so there would be something in the filter mask and the select would be visible in the filter gallery.  Here is what I saw.
If this is not the first smart filter added to the layer and there was already A filter mask  to see its effect in any new added smart filter I would think you would first have to load the filter mask as an active selection.
Not only did I have to load the filter mask as a selection I had to turn off the other smart filters visibility.

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